Games of Sept. 23-24, 2006
Offense
QB Dustin Huff, Sr., Wabash
Huff earned NCAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the Little Giants to a 42-28 win against Ohio Wesleyan in the conference opener Saturday. He finished 22-of-28 passing for 416 yards and five touchdowns. Huff also ran for score.
OL John Mercer, Adam Feit, Mike Mestieri, Dan Connors, Nate Germain, Springfield
Springfield had a fine day rushing with 486 yards on the ground in its 41-34 victory against Alfred, losing only four rushing yards all day. The offensive line was instrumental in opening up holes for junior quarterback Chris Sharpe who rushed for 235 yards and five touchdowns.
RB Antwan Harris, Sr., Mount Ida
Harris rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries in Mount Ida's 33-21 win against Becker on Saturday. One of his three scores was an 80-yard scamper midway through the second quarter.
RB Garet Lynch, So., Brockport State
Lynch averaged 10.1 yards per carry in route to 262 yards on the ground for a school record in Brockport's 22-0 win over Frostburg State. He had a 7-yard touchdown in the first quarter and a 2-yarder in the fourth.
WR Harrison Dull, Jr., Chapman
Dull broke Chapman's single-game receiving record with 327 yards on 13 receptions in the Panthers' 42-25 win over Pacific Lutheran on Saturday night. The night started with Dull catching a 71-yard touchdown pass on Chapman's first play from scrimmage. He then followed with a 49-yard touchdown catch on the Panthers' next offensive drive. Dull finished the night catching a short pass and scrambled 36 more yards, stopped 1 yard from his third touchdown.
WR Joe Danielson, Sr., UW-Platteville
Danielson caught seven passes for 197 yards, all in the first half, in UW-Platteville's 24-7 win over Augustana. He caught two scoring passes in the first quarter for a 14-0 Pioneer lead. After the Vikings closed the gap to 14-7, he brought a 33-yard pass down to the 1-yard line, setting up a score on the next play.
TE Derek Wisnieski, So., Carnegie Mellon
Wisnieski had four receptions for 131 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-14 win over Franklin and Marshall. He hauled in a 77-yard score in the first quarter.
Defense
DL Rishard Davis, Jr., Huntingdon
Davis led the charge for the Huntingdon defense, which was in the Rhodes backfield nearly all day. Davis tallied 11 total tackles, including seven solos, and five for loss. Davis posted a career-high with four sacks in helping the Hawks limited the Lynx offense to only six first downs and 96 total yards, with only six coming on the ground, on the day.
DL Adam Jordison, Sr., Coe
Jordison's five sacks broke the Coe school record for sacks in a game and tied the Iowa Conference mark. The time he spent in the backfield resulted in a loss of 37 yards.
DL Mike Sirignano, Sr., Bridgewater State
Sirignano was the named the NEFC Defensive Player of the Week as he registered a career high 19 tackles, 14 of them solo, with 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble in BSC's 28-21 win against Maine Maritime. His forced fumble was the second of back-to-back turnovers forced by the Bears which turned a 7-0 deficit into a 14-7 lead in a span of 78 seconds late in the first quarter.
DL Robert Hughes, Jr., Thiel
Hughes finished with 13 tackles, a sack and returned his own blocked punt 25 yards for a touchdown in the Tomcats' 17-14 overtime win at conference rival Thomas More College on Sept. 23. Hughes sacked Saints quarterback Trevor Stellman in overtime, forcing Thomas More into a third-and-25 situation on its only overtime possession.
LB Chad Milling, So., Western Connecticut
Milling's 11 tackles (seven solo) led the defense and he sealed the victory when he recovered an Iona fumble and returned it 28 yards with less than one minute to go in the game. He added 2.5 tackles for a loss, one sack and a second fumble recovery. Milling was named the NJAC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.
LB Justin Porter, Sr., Delaware Valley
Porter led the team in tackles while his 10-yard sack on Lycoming's last drive moved them out of field goal range in DVC's 17-16 victory. He finished with 10 tackles (six solo) and three tackles for a loss.
LB Paul Burger, So., Baldwin-Wallace
Burger recorded 11 tackles (nine solo), four tackles for a loss and two sacks in B-W's 14-0 win over Wilmington. On one play, he sacked the Wilmington quarterback for a 9-yard loss with one arm, used his other arm to force the QB to fumble and then recovered he fumble at the WC 11-yard line. The play led to B-W's second touchdown.
DB Frank Dore, Sr., Merchant Marine
Dore led the team in tackles (10) and points (12). The senior strong safety recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for six and on the next defensive series intercepted a pass for 26 yard touchdown return to give the Mariners a 33-14 League win over WPI. He added another interception and two pass breakups in the game.
DB Guy Ulmer-Santos, So., Kean
Ulmer-Santos and the Kean defense held Morrisville State to 203 yards of total offense. He finished with nine tackles (five solo) and three sacks as the pass defense was able to hold the Morrisville quarterback to 9-for-28 passing.
DB Tommy Jahnke, Fr., Loras
Making his first collegiate start in just his second collegiate game, Jahnke was a key part of the Loras secondary. He intercepted a pass in the first quarter, broke up four pass attempts, and tied for the team lead in tackles (seven) during Loras' 23-20 win against Dubuque.
DB Josh Kubiak, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Josh posted five tackles and 1.5 tackles. He intercepted a pair of passes, broke up another and also blocked an extra point. He led a UMHB defense that held TLU to nine points, minus-2 yards rushing and 143 yards of total offense.
Special teams
K Fred Romeo, Fr., Westminster (Pa.)
Romeo kicked two field goals (26 and 21 yards) and was perfect on extra points in the double overtime win against Adrian.
P Brandon Stevens, Jr., Howard Payne
Stevens booted seven punts for 311 yards in HPU's 16-9 win against Paul Quinn. He had the longest punt of his career blasting a 75-yarder in the first quarter of the game.
RET Aaron Williams, So., Hampden-Sydney
Williams returned three kickoffs for 124 yards in H-SC's 46-43 win against Guilford. He had an 85-yard return at the end of the third quarter which the Tigers scored on the very next play to take a 46-29 lead. Williams also had one rush for 48 yards.