PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL 2019 CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS PHONE: (610) 289-1963 E-MAIL: [email protected] Release - FCS PLAYOFFS www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague WEEK 13 GameS HOLY CROSS FACES MONMOUTH IN FIRST ROUND OF NCAA DI FCS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday, Nov. 30 FCS Playoffs - First Round 2019 STANDINGS Holy Cross at Monmouth (ESPN3) ............Noon Patriot League Overall W-L Pct. H A Streak W-L Pct H A Streak RECENT RESULTS Holy Cross 5-1 .833 2-1 3-0 W2 7-5 .583 3-2 4-3 W2 Saturday, Nov. 23 Lafayette 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 W1 4-8 .333 2-3 2-5 W1 At Holy Cross 24, Georgetown 0 Bucknell 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 L1 3-8 .273 2-3 1-5 L1 Lafayette 17 at Lehigh 16 Lehigh 3-3 .500 1-2 2-1 L3 4-7 .364 2-3 2-4 L4 At Fordham 31, Bucknell 14 Colgate 3-3 .500 1-2 2-1 W3 4-8 .333 1-4 3-4 W3 Fordham 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 W1 4-8 .333 2-3 2-5 W1 Georgetown 1-5 .167 1-2 0-3 L4 5-6 .500 3-2 2-4 L4 SATURday, NOV. 16 At Sacred Heart 13, Lehigh 6 Colgate 16 at Lafayette 0 Holy Cross 49 at Fordham 27 At Bucknell 20, Georgetown 17 Patriot League Twitter Notebook - @PatriotLeagueFB - #PATRIOTFB •#PatriotFB Champ @HCrossFB travels to @BigSouth Champ @MUHawksFB for an #FCSPlayoffs 1st Rd. game on Nov. 30 PLN - Patriot League Network CBSSN - CBS Sports Network •.@HCrossFB captured its 7th @PatriotLeagueFB Championship and 1st since 2009 under 2019 Patriot League Dick Biddle LSN - Lafayette Sports Network (RCN-4, WBPH-60) Coach of the Year Dick Biddle TV3 - Charter TV 3 •.@PatriotLeagueFB 2019 Major Awards: Offense - @HCrossFB RB Domenic Cozier; Defense - @LafColFootball DL Malik WDCW - CW 50, Washington D.C. Hamm; Rookie - @LafColFootball QB Keegan Shoemaker; Coach - @HCrossFB Bob Chesney Flo - FloSports.TV •.@Bucknell_FB P Alex Pechin becomes 1st three-time #PatriotFB Scholar-Athlete of the Year NEC - NEC Front Row SE2 - Service Electric 2 •.@LafColFootball QB Keegan Shoemaker and @HCrossFB LB Jacob Dobbs were added to the @FCS_STATS Jerry Rice Award Watch Stadium - Stadium OTA List for the FCS’s top rookie. •.@LehighFootball LB Keith Woetzel was added to the @FCS_STATS Buck Buchanan Award Watch List for the FCS’s top defender •.@PatriotLeagueFB #Week13 #POWs: Offensive @HCrossFB RB Domenic Cozier; Defensive & Rookie @HCrossFB LB Jacob Dobbs; Special Teams @LafColFootball K/P Jeffrey Kordenbrock •.@LehighFootball Fr. RB Zaythan Hill’s 94-yard touchdown run in #Week8 is the longest in #PatriotFB history, surpassing the previous longest (92 yards) set by @FORDHAMFOOTBALL Carlton Koonce and @LehighFootball Rabih Abdullah and Ronald Jean. • 6 former #PatriotFB players are with @NFL organizations: @MiamiDolphins OL Julien Davenport @AZCardinals RB Chase Edmonds, @ChicagoBears DL Abdullah Anderson & WR Thomas Ives, @Raiders Dylan Mabin, @Titans Kalif Raymond. Patriot League Notebook (FCS PLAYOFFS) HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE NCAA DI FCS PLAYOFFS THIS WEEKEND Holy Cross travels to Monmouth for an NCAA DI FCS Playoff First Round meeting. Coverage on ESPN3 (WatchESPN.com) be- gins at noon with Trey Bender and Tyoka Jackson on the call. Fans can also listen to the game on WEEI 1440 AM Worcester with Alex Vispoli calling play-by-play and Rich Fisher providing analysis. The Patriot League Network, powered by Stadium, HOLY CROSS CLAIMS SEVENTH PATRIOT LEAGUE TITLE; FIRST SINCE 2009 streams more than 1,000 live events per year, Holy Cross clinched its seventh Patriot League title and first since 2009 with a 24-0 victory over Georgetown in the season- including coverage of more than 10 Patriot League finale on Nov. 23. The Crusaders finished the regular season with a 7-5 overall record and 5-1 mark in League play under Championships. the 2019 Dick Biddle Patriot League Coach of the Year Bob Chesney. Holy Cross will begin NCAA Division I Football Champi- onship (FCS) play on Saturday, Nov. 30 when they travel to West Long Branch, N.J. to play Big South Champion Monmouth Today’s Scholar-Athletes, (10-2, 6-0 Big South). Tomorrow’s Leaders LEAGUE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS PLACE AMONG NCAA LEADERS IN GRADUATION RATE REPORT Patriot League football had five of its seven programs finish with a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score of more than 90 -per The Patriot League continually demonstrates cent, including Georgetown (97), Holy Cross (97), Lafayette (97) Bucknell (91) and Colgate (91). Each of the League’s seven pro- that student-athletes can excel at both aca- grams posted Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) scores of more than 70 percent, including Georgetown (88), Holy Cross (84), Col- demics and athletics without sacrificing its high gate (80), Bucknell (78), Lafayette (76), Fordham (74) and Lehigh (73). Overall, the Patriot League led all conferences in the FGR. standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting PATRIOT LEAGUE 2019 SINGLE-GAME LEADERS and graduating student-athletes that are aca- OFFENSE DEFENSE/ST demically representative of their class. Partici- PASSING: Keegan Shoemaker (LAF), 391 (vs. SHU, 9.14) TACKLES: Ryan Greenhagen (FORD), 19 (vs. Penn, 11.9) pation in athletics at Patriot League institutions TD PASSES: Connor Degenhardt (HC), 4 (at Brown, 10.12) TACKLES FOR LOSS: Keith Woetzel (LEH), 5.0 (vs. Lafayette, 11.23) is viewed as an important component of a well RUSHING: Domenic Cozier (HC), 190 (vs. Lehigh, 11.2) SACKS: Keith Woetzel (LEH), 4.0 (at Fordham, 10.19) rounded education. RECEIVING: Dequece Carter (FORD), 170 (vs. LAF, 11.2) INTERCEPTIONS: Pete Haffner (LEH), Jacob Dobbs (HC), 2 Brandon Sanders (BUCK), 14 (vs. HC, 10.5) Fotis Kokosioulis (FORD), 53 (at Yale, 10.5) 3773 Corporate Parkway, Suite 190 RECEPTIONS: LONGEST KR: Center Valley, Pa. 18034 SCORING: 34 tied with 12 FG DISTANCE: Derek Ng (HC), 48 (at Syracuse, 9.28) Phone: 610.289.1950 Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL 2019 CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS PHONE: (610) 289-1963 E-MAIL: [email protected] Release - FCS PLAYOFFS www.patriotleague.org witter.com/patriotleaguefb acebook.com/patriotleague PatriotLeague Patriot League Football SIDs BUCKNELL PATRIOT LEAGUE NOTEBOOK (FCS PLAYOFFS) Jen Dobias [email protected] ALEX PECHIN NAMED FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR PAGE AND WHEELER ATOP FCS ACTIVE SACK LEADERS LIST 570.577.3488 Bucknell fifth-year punter Alex Pechin (mechanical engineer- Wheeler became Colgate’s career leader in sacks and passed www.bucknellbison.com ing, 3.90 GPA) was named the Patriot League Football Scholar- Georgetown alum Andrew Schaetzke for third in League history Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive season in addi- and fourth among active FCS players with 33.0 career sacks. Page is COLGATE tion to being selected to the 14-member Academic All-Patriot third among active FCS players with 0.83 sacks per game. The Bison John Painter League Team Pechin becomes the first three-year scholar-ath- junior linebacker has recorded 22.5 sacks for a loss of 159 yards [email protected] lete of the year in Patriot League football history. Earlier this in 27 career games. Lafayette sophomore defensive lineman Malik 315.228.7602 year, he became the third football player to receive the Patriot Hamm, the 2018 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, has 16.5 sacks www.gocolgateraiders.com League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining Bucknell’s in 23 career games. David Berardinelli (1993) and Lehigh’s Nick Martucci (1999). FCS ACTIVE SACKS LEADERS FORDHAM 2019 ACADEMIC ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM 3. Simeon Page, Bucknell ...........................................................0.83 Joe DiBari Alex Pechin, Bucknell, 5th-year, P 6. Nick Wheeler, Colgate ...........................................................0.79 [email protected] Rick Mottram, Bucknell, Jr., LB 10. Malik Hamm, Lafayette ........................................................0.72 718.817.4240 Grant Breneman, Colgate, Jr., QB www.fordhamsports.com Glenn Cunningham, Fordham, Jr., LB TEN SELECTED TO CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SQUAD Ryan Greenhagen, Fordham, So., LB Ten Patriot League football student-athletes were named Aca- GEORGETOWN Nick Zakelj, Fordham, Jr., OL demic All-District Team members by the College Sports Infor- Brendan Thomas Gunther Johnson, Georgetown, Sr., QB mation Directors of America (CoSIDA). The League had three [email protected] selections in District 1 and seven selections in District 2. Ford- Ahmad Wilson, Georgetown, Jr., DB ham junior offensive lineman Nick Zakelj (finance, 3.64 GPA), 202.687.6783 Connor Degenhardt, Holy Cross, Jr., QB www.guhoyas.com along with Holy Cross junior quarterback Connor Degenhardt Peter Oliver, Holy Cross, So., RB (psychology, 3.55 GPA) and sophomore running Peter Oliver Ryan Barnett, Lafayette, Sr., DL (chemistry/Spanish, 3.93 GPA) were selected to the NCAA DI HOLY CROSS Major Jordan, Lafayette, Jr., LB Charles Bare District 1 team. The NCAA District 2 squad included Bucknell Jeffrey Kordenbrock, Lafayette, Jr., K sophomore defensive lineman Grayson Cherubino (unde- [email protected] Pete Haffner, Lehigh, Jr., LB 508.793.2583 clared, 3.72 GPA) and junior linebacker Rick Mottram (mechan- www.goholycross.com ical engineering, 4.00 GPA), Georgetown junior defensive back WOETZEL NAMED TO BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST Cameron Deen (international business regional studies, 3.70 LAFAYETTE Lehigh senior linebacker Keith Woetzel was added to the GPA) and junior Ahmad Wilson (finance, 3.53 GPA), Lafayette Phil LaBella STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Watch List, presented annually to senior offensive lineman Ryan Barnett (mathematics/econom- [email protected] the top defensive player at the FCS level. Woetzel is fourth ics, 3.53 GPA), along with Lehigh sophomore wide receiver Aus- 610.330.5123 among FCS players in sacks per game (1.09) and seventh tin Dambach (business, 3.93 GPA) and junior linebacker Pete www.goleopards.com in tackles per game (10.7).