Games of Nov. 13-15, 2008
Offense
QB Andrew DiDonato, Jr., Grove City
DiDonato threw for a career-high 278 yards and was 24-for-31 passing in a rainstorm in Grove City's 20-14 Mercer County Cup victory over Thiel. He also caught a 3-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to put the Wolverines on the board. DiDonato went over the 5,000-yard mark for his career
OL Josh Lankford, Jonathon Shaw, Nelson Craddock, Cody Wright, Jacob Mattina, Mississippi College
The Choctaws' line paved the way to a season-high 473 team rushing yards, including two 100 yard rushers, in the 52-7 win over Texas Lutheran. On the season, MC finished tied for first in the league, only allowing six sacks.
RB Chris Coney, So., Union
Coney had a career high 244 yards with three touchdowns on 31 carries in a win at Susquehanna. It was his second 200-yard game of the year and sixth game of 100 or more rushing yards.
RB Jeff Schnobrich, Sr., St. John's
Schnobrich caught nine passes for 145 yards, including the 22-yard game-winner with 16 seconds left in a 14-10 win at Carleton. Schnobrich made three catches on SJU's four-play, 62-yard game-winning drive. He recorded his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and gained 34 yards on eight carries in the game.
WR Jared Manzer, Jr., Alfred
Manzer caught six passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns and added an interception in Alfred's win against St. John Fisher.
WR Tim Marion, Sr., St. John Fisher
Marion caught 14 passes for 134 yards in St. John Fisher's loss against Alfred.
TE Brad Kalsow, Sr., UW-Stevens Point
Kalsow had 12 receptions for 129 yards and three touchdowns in UW-Stevens Point’s 21-7 victory over UW-La Crosse. It was his second three-touchdown game of the season.
Defense
DL Marcus Stokes, Sr., Millsaps
Stokes tied a career-high with 11 tackles in helping Millsaps to its 12th consecutive win overall, recording three tackles for loss and a sack and a half, as the Majors wrapped up their first 10-win season in school history.
DL Mike Six, Sr., Guilford
Six made a game- and season-high 12 tackles, one off his career high, with seven solo. He five tackles for loss. Six also scored his first college touchdown on a 3-yard run that turned out to be the final play of his career.
DL Marcus Ford, Sr., Willamette
Ford had seven overall tackles, including four and a half tackles for loss and three and a half sacks in a win against Menlo.
LB Andrew Morrissey, Sr., Moravian
Morrissey made 10 tackles in Moravian's 27-24 overtime upset victory over rival Muhlenberg, ranked No. 6, with five solo stops. He had a sack for a loss of eight yards in the second quarter on which he forced a fumble that Muhlenberg recovered. Morrissey forced the fumble that led to Moravian’s game-tying score with 54 seconds remaining in regulation, and he also had an interception with a 13-yard return in the final 15 seconds of the fourth quarter to stop a Muhlenberg drive and force overtime.
LB Ethan Eid, Jr., St. John's
Eid posted 10 tackles (six solo), a fumble recovery and an interception in the Johnnies' 14-10 win at Carleton. Eid intercepted a pass on the Knights' first offensive play after SJU took a 7-0 lead. On third-and-1 from the SJU 2-yard line early in the fourth quarter and the Johnnies leading 7-3, Eid stuffed Henfling on a keeper to force fourth down. Eid sealed the win for SJU by recovering a fumble on Carleton's final play of the game.
LB Kyle Gesswein, So., Delaware Valley
Gesswein had 10 tackles and three and a half sacks to lead the Aggies to a victory over Albright and a share of the MAC title. The defense held the Lions to 235 yards of total offense, including just 170 after the opening drive.
DB Steve Valdiserri, Fr., DePauw
The freshman's two interceptions led to 13 points in the Tigers' 36-14 Monon Bell win at DePauw. He added six tackles, three solo.
DB Jason Chier, Sr., Ithaca
Chier picked off three passes in Ithaca's 35-13 win at Cortland State for the Cortaca Jug. He also broke up a pass in the end zone that forced the Red Dragons to settle for a field goal. He finished with seven tackles, five solo.
DB Ron Smith, Sr., Alfred
Smith blocked the PAT that forced the game into overtime, where Alfred beat St. John Fisher 36-33 and denied the Cardinals a trip to the playoffs. He also had seven tackles, five solo, and an interception.
DB Nick Swanson, Sr., North Central
Swanson tallied seven tackles, two pass breakups, a tackle for loss, and an interception as North Central won its season finale at Elmhurst, 35-28. His interception thwarted a Bluejay scoring opportunity in the red zone.
Special teams
K Brannon Walls, Jr., Mississippi College
Walls tied an ASC record by making four field goals in a 52-7 win at Texas Lutheran. Walls connected from 28, 20, 37 and 22 yards out.
P Kevin Allaer, P, Adrian
Allaer kept Olivet in poor field position with his punting in Adrian’s 19-7 win over the Comets. Allaer averaged 48 yards on five punts, placing two punts inside the Olivet 20.
RET Caleb Jennings, So., Emory and Henry
Jennings accumulated 316 all-purpose yards, the third consecutive week with 300 yards or more. He returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown and had a 55-yard return called back. Jennings also ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass.