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D3football.com Team of the Week

Sep 18, 2018
Amani Dennis skies in front of a Carroll receiver to intercept a pass. (Carthage athletics photo)
Amani Dennis skies in front of a Carroll receiver to intercept a pass. He intercepted a second one as well.
Carthage athletics photo
 

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Games of Sept. 14-15, 2018

Offense

QB Chaiten Tomlin, Jr., Mount St. Joseph

Tomlin led Mount St. Joseph to a 54-35 win over Rose-Hulman. He completed 26 of his 39 passes for 558 yards with one interception, averaging 14.3 yards per attempt. Tomlin threw for seven touchdowns and had an eighth called back because of penalty.

OL Jared Jones, Jordan Gembarski, Dan Barrett, Chase Bouschor, Lige McKinney, Albion

Albion rushed for 442 yards at Concordia-Chicago, the ninth-highest total by a D-III team in a game this season this season. The crew opened the way for running back Doug Freeman to rack up 206 yards on the ground, while Markell McCoy added 148.

RB Austin Hoover
Sr., Wabash

Hoover ran for the fourth-best single-game total in Wabash history with 255 rushing yards and tied for the third-most rushing TDs with four against Kenyon. Hoover produced three runs of 40 yards or more, including a 44-yard run for his fourth TD of the game.

RB Markeith Miller
Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor

Miller ran for 213 yards and three touchdowns on just 19 carries, averaging 11.2 yards per carry. He sat out the entire second half with the game vs. Sul Ross State no longer in doubt.

WR Andrew Wolf
So., Washington & Jefferson

Wolf needed less than 10 minutes to find the end zone three times in W&J's 36-14 win over Carnegie Mellon. He scored on passes 39, 66 and 67 yards from quarterback Jacob Adams. In total, Wolf racked up 186 yards on five catches.

WR Erik Knaack
So., Central

Knaack only had three catches in Central's 63-14 win, but they a were a 40-yard TD catch, 41-yard TD catch and a screen pass that he took for 71 yards. He averaged 50.7 yards on his three receptions.

TE Ben Smithson
Sr., St. Olaf

Smithson only had 32 yards on three receptions, but all three of them went for touchdowns in a 33-14 win vs. crosstown rival Carleton. Smithson also caught a two-point conversion pass, meaning he accounted for 20 of the Oles' 33 points.

Defense

DE Tristan Smith
Sr., Pacific

Smith was a menace in the backfield, recording three sacks as the Boxer defense had 10 sacks in the 21-16 win vs. Cal Lutheran. For the game, he had five tackles for loss for minus-19 yards.

DT Jordan Bartholomew
So., St. Olaf

Bartholomew recorded six tackles, including three solo stops and 2.5 tackles for a loss for St. Olaf in a 33-21 victory at Carleton. His play helped the Oles limit an offense that entered the game second in D-III in passing yards per game (393.5) to just 216 in the game.

DT Bryson Lamboy
Sr., Berry

Lamboy racked up seven tackles, a career-high, a sack and 2.5 tackles for a loss. Lamboy anchored the Berry defensive line that surrendered just 3.4 yards per rush and forced four turnovers.

DE Joe Granahan
Sr., Franklin & Marshall

Granahan was the leader of a defense that held McDaniel to just 61 rushing and 216 total yards in a 21-14 victory. He registered nine tackles, including five solo stops, with 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble.

 

LB Mauro Altamura
Sr., Montclair State

Altamura registered 14 total tackles, including 12 solo stops and three tackles for a loss as Montclair State defeated Southern Virginia 24-3. He also tallied a sack and a fumble recovery in a defensive effort which saw MSU hold the Knights scoreless in the final three quarters.

LB Derek Breunig
Sr., Maine Maritime

Breunig recorded a game and team-high 14 tackles, including seven solo stops and three tackles for a loss of 5 yards to keep the Mariners close in a 22-7 loss to Massachusetts Maritime during the 46th Annual Admiral's Cup game.

LB Matthew Brown
Jr., Millikin

Brown's interception and return to the North Park 13 helped the Big Blue jump out to an early 14-0 advantage. He finished with seven tackles, five of them solo and two sacks in a 48-27 win.

LB Nick Getz
Jr., Washington & Jefferson

text hereGetz made a career-high 13 tackles in W&J's 36-14 win over Carnegie Mellon, including 11 in the second half. The junior showed he is back from an injury that forced him to miss 2017 by contributing three tackles for loss and two sacks, plus a pass breakup.

 

CB Robert Grant
Jr., Rochester

Grant's four interceptions vs. Alfred State are the second-highest total in a single game in school history. He had two picks at midfield, one at the 5-yard-line and another in the end zone. Two of the interceptions set up field goals in the 20-14 win.

S Amani Dennis
Sr., Carthage

Dennis had four solo tackles and two interceptions to lead a Carthage defense that allowed just 155 yards in a 31-0 win vs. Carroll. His two interceptions gave him three on the season through two games.

CB Cal Lewellyn
Jr., Centre

Lewellyn led Centre's defense in a 45-6 victory against Hendrix, totaling six tackles, two interceptions and a fumble recovery. He picked off a pass in the second quarter and returned it to the opponent's 22-yard line, setting up Centre's second touchdown of the afternoon.

Special teams

K Todd Spirt, Jr.
Muhlenberg

Spirt kicked three field goals, including the game-winning 37-yarder in overtime, in Muhlenberg's 37-34 win at Susquehanna. His field goals covered 27, 37 and 37 yards, and he also was perfect on four extra point attempts.

P Pat Minogue, Sr.
Ithaca

Minogue punted four times in Ithaca's 21-13 victory at Alfred, averaging 51.0 yards per punt. Three of his attempts landed inside the 20, at the 10, 12 and 13. He tied a school mark with a 65-yard punt and added a 56-yarder to boot.

RET Will Toonen, Jr.
St. Thomas

Toonen had three touches and returned two for touchdowns in a 62-0 win vs. Hamline. He recovered a blocked punt and took it 2 yards for his first career TD in the first quarter, then returned a fourth-quarter punt 42 yards for another.

ST Jordy Borman, Jr.
Central

With Luther lined up to punt from its own 45-yard line, Borman gets in to block the punt. He then returns it 27 yards for a touchdown to give the Dutch a 35-0 lead en route to a 63-14 win.
Dec. 15: All times Eastern
Final
Cortland 38, at North Central (Ill.) 37
@ Salem, Virginia
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Dec. 9: All times Eastern
Final
North Central (Ill.) 34, at Wartburg 27
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Final
Cortland 49, at Randolph-Macon 14
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