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Games of Nov. 3-4, 2012
Offense
QB Dan Griffin, Sr., Salisbury
Griffin ran for ran for a career-high five
touchdowns and a season-high 137 yards as No. 16 Salisbury defeated
Utica, 63-23, to claim the Empire 8's automatic bid. He also threw
for 47 yards. He had TDs of 2, 56 (a team season long), 4, 2 and 1
yard, respectively. He ran 17 times for 8.1 yards per carry.
OL Andrew McManus, De'Quan Murray,
Joe Grieci, Jim Whitlow, Nick Vanoudenhove,
Western New England
The line helped Golden Bears achieve a season-high 267 yards on
the ground, 94 yards above its average, with 4.7 yards per carry.
Kevin Cook rushed for 125 yards for his fifth 100-yard game in
2012. Also, gave QB John Krafick time to complete 16 passes without
being sacked in a 38-12 win against Mass-Dartmouth.
RB Luke Heinsohn, Sr., Washington and
Lee
Heinsohn led Washington and Lee to a 45-42 four-overtime
win over Hampden-Sydey that gave the Generals the ODAC title. He
rushed for 192 yards and four touchdowns on 35 carries, then also
kicked the game-winning field goal and four extra points. He also
ran in a two-point conversion for a school-record total of 33
points.
RB Matthew Biggers, Jr., La
Verne
Biggers rushed for a single-game school record 304 yards while
adding three touchdowns against No. 8 Cal Lutheran to exceed the
1,000-yard mark for the season. The junior scored from 63, 13 and
14 yards out against the Kingsmen.
WR Robin Witjes, Sr.,
Oberlin
Witjes caught touchdown passes that went for 66 yards and 52 yards
as he hauled in seven catches for 165 yards in the Yeomen's 31-16
upset win of No. 10 Wabash. He also threw a 50-yard touchdown pass
in the win.
WR D'Mario Parker, Sr., Louisiana
College
Parker had a tremendous outing in Saturday's
70-28 victory over rival Mississippi College, setting an American
Southwest Conference record for yards per catch (43.6 ypc) in his
six-catch, 261-yard, three-touchdown afternoon. Parker scored on
touchdown receptions of 54, 64, and 76 yards before leaving the
game with 24 minutes remaining.
TE Billy Chapman, Sr.,
Middlebury
Chapman caught eight passes for 94 yards including the opening
score during a 50-21 win over Hamilton in a rivalry Rocking Chair
game on Saturday. The score was a 34-yard catch and run, avoiding
tacklers after the catch and slipping past a pair of defenders at
the goal line.
Defense
DE Ben Lockton, Sr.,
Benedictine
Lockton helped lead Benedictine to a win by leading the team in
tackles and accounting for all three turnovers. He totaled 12
tackles, including three an a half for loss while recovering two
fumbles, breaking up a pass, and returning an interception 36 yards
on a deflected pass from the defensive line.
DT Ayo Idowu, Sr., St.
Thomas
Idowu had three tackles for loss, including a huge fourth-down
sack deep in UST territory, and 10 overall tackles (seven solo) in
St. Thomas' 21-7 road win over No. 17-ranked Concordia. The
Cobbers, averaging 38 points per game, were held to their lowest
point total in 25 agmes.
DT Jared Pattinson, Sr.,
Delaware Valley
Pattinson celebrated the Aggies' Senior Day with a seven-tackle
performance, three solo. He had two and a half tackles for loss,
all of them sacks, as Delaware Valley held Wilkes to 185 total
yards.
DE Kurt Frischman, Jr., Illinois
College
Frischman tallied seven tackles, including three and a half for
losses totaling 24 yards. Two of those were sacks. Frischman also
recorded two passes broken up, one forced fumble and a quarterback
hurry.
LB Javicz Jones, Sr., Mary
Hardin-Baylor
Jones became the American Southwest Conference player to return
two interceptions for touchdowns in the same game. His 92-yard
return was also the longest in school history. Jones added 13
tackles to become the ASC career leader with 416 stops. He posted a
sack, a forced fumble, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery in a
dominating performance to help the Cru clinch a postseason
berth.
LB Pat Dansdill, Sr., Wheaton
(Ill.)
Dansdill led all players with 10 solo tackles in a win against
North Central. He also recovered a fumble and returned it 72 yards
four a touchdown to increase Wheaton's lead to 35-14 and securing
the victory.
LB Alex Taylor, Jr., Thomas
More
Taylor anchored the Saints' defense that held Bethany to 265 yards
of total offense, including 104 on the ground in their 13-10
overtime victory. He finished the game with 15 tackles (eight
solo), two intercetpions and a sack.
CB Brian Garvey, Jr.,
Ithaca
Garvey tied a school record with three interceptions in Ithaca's
win over Hartwick. It was part of a big day for the Bomber defense
as the team totaled six interceptions overall, which also tied a
school record. Garvey returned one of the interceptions for a
touchdown and made eight tackles.
S Justin Suddeth, Sr.,
Heidelberg
Suddeth played an instrumental role in the secondary that kept
John Carroll's Mark Myers (averaging 346 yards) to 228 yards
passing and 48 percent completions. He had seven tackles, five
solo, an interception and forced a fumble in the win.
S Frank Martin, Sr.,
UW-Oshkosh
Martin intercepted two passes, returning one for a touchdown, to
help UW-Oshkosh defeat UW-Stevens Point, 56-31. Martin recorded
both of his interceptions in the second quarter. In the last minute
of the period, Martin grabbed an interception in the middle of the
field. He then rumbled down the sideline 28 yards for a touchdown
to give the Titans a 55-10 lead.
CB Tyquion Ballard, So.,
Whittier
Ballard registered 10 total tackles, seven solo, and had two
takeaways as Whittier took "The Shoes" back from Occidental for the
first time in five years, defeating the Tigers 61-30. He forced a
fumble and had an interception.
Special teams
K Tyler Hunt, Fr.,
Guilford
Hunt kicked a school-record tying three field goals in Guilford's
24-10 win over Catholic, including a career-long 41-yarder,
Guilford's longest since 2006, as well as kicks of 30 and 19
yards.
P Dana Obery, Sr., Wooster
With only a slight breeze behind him, Obery broke a school record
with a 77-yard punt on his first attempt of the day, then added a
66-yarder later in the first quarter, and averaged 45.2 yards over
eight attempts (40.2 net on the day). Making his day all the more
impressive, two snaps went over his head. The first one he
collected 10-15 yards behind where he had been standing and managed
a 31-yard punt that was downed, and the second he helped induce a
roughing-the-kicker penalty into a first down.
RET Graham Asum, Sr., Worcester
State
Asum tied the NCAA Division III record with two kickoff
returns for 94 yards in a 65-21 setback to Framingham State. He
also brought back eight returns for 333 yards to reset the national
single-game record.