Games of Oct. 16-17, 2004
Offense
QB Todd Woods, So., Emory and Henry
Woods threw for a school-record 240 yards in the first quarter as he led the Wasps past Randolph-Macon 48-21. He completed 19 of 25 passes for 370 yards, no interceptions and five touchdowns. His TD passes were of 65 yards, 12, 74, 11 and 10. Woods also rushed for 40 yards on seven carries for a total of 410 yards in total offense.
OL Dwight Donaldson, Jake Lucey, James Holan, Drew Kehoe, Kiki Sagoian, Linfield
The Wildcats surpassed their season average on the ground by nearly 50% and the line did not allow a sack in 54 pass attempts in a 56-34 win against Southern Oregon.
RB Brett Trichilo, Sr., Wilkes
The Team of the Week veteran ran 40 times for 316 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-28 win at Augustana. He moved into seventh-place on the NCAA Division III career rushing list with 5,316 yards and surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season.
RB Drew Nielsen, So., Olivet
In just his second collegiate start, Nielsen piled up 251 rushing yards. He had 35 carries and three touchdowns in a 33-22 win against Adrian. A week earlier against Hope, he had 214 yards.
WR Pierre Garcon, Fr., Norwich
Garcon caught eight passes for 198 yards and four touchdowns in Norwich's upset of St. John Fisher.
WR Vinny Sheperis, Jr., Western Connecticut
Sheperis broke his own record for receptions in a game against College of New Jersey in a 34-26 loss. He had 16 catches for the game, including 12 in the first half, and finished with 166 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
TE Ross Adamczak, Sr., UW-Stevens Point
Adamczak had a career-high eight catches for 151 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown in a 23-7 win against UW-Stout.
Defense
DL Joe Kearney, Sr., Wooster
Kearney made two of Wooster's five sacks, deflected a ball at the line of scrimmage, and also recorded a quarterback hurry in the Scots' 33-30 win against then-No. 23 Wabash. He finished with five tackles, all solo.
DL Chris Purtell, Sr., Hobart
Purtell recorded 12 tackles, all solo, with three for loss and a sack in a 35-6 win against Kings Point.
DL Mike Sirignano, So., Bridgewater State
Sirignano helped BSC post a 27-0 shutout of Westfield State as the Bears limited the Owls to 34 yards rushing. He finished with 11 tackles (seven solo), 3½ for loss and two sacks while causing two fumbles.
DL Don Waldron, Sr., Westminster (Pa.)
Waldron had a conference season-high four sacks and had nine tackles (six solo) in a 27-21 win against Bethany.
LB Taz Wallace, So., Adrian
Wallace had 25 tackles (22 solo) in a 33-22 loss at Olivet.
LB Mark Sanger, Sr., Central
Despite having missed most of the previous two weeks of practice because of injury, Sanger recorded 16 tackles, 10 solo and two for loss in a 30-24 overtime loss to Luther.
LB Chad DiFelice, Jr., Moravian
DiFelice opened the scoring in the second half when he returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown. He finished the game with 10 tackles (six solo) with four tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble. DiFelice recorded two of his four tackles for loss on the last drive when the Greyhounds stopped the Devils four times inside the 10-yard line with less than 2 minutes remaining.
DB Quinton Boldon, So., Howard Payne
Boldon crushed two McMurry drives as he intercepted the Indians twice, returning one 58 yards for a touchdown. He finished with 15 tackles (11 solo) and broke up two other passes.
DB Derek Sikora, Jr., UW-Eau Claire
Sikora caused two fumbles in a 20-10 win against No. 3 La Crosse. All 20 Blugold points came off of turnovers caused by Eau Claire's defense. Sikora finished with 13 tackles (six solo), a tackle and a half for loss and a sack.
DB T.J. Schmitz, Fr., Thomas More
Schmitz caused four of Thomas More's five turnovers as the Saints defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 30-14. He caused and recovered two fumbles and intercepted a pair of passes. Schmitz had eight tackles, six solo.
DB LaRon Ragsdale, Jr., UW-Stevens Point
His 77-yard interception return in the final 30 seconds of the first half stopped a UW-Stout drive and gave Stevens Point a 7-0 lead going into the half. He finished with six tackles (four solo).
Special teams
K Seth Burkholder, Jr., Bluffton
Burkholder was perfect on three extra points and added a 39-yard field goal in Bluffton's 24-17 surprise win against Anderson.
P Jason Black, Fr., Allegheny
Black averaged 41.0 yards per punt in a 42-9 victory against Kenyon. The freshman also had three punts inside the 20, including boots downed at the Kenyon 6 and a career-long 49 yard kick stopped at the 3-yard line.
RET Ross Trimmer, Jr., Grove City
Trimmer had a school-record 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the school's first score on a kickoff return in 11 seasons. He also intercepted a pass on defense.