Games of Sept. 27-28, 2002
Offense
QB Adam King, So., Howard Payne
King set a school record for completion percentage, hitting on 31 of his 36 passes (.861) in a 14-10 win against East Texas Baptist. He threw for 294 yards and a touchdown, with one interception, while running 11 times for 49 yards.
OL Nate Doyle, Kevin Solli, Ray Noonan, Alex Keel, Pete Mailloux, RPI
The line helped the Engineers generate 429 yards of total offense in winning the Transit Trophy Game against Worcester Polytech 33-13. RPI's running game averaged 4.3 yards per rush with three touchdowns while the quarterbacks threw for 290 yards with a touchdown and one interception. They were not sacked.
RB Tony Sutton, So., Wooster
Sutton ran 30 times for 261 yards, the third-highest total in school history. Despite only mounting one huge run — a 35-yard touchdown to give the Scots a 17-13 lead early in the second quarter — Sutton averaged 8.7 yards per carry.
RB Antonio Tiberi, Sr., Dickinson
Tiberi rushed for 148 yards on 16 carries and three touchdowns in a 38-31 win against Albright. He had an 80-yard touchdown and scored twice in the final four minutes to tie and put the Devils on top for good.
WR Mike deMarteleire, Sr., Widener
deMarteleire helped Widener escape with a 27-20 come-from-behind win in overtime at Moravian. deMarteleire caught 15 passes for 195 yards and had two touchdowns and threw a 25-yard game-winning touchdown on the first play in overtime. deMarteleire did most of his damage in the second half as he caught 12 passes for 149 yards and both touchdowns. His 15 receptions tied the school record (set by neither Michael Coleman nor Jim Jones). Eleven of deMarteleire's 15 catches resulted in either a first down or touchdown.
WR Noah Fehrenbach, Fr., St. John Fisher
Fehrenbach caught 12 passes for 207 yards (both season-bests) and two touchdowns in a loss to Ithaca. He finished just 11 yards shy of the school single-game record.
TE Roy Olson, Frostburg State
Olson caught five passes for 73 yards, including a 41-yarder to help set up a second-quarter field goal in a 25-22 triple overtime loss to Brockport State.
Defense
DL Brandon Tisdale, So., Wilmington
Tisdale recorded his 20th career sack in his 13th career game, one of three sacks for loss of 25 yards on the day. He had seven tackles (six solo) to lead a defensive front that allowed just 1 yard of rushing offense in a 32-14 win against Otterbein.
DL Ricky Vesce, So., William Paterson
Vesce finished with eight tackles, including two for losses as the Pioneers' defense held Western Connecticut to 83 yards on the ground. He also had his first sack of the season and added a quarterback hurry.
DL Fred Canady, So., Newport News Apprentice
Canady set a school record with five sacks among nine total tackles. He caused a fumble in the end zone that Apprentice recovered for a touchdown and recorded a safety in Newport News' 29-22 victory against Chowan.
LB Kevin Krabel, Sr., Lake Forest
Krabel's first sack and forced fumble in Lake Forest's 20-18 victory against Ripon was recovered and returned 66 yards for a touchdown with 24 seconds left in the first half. His second was with 13 seconds left in the game
and helped (along with a penalty) force Ripon out of field goal range. He finished with 12 total tackles, three for loss, and also intercepted a pass.
LB Brandon Roberts, Sr., Washington U.
Roberts recorded 10 tackles and added a pass breakup as Washington U. held off a furious Rose-Hulman comeback. With RHIT trailing 24-19 and inside Bears territory with under a minute to play, Roberts nailed wideout Rob Kief with an open-field tackle on second down to keep the clock running. He then stopped Engineer quarterback Jared Tharpe on fourth down 2 yards shy of a first down with another open field stop.
LB Chris Stefanes, Sr., Albion
Stefanes recorded 11 tackles (five solo), intercepted a pass and broke up another as Albion blanked Ohio Wesleyan 16-0. Stefanes' interception came on a third-and-10 play from the OWU 45 in the second quarter.
LB Cam McCambridge, Jr., St. John's
McCambridge had 15 total tackles, including nine solos, in Saturday's 59-20 win against St. Olaf. McCambridge also had two tackles for loss as the Johnnies held St. Olaf to 190 yards total offense and avenged their lone 2001 MIAC defeat.
DB Jeremy Lynch, Jr., Brockport State
Lynch had two fourth-quarter interceptions (returned 51 yards) and also had a 95-yard kickoff return helping Brockport to a 31-25 triple overtime win at Frostburg State. The touchdown return came late in the third and gave Brockport an 18-17 lead. His first interception came in the Brockport end zone with 6:49 remaining in the fourth, then he picked off another pass at the Brockport 24 with just 3:24 remaining. Lynch also had seven tackles (five solo). On the day he had four kick returns for 179 yards.
DB Clay Matchett, Jr., Louisiana College
Clay recorded a season high 10 tackles (five solo) and intercepted a pass and returned it 60 yards for his first career touchdown.
DB Marshall Mullenbach, Sr., Macalester
Mullenbach intercepted a pair of passes for the third game in a row, helping Macalester beat Colorado College 24-14. His second pick sealed the win with less than three minutes to go. Mullenbach has six interceptions on the season after picking off seven last year.
DB Bobby Akers, Sr., Randolph-Macon
Akers recorded 11 tackles (six solo), including 3.5 for a total loss of 31 yards, two pass breakups, and one interception which he returned 62 yards.
Special teams
K Nick Zilich, Sr., Centre
Zilich hit was perfect on four field goal attempts for the Colonels (32, 24, 42 and 24 yards), tying the school's single-game record, in Saturday's 19-13 victory against Washington & Lee. In the process, Zilich, who now has 23 career field goals, broke the school's career field goal record.
P Mike Titzel, Jr., Grove City
Titzel placed four of his five punts inside Bethany's 20-yard line. Boasted a net average of 42.0 on the five punts as just one was returned for one yard. In addition, he went 4-for-4 on extra points.
RET Matt Gates, Sr., Cortland State
Gates, a backup free safety, scored twice on special teams in a 28-0 win at Buffalo State. He blocked a punt in the first half and returned the ball 12 yards for a TD. In the second half, he recovered a fumble on a kickoff return and ran 23 yards for a score. He also finished with an interception and two pass breakups.