Games of Oct. 17-18, 2003
Offense
QB Brett Dietz, Sr., Hanover
Dietz was 28-for-41 passing for a career-high 415 yards and four touchdowns as the Panthers rolled over Bluffton 52-10.
OL Mike Lawrence, Charlie Dutra, Jake Oliver, Sal Munoz, Mike Serrano, Menlo
Menlo's line paved the way for a season-high 619 yards of total offense against Chapman. The total was second highest in school history. They allowed no sacks while blocking for Duane Miller's 111 yards and two touchdowns. The Oaks also passed for 390 yards.
RB John Peterlik, Jr., UW-River Falls
Peterlik's 324 rushing yards on 33 carries is third most in UW-RF history. He also tied his career high with four TDs.
RB Brett Trichilo, Jr., Wilkes
Trichilo rushed 26 times for 276 yards and four touchdowns to lead Wilkes to a 59-20 win over Susquehanna. The junior, who surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season, scored on runs of 59, 20, 10 and four yards in leading Wilkes.
WR Nick Cushman, Jr., Albright
Cushman broke the Albright school record for receiving yards in a game with 244 on 13 receptions in Albright's 49-31 win over Juniata. Cushman had a 68-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter.
WR Dan Suozzi, Jr., Hobart
Suozzi broke the Hobart single game record for receptions and receiving yards, while matching the mark for receiving touchdowns in a 28-20 win over Franklin & Marshall. He caught 12 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns. Three of his receptions accounted for 171 yards, covering 44 (TD), 50 (TD), and 77 yards.
WR Mark Bartosic, Sr., Susquehanna
Bartosic beat his man for a 12-yard touchdown catch and then took a catch-and-run 53 yards for a second score in the loss to Wilkes. He finished with 12 catches for 242 yards.
Defense
DL Mike Soltis, Sr., Allegheny
Soltis registered three of the Gators' six sacks in a 26-20 win over Wooster. The mark is one sack shy of the Allegheny single-game record and is a career-high for Soltis. He added three solo and five assisted tackles and finished the game with 3½ tackles for losses totalling 15 yards.
DL Keith Zunker, So., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Zunker altered the Crusaders' win against Howard Payne with a key interception and a school record-tying three sacks, leading a defense that forced five turnovers. Zunker intercepted a shovel pass at the UMHB 6-yard line and returned it 60 yards to set up Crusader TD to make it 17-0 with 5:14 left in the third and HPU threatening to score. The interception return is the third-longest in school history.
DL Peter Sherman, Jr., Colby
Sherman had five tackles, three for loss and two sacks in Colby's 19-16 win against Hamilton.
DL Julian Morales, Jr., Wilkes
Morales scored a pair of defensive touchdowns in Wilkes' win. The junior scored on a 71-yard fumble recovery in the second quarter, and also tallied a touchdown on a 22-yard interception return in the fourth quarter.
LB Paul Gans, Jr., St. John's
Gans had four interceptions for 139 yards, nine total tackles and three solo tackles in a 63-9 win against Augsburg. The four interceptions tied a school record. Gans returned his fourth intercpetion of the game for a 29-yard touchdown.
LB Scott Barriger, Jr., Alma
Barriger had 17 tackles, 14 solo, and two for loss in a 21-18 win against Albion.
LB Matt Stoffel, Sr., Wartburg
Stoffel had three of Wartburg's 10 sacks in a 21-10 win against Simpson, adding six tackles, three and a half for loss. The Knights held the Storm more than 150 yards below average.
DB Peter Sarrensen, Sr., Pacific Lutheran
Sarrensen's interception on the PLU 12-yard line with 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter clinched Pacific Lutheran's 28-24 win over Willamette. He finished with seven tackles (four solo) and broke up two other passes.
DB Ryan Spicer, Sr., Muskingum
Spicer blocked a field goal in the second quarter and returned it 77 yards for a TD against Otterbein. He also returned an interception 40-yards for a TD in the fourth quarter. On the day, Spicer had seven total tackles, inncluding four solo.
DB Sam Lacy, Sr., Bethel
Lacy led Bethel with a season-high 15 total tackles and scored his second touchdown of the year after recovering a fumble and returning it 6 yards. Lacy has notched double-figures in tackles in three of the last four weeks.
DB Carlo DeAngelo, Sr., Delaware Valley
Had two key interceptions in 38-27 upset of No. 11 Lycoming. His first was in the end zone late in the first half, his second came in the fourth quarter and set up TD that put DVC up by 10. The win is the first for the Aggies against Lycoming since 1982 and the team had scored a combined 31 points in the last 11 meetings with the Warriors.
Special teams
K Andy Beals, Sr., Millikin
Beals was 5-for-5 on extra points and 4-for-4 on field goals, including a 41-yarder in a 47-37 win against Elmhurst.
P Jeremy Moseley, Sr., Kings Point
St. Lawrence managed 2 punt return yards on Moseley's eight punts punts in Kings Point's 21-7 victory. Mosely averaged 36.5 net yards, with five punts being downed inside the 20-yard line. One of Moseley's punts was downed at the 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter in a 7-7 game, and KP forced a three-and-out before scoring the game-winning TD five plays later.
RET Matt Reed, Jr., Austin
Reed returned five punts for a career-best 149 yards including a 77-yard return for a touchdown in the second quarter at Louisiana College. Reed's 149 yards helped the Kangaroos amass more than 200 return yards.