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D3football.com Team of the Week

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Games of Sept. 26-27, 2014

Offense

QB Mitch Hendricks, Jr., Gustavus Adolphus
Hendricks threw for seven touchdowns and 504 yards, each of which are school records, and completed an incredible 33 of 39 passes as Gustavus won 55-31 at Augsburg. He turned over the ball just once and threw for 12.9 yards per attempt.

OL Charles Williams, Landon Boffman, Alex Shetter, Michael Garcia, Tyler Scott, East Texas Baptist
The Tigers broke school records with 715 yards and 68 points in a 68-15 win vs. Millsaps. Three separate running backs had long runs of 61 yards, 54 yards, and 39 yards.

RB Jake Forsythe, Sr., Waynesburg
Forsythe put together his third-straight 100-plus-yard, multi-touchdown performance during Waynesburg's 33-27 setback at Bethany, with 23 carries for 183 yards and two touchdowns. 

WR Donteea Dye, Sr., Heidelberg
Dye had 12 catches for 213 yards and two touchdowns and also added 43 yards on the ground as Heidelberg defeated Ohio Northern in a 69-52 shootout. All four stats above were career highs.

WR Rudy Rudolph, Sr., Christopher Newport
Rudolph caught nine balls, including a touchdown pass, in CNU's 51-48 double overtime victory over Methodist. His 214 yards receiving is the second-most in school history.

WR Terrence N'Dabian, So., Western New England
On two end-around plays, N'Dabian rushed for a career-high 157 yards to lead all players in WNE's 80-16 win at Maine Maritime. He set a school record for the longest rush of 94 yards that was the second of his two rushing touchdowns on the day. He also caught a 61-yard TD for 218 all-purpose yards.

TE Kyle George, Jr., Wesley
George caught seven passes for 141 yards and two TDs in the first half of a 47-7 win over Southern Virginia. George did not play in the second half after the score was 47-7 at halftime.

Defense

DE Jake Ceresna, Jr., Cortland State
Ceresna recorded nine tackles, four solo, including two and a half for loss and a sack vs. Morrisville State.

DT Tyler Krug, Sr., Stevenson
Krug had just three tackles, but one of them was a sack when Albright was in the red zone, forcing them to settle for a field goal. Another was a third-down stop in Stevenson territory and the last one was for a 1-yard gain at midfield on first down, with Albright punting three plays later.

DE Aamir Petrose, Sr., Wesley
Petrose had three tackles, all of which were sacks, in 47-7 win over Southern Virginia. He also broke up a pass in the win vs. the Knights.

LB Brady Watts, Jr., Johns Hopkins
Watts posted a career-high nine tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble in Johns Hopkins' 42-26 win at Muhlenberg. The Blue Jay defense allowed just four field goals against a Muhlenberg offense that entered the game averaging 45 points per game. Muhlenberg's two touchdowns on the day came on defense and special teams.

LB Kenneth Bradley, Fr., Ithaca
Bradley put up a 10-tackle performance, nine of them solo, in a 17-6 win at previously-undefeated Alfred. Bradley also had one tackle for loss as Ithaca held Alfred 26 points below its season average.

LB Trey Hooper, Jr., Rhodes
Hooper had 10 tackles, including four solo tackles in the Lynx's 12-0 win vs. Berry. He had 2.5 tackles for a loss of 21 yards and 1.5 sacks for a loss of 20 yards. Hooper forced a safety in the third quarter, the team's only points in the second half, when he took down John Tuggle for a 1-yard loss into the Berry end zone. 

CB Delmas Hoye, So., Austin College
Hoye turned the game around in a come-from-behind-win vs. Howard Payne, making two interceptions are returning them a combined 96 yards, including a fourth quarter interception at the goal line which he returned 75 yards to set up the game winning touchdown.

S Xavier Rhodes, Jr., St. Scholastica
Rhodes matched a team-high with 11 tackles, forced a fumble and recorded an interception in the team's come-from-behind victory at Westminster (Mo.). He also had a pass breakup in the end zone at the end of the third quarter with the Blue Jays driving for the tying score. His interception took place on the next possession in the fourth quarter in the end zone.

S Keaton Trinkle, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Trinkle recorded a pair of interceptions and tied for the team lead with 10 tackles. His second interception came with 27 seconds to play as Langston was driving for a potential game-winning field goal. HSU has won seven consecutive games against scholarship schools.

S Drew Fitzmorris, Fr., Carnegie Mellon
Fitzmorris led the Tartans defense with a career-best 12 tackles including nine solo in Carnegie Mellon's 22-21 win vs. Geneva. Fitzmorris record one tackle for a loss while forcing a fumble which led to the game-winning field goal. The freshman also applied pressure on the quarterback, forcing an errant throw that became another Tartan interception late in the fourth quarter. 

CB Terrell Perryman, Jr., Morrisville State
Perryman assisted Morrisville State to a 38-31 NJAC opening win over Cortland, posting eight total tackles, including two solo. He also recorded two pass breakups and picked off Cortland for a 39-yard interception return, setting Morrisville State up for a field goal.

Special teams

K Andrew Franks, Sr., RPI
Andrew made both of his field goal attemps and had five touchbacks on six kickoffs in a 27-6 win over WPI in the Transit Trophy Game. He made field goals of 51, setting the school record, and 24 yards in the first half to give the Engineers a 6-0 lead. The one kickoff WPI returned was caught at the 1.

P Dakota Peel, Sr., Utica
Peel provided great field position for the Pioneers, punting the ball four times for 203 yards, which is a 50.8-yard average. That includes a long of 65 yards. He pinned Brockport inside its own 20-yard line twice in the fourth quarter. The first was the 65-yarder that was downed at the Brockport 1-yard line with 10:30 left in regulation. The second was a 42-yard punt that rolled out of bounds at the Brockport 5 with 4:05 left in the game. 

RET Zack Trause, Sr., Tufts
Trause returned a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown and a punt 49 yards for a score just 2:02 apart to help Tufts earn a 42-24 victory over Bates. Right after Bates had scored to take a 24-23 lead, Trause took the ensuing kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown to give the hosts a 29-24 advantage with 1:06 left in the third. The Tufts defense next forced a punt that Trause took 49 yards to the house for a 35-24 Tufts lead with 14:02 left in the game. 

ST C.J. Hawkins, So., Louisiana College
Hawkins recorded two blocked punts in the Wildcats' win vs. Bacone, bringing his career total to four.

Dec. 15: All times Eastern
Final
Cortland 38, at North Central (Ill.) 37
@ Salem, Virginia
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Dec. 9: All times Eastern
Final
North Central (Ill.) 34, at Wartburg 27
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Final
Cortland 49, at Randolph-Macon 14
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