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Games of Oct. 19-20, 2012
Offense
QB Ayrton Scott, Fr., Augsburg
Scott accounted for 510 yards of total offense
and nearly led Augsburg from a 38-7 third-quarter deficit in
Augsburg's 38-31 loss to Concordia-Moorhead. Scott rushed 20 times
for 136 yards, while completing 25 of 36 passing for 374 yards for
three TDs. In the process, Scott broke Augsburg's single-season
rushing yardage record on Saturday. He now has 1,034 rushing yards
on 147 carries.
OL Blake Shapskinsky (LT), Harris Huguenard (LG),
Ben Green (C), Ling Zhou (RG), Ryan Moores (RT),
Middlebury
Middlebury's quarterback threw 50 passes with no sacks in a game
in which the Panthers rolled up 568 yards of total offense. The
Panthers, who were featuring a left tackle making his first career
start, held the ball for the majority of the game against a triple
option team.
RB Melikke Van Alstyne, Jr., Framingham
State
Van Alstyne had a school-record 294 yards on 36 carries and
a touchdown in a 30-16 win at Westfield State.
RB Jonathan Rigaud, Sr., Johns
Hopkins
Rigaud powered Johns Hopkins to a 49-35 victory over Gettysburg,
rushing for 210 yards and one TD on 21 carries. His 63-yard TD run
ignited a 21-0 game-ending run for the Blue Jays.
WR Andrew Mrozek, So., Brockport
State
Mrozek smashed the school record for receiving yards in a game
with 252 on just seven catches. He had TD catches of 88 and 69
yards.
WR Adam Smith, Fr.,
Guilford
Smith caught a game-high 10 passes for a
career-high 190 yards and two touchdowns at Randolph-Macon,
including the go-ahead score with 2:02 left in regulation. The
converted quarterback also threw a 51-yard completion to set up a
third-quarter touchdown and help Guilford throw for 405 yards.
TE Calvin Cagney, So., Ohio
Wesleyan
Cagney caught 16 passes for 151 yards, including a pair of
fourth-quarter touchdown passes as Ohio Wesleyan scored the final
17 points of the game to defeat Carnegie Mellon. He scored on plays
of 5 and 40 yards in the fourth quarter as well as a 5-yard play in
the first quarter. His 16 receptions tied the school record set by
Jermar Rayford at Allegheny during the 2010 season.
Defense
DE Shaq Thomas, Fr.,
Hampden-Sydney
Thomas recorded seven tackles and a game-high two sacks with three
tackles-for-loss in his first career start against Shenandoah.
Thomas set the tone early, recording a tackle for loss on the
second play of the game followed by a sack on the next play to
force a three-and-out for the Hornets. Thomas came up big at the
end of the first half as well. Shenandoah was marching down the
field at the end of the half trailing 14-7, and on the last play of
the half, Thomas helped sack the quarterback.
DT Greg Fontana, Sr.,
Ursinus
Fontana recovered two fumbles in a 36-0 win against Susquehanna,
while recording six tackles, five solo. He also had a tackle and a
half for loss, with half a sack.
DE Frank Weymiller, Sr.,
Coe
Weymiller recorded two sacks (29.5 for career) and two tackles for
loss (46 for career) in Coe's 47-7 win over Simpson. He led the
defense in holding Simpson to 28 yards rushing after they averaged
more than 170 yards the past two weeks. Also forced a fumble, the
13th of his career and recorded a safety that put Coe up 19-7 early
in second quarter.
LB Andre Carter, Jr.,
LaGrange
Carter became the first LaGrange player to record two safeties in
a game. Also recovered a fumble which led to the go-ahead score in
LaGrange's 17-13 win at Maryville (Tenn.). He had nine tackles, six
solo, four tackles for loss and three sacks.
LB Devin Worthington, Jr.,
Hobart
Worthington had two interceptions and a sack as Hobart posted a
35-7 win at RPI. His first pick, in the second quarter, allowed the
Statesmen to drive 56 yards and score a touchdown 33 seconds before
halftime to carry a 21-0 lead into the break. In the third quarter,
Worthington's sack pushed a promising RPI drive back across
midfield (12-yard loss). His second pick set up Hobart's final
scoring drive.
LB Javicz Jones, Sr., Mary
Hardin-Baylor
Jones forced three turnovers and posted a game-high 14 tackles. He
intercepted passes on back-to-back drives to stop Hardin-Simmons'
comeback attempt. He also forced and recovered a fumble on a sack,
added two tackles for loss and broke up another pass.
LB Andy Dalton, Sr.,
Hanover
Dalton had 14 tackles, 13 solo, to go with a tackle for loss, an
interception, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup in Hanover's
47-14 win against Defiance.
CB Andre Carter, Jr.,
Salisbury
Carter recovered an Alfred fumble and returned it 38 yards for a
touchdown in the No. 7 Sea Gulls' 24-21 win over the No. 21 Saxons
on Saturday. Carter's fourth career touchdown made it a 14-0 game
in the second quarter. He also posted a game-high three passes
broken up.
S Tanner Troutman, So.,
Lycoming
Troutman had two interceptions and led the Warriors with 10
tackles against No. 14 Widener. He had a 45-yard interception
return, which took the ball down to the 1 and set up Lycoming's
first score on the next play.
S Zach Autenrieb, Sr., Thomas
More
Autenrieb set the NCAA Division III career interception record
when he intercepted a Grove City pass and returned it 100 yards for
touchdown for his 30th career interception. He intercepted another
pass later in the game to increase that mark to 31. He also had
four solo tackles in a 27-0 win at Grove City.
CB Tim Filter, Sr.,
UW-Oshkosh
Filter intercepted two passes in 10th-ranked UW-Oshkosh's 28-13
victory at fifth-ranked UW-Whitewater on Oct. 20. Both of Filter's
takeaways came during the second quarter. On the opening play of
the period, Filter made a diving grab at his own 7-yard line. Less
than eight minutes later, Lee Brekke tossed a pass down the left
sideline that Filter tipped to himself. Filter returned the
interception 19 yards to the UW-Whitewater 30. The Titans used that
field position to score a touchdown moments later and gain a 21-0
lead. Filter also made six tackles (five solo).
Special teams
K Max Gabbard, Sr.,
Wilmington
Gabbard was 2-for-2 on field goals and hit his
only extra point in a 13-12 win against Marietta, snapping a
32-game losing streak. He hit a 31-yarder on the final play of the
third quarter and a pressure-packed 35-yarder with 31 seconds left
in the game to win it.
P Kyle Hamby, So.,
Salisbury
Hamby placed a career-high four of his five punts inside the
Alfred 20-yard line in No. 7 Salisbury's 24-21 win over the Saxons.
Hamby averaged 48.4 yards per punt and boomed a 64-yarder in the
second quarter.
RET Dwayne Hollis, Sr., North Carolina
Wesleyan
Hollis returned the opening kickoff of the second half 90
yards for a touchdown against Greensboro, igniting a 39-point third
quarter for the Bishops. He also returned an interception 40 yards
for a touchdown in the same quarter in a game the Bishops won
45-23.