Games of Oct. 24-25, 2008
Offense
QB Shane Henfling, Sr., Carleton
Henfling was 41-of-52 for 392 yards and accounted for all four Carleton touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in a 33-32 loss to St. Thomas.
OL Zach Baldacci, Jeremy Shaub, MIke Larson, Kyle Antos, Josh Delancy, North Central
Allowed the North Central offense to gain 451 total yards in a 44-21 upset win at No. 4 Wheaton. Allowed just four tackles for loss for a total of 9 yards and zero sacks.
RB Craig Warminski, Fr., UW-Stout
Warminski ran for 250 yards on 28 carries and scored four touchdowns for the Blue Devils, averaging 8.93 yards per carry.
RB Alex McGrew, Sr., Loras
McGrew scored five rushing touchdowns in a 42-0 win against Dubuque, running for 234 yards on 29 carries. McGrew has rushed for 100 or more yards and scored a touchdown in every game this season.
WR Jimmy Semelsberger, Jr., Kalamazoo
Semelsberger caught 11 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown in Kalamazoo's near-upset of Trine. The 5-6, 150 receiver has 100 receiving yards in six of the Hornets' eight games.
WR Tyler Thiems, Sr., Hanover
Thiems, one of the few returning players with starting experience on the Hanover offense, caught 12 passes for 102 yards and four touchdowns as the Panthers won for the first time this season, 35-34 against Manchester.
TE Steve Ramey, Sr., Carleton
Ramey recorded a career-high eight receptions for 93 yards and notched his first two-touchdown day in a 33-32 loss at St. Thomas.
Defense
DL Alex Fitch, Jr., DePauw
Fitch blocked a third quarter extra point and a fourth quarter field goal attempt and had five tackles in the Tigers' 37-34 overtime win against Colorado College.
DL Marcus Ball, Jr., UW-Stout
Ball had three and a half sacks and caused two fumbles in a 29-19 win against UW-River Falls. He finished with eight total tackles, five solo.
DL Stephen Jackson, Jr., Louisiana College
Jackson tied an American Southwest Conference record with four sacks in a 38-7 win against Howard Payne, accounting for minus-65 yards. He also caused a fumble and had nine tackles, five solo.
LB Shane Szumski, So., Widener
Szumski had 15 tackles, two of Widener’s six sacks and a forced fumble in the squad’s 27-7 win against FDU-Florham.
LB Anthony Losasso, Fr., Rockford
Losasso recorded 18 tackles, 11 solo, in a 28-12 loss to conference-leading Aurora. He also caused a fumble and had a tackle for loss.
LB Matt Wenger, Jr., North Central
Wenger led the Cardinals in tackles (with nine) for the seventh consecutive game as the Cardinals limited No. 4 Wheaton to 82 rushing yards. Wenger had 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks, and forced a fumble in the first quarter which led to the Cardinals' first score.
DB Carl Robinson, Sr., Moravian
Robinson had three takeaways in a 23-17 triple-overtime win at Juniata, including causing a fumble to set up the Moravian offense at the Juniata 41-yard line for what ended up being the game-tying score with 30 seconds left. He also had two interceptions and four total tackles.
DB Keith Snyder, Sr., Defiance
Snyder had 20 tackles (12 solo), five pass breakups and one interception on the afternoon and made a pair of game-saving plays on the final drive, including a breakup in the end zone with four seconds remaining in a 21-13 win against Anderson.
DB Nick Weiss, So., Denison
Weiss had seven solo tackles among his eight stops in a 26-14 win against the University of Chicago. He had an interception, a tackle for loss and also returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown.
DB Paul Wick, Jr., UW-Whitewater
Wick had a pair of interceptions and six total tackles, one for loss, in Whitewater's 17-16 loss to UW-Stevens Point.
DB Matt Finke, Sr., Austin
Finke blocked a field goal, recovered a fumble and intercepted two passes, the second of which he returned 12 yards for what would prove to be the game-winning touchdown in a 17-14 win against Rhodes.
Special teams
K Jesse Hawkins, So., Heidelberg
Connected on a 19-yard field goal with two seconds left in the game to force overtime and hit a 37-yard FG in overtime to give Heidelberg a 37-34 win against Baldwin-Wallace.
P David Mazzola, Sr., Muhlenberg
Mazzola punted four times for a 46.3-yard average, dropping all four kicks inside the 20-yard line in the Mules' 17-6 win against Franklin and Marshall.
RET Larry Beavers, Sr., Wesley
No stranger to this spot, this week Beavers returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in a 42-13 win against Webber International. He also caught a touchdown pass.