Offense
QB Dominique Carson, So., Sul Ross State
Carson ran 22 times for an ASC season-high 287 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-7 victory against Texas Lutheran. His 85-yard scoring run to start the third quarter was also good for a career high. Carson’s performance was the third-best rushing output in ASC history. Carson's other TD runs went for 46, 31 and 21 yards. He was also 4-for-9 passing for 30 yards.
OL Pete Soehner, Vince Perrone, Matt Lowney, PJ Colombo, Corey Balcerzak, St. John Fisher
Quarterback Tim Bailey wasn't sacked in a 40-17 win against Ithaca. St. John Fisher accumulated 33 first downs and ran for 303 yards after averaging just 73.3 yards on the ground per game entering the week. The Cardinals racked up a season-high 533 total yards of offense.
RB Levell Coppage, So., UW-Whitewater
Coppage broke the school record for yards rushed in a game held by Justin Beaver, rushing 41 times for 387 yards and three touchdowns in a win against UW-Eau Claire.
RB Francis Adarkwa, So., Chicago
Adarkwa rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns as Chicago defeated Oberlin 38-17. He scored on a 2-yard plunge early in the second quarter to put the Maroons on top 14-3 before scoring the Maroons' final touchdown from a yard away late in the third stanza. He also caught six passes for 78 yards.
WR Matt Cruse, Sr., Bethany
Cruse led Bethany to a 42-21 win over Thiel with 12 receptions, including eight that went for first downs, for 186 yards and one touchdown, a 34-yard scoring reception that gave BC a 14-0 lead. Already the school's all-time leader in career TD receptions (23), Cruse broke the Bethany career mark for receiving yards (2,276) in the Homecoming victory.
WR Justin Gallo, So., Union
Gallo broke a nearly 42-year-old school record for receiving yards in a game with 246 in Union's 31-21 Liberty League win over Hobart. He had eight catches and three touchdowns, with scores of 76, 70 and 41 yards and broke the record of 237 set by Craig Carlson, also against Hobart, on Oct. 28, 1967.
WR Jon Gubish, Sr., Westminster (Pa.)
Gubish broke the school record for receptions in a game with 14 to help lead Westminster past Waynesburg, 49-42, in overtime. His touchdowns were acrobatic plays, a 35-yard flea-flicker that tied the game at 14-14 in the second quarter, and a 26-yarder that put the Titans up 35-28 in the fourth quarter. Both touchdowns were catches made either in the end zone or at the goal line.
Defense
DL Marcus Ball, Sr., UW-Stout
After returning from an injury that kept him out of three games, Ball had five tackles, three solo in a 7-6 loss at UW-Stevens Point on Saturday. Ball had 2.5 sacks for 16 yards and 3.5 tackles for loss for 17 yards. In addition, Ball forced two fumbles and was credited with one quarterback hurry. Ball had back-to-back sacks/fumbles forced in the second quarter. With 1:05 remaining in the first half, Ball sacked the Stevens Point quarterback, who fumbled. Stevens Point recovered the ball, but Ball racked up another sack on the next play, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Stout with 25 seconds remaining on the Pointer 27. Three plays later, Kyle Martin kicked a field goal to put Stout up 6-0 at halftime.
DL Keith Sayball, Sr., William Paterson
Sayball had six tackles for loss and two and a half sacks among his career-best 13 tackles in a 14-2 win at Morrisville State on Oct. 10. His forced fumble at the Mustangs’ 30-yard line with 2:40 on the clock set up the Pioneers' final touchdown. William Paterson held Morrisville to minus-2 yards rushing and 152 total yards while forcing five turnovers.
DL Cyrus Allen, Jr., St. Thomas
Allen had three sacks and helped a defense that limited Concordia-Moorhead to 95 rushing yards and 219 total yards in Saturday's 31-17 victory.
LB Tom Bruins, Sr., UW-Platteville
Bruins led UW-Platteville's 26-13 upset of 16th-ranked UW-La Crosse by making 12 tackles (9 solos), including 2.5 for losses. He also forced two fumbles and recovered another. His recovery came at the Eagle 28, leading to a field goal and a 10-0 lead. One of his forced fumbles was returned by a teammate 55 yards to the Eagles' 20 to set up a touchdown and a 24-7 halftime lead. The Pioneer defense held the Eagles to 285 yards and 13 points; UW-L came into the game averaging 444.2 and 39.2.
LB Quinn Hambrite, Jr., Huntingdon
Hambrite, who transferred from Millsaps last spring, led the Hawks with eight solo tackles and nine total stops, including 2.0 for loss, in the Hawks victory against his former team. Hambrite also added two quarterback hurries and anchored a defensive unit that allowed just 81 rushing yards and 357 total yards to the Majors.
LB Eric Meyer, So., Loras
Meyer contributed in nearly every way possible in a 43-14 win at Dubuque. He led the Duhawks with 10.5 tackles (9 solo), forced two fumbles, recovering one, broke up a deep pass in coverage, blocked a punt, and returned a punt for five yards.
LB Alex Gilchrist, Jr., Lebanon Valley
Gilchrist terrorized Wilkes quarterback Rob Johnson in LVC's 21-18 win, sacking him three times and intercepting him once. Gilchrist picked off Johnson on Wilkes’ first drive of the game, giving LVC the ball on the Colonels’ 8 and leading to their first touchdown two plays later. Gilchrist had six tackles in the game, with four being for a loss. Gilchrist accounted for 27 lost yards for Wilkes overall.
CB Chris Rountree, Fr., Ursinus
Rountree had an interception, two passes broken up and a pair of tackles in the Bears' 21-14 loss to Franklin and Marshall. His interception came at the Bears' 9-yard line and kept the Diplomats scoreless at the time.
S Sid Facaros, Jr., Allegheny
Facaros recorded a career- and game-high 13 tackles, including 10 solo. He forced a fumble and recovered it to set up Allegheny's game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter in a victory against Carnegie Mellon. He also had a sack for a loss of 13 yards.
S Jalon Scott, Fr., Susquehanna
Scott made nine tackles, including a game-high-tying five solo stops (and a tackle for a loss), and broke up a game-high three passes in visiting Susquehanna's 17-14 win against Rochester in a Liberty League game on Oct. 10.
CB Dominique Dixon, Sr., Montclair State
Dixon returned an interception for a touchdown with 51 seconds left in the game to seal the Red Hawks' 16-7 win against Cortland State. The pick came one possession after the Red Dragons had cut the lead to 9-7. He also had a pair of solo tackles and recovered a fumble.
Special teams
K Brad Marchese, Fr., John Carroll
Marchese broke the school record in becoming the first player in the 90-year history of John Carroll football to make five field goals in a single game, converting from 24, 24, 39, 40 and 40 yards. He accounted for 16 of John Carroll's points in a 22-0 win against Marietta.
P Richard Pattison, Jr., Carnegie Mellon
Pattison averaged 45.7 yards per punt while placing one of his three punts inside the Allegheny 20-yard line with a long of 49 yards. Ten of his 25 punts this season have been inside the opponent's 20.
RET Bryan Albani, Sr., Wooster
Albani returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the second time this season, this time giving Wooster a 32-31 lead on No. 10 ranked Case Western Reserve just past the midway point of the third quarter. The 93 yards marked a school record for longest kickoff return. The Scots' top cornerback also made an interception (late in the first half), his first this season and ninth of his career.