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| Sophomore Evan Lewandowski threw touchdown passes nine times on Saturday against UW-River Falls. UW-La Crosse athletics photo by Bob Morton |
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Games of Oct. 18-19, 2019
Offense
QB Evan Lewandowski, So., UW-La Crosse
Lewandowski finished 28-of-44 for 591 yards and nine touchdowns and one interception in UWL's 63-49 win at UW-River Falls. His nine passing touchdowns and 591 yards set school and WIAC single-game records. The nine touchdown passes also tied the NCAA Division III single-game record. He tied the NCAA Division III record for touchdown passes in a quarter (5). Lewandowski averaged 21.1 yards per completion.
OL Josh Juaire, Dan Greenheck, Nick Neumann, Karl Rude, Ben Bartch, St. John's
The SJU offensive line helped facilitate 588 yards of total offense against a tough St. Thomas defensive unit that entered Saturday's game ranked second in Division III, allowing just 171.4 yards of total offense per game. The Johnnies racked up 30 first downs in the game against a defense that had allowed 44 all season - the fewest in all divisions in NCAA football.
RB Wesley Schools, Sr., Grove City
Schools set the Grove City single-game regular season rushing record by rushing for 324 yards and five touchdowns at Waynesburg. He also went over the 5,000-yard mark for his career as he now has 5,071 career yards. Schools also has 55 career touchdowns. He leads NCAA Division III in rushing yardage (1,161 yards) and rushing touchdowns (16).
RB Robert Shufford, Jr., Birmingham-Southern
Shufford rushed for a game and career-high 238 yards in the Panthers 28-15 upset of No. 7 Berry. This was the most single-game rushing yards by a Panther since 2012. He averaged 9.2 yards per rush, his longest at 69 yards, and finished with a touchdown. Shufford also caught two passes for 23 yards and another touchdown. Shufford leads Division III in rush yards per game and is also the conference leader in five other categories.
WR Alex Herink, Sr., UW-River Falls
Herink led the Falcon offense in UW-River Falls' game vs. UW-La Crosse on Saturday. He led all receivers in the game with 17 receptions, and had 266 receiving yards which breaks the school's single game record. He also added two second-half touchdowns.
WR Emmanual Williams, Sr., Carleton
Emanual Williams posted career bests of 14 receptions, 226 receiving yards, and three touchdowns (70, 31, and 17 yards) as Carleton defeated Augsburg, 42-19. His yardage total ranks second-best in school history, second in the MIAC this year, and 13th in NCAA Division III this season. His 14 receptions are tied for the third-most in a single-game in Carleton history, while his 226 receiving yards are the second-most ever by a Knight.
TE Ryan Curtiss, Sr., Muhlenberg
Curtiss caught seven passes for 103 yards and three TDs in the Mules' 45-21 win vs. Ursinus, breaking the Centennial Conference record for career touchdown receptions by a tight end (21). He became the first Muhlenberg tight end to haul in three TD passes in a game.
Defense
DE Chas Blango, Sr., Bethany
Blango finished with six tackles (three solo) while totaling a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in Saturday's 23-19 win over Carnegie Mellon. He also added two forced fumbles, one recovery and a second quarter interception.
DT Dallas McRae, Sr., Wheaton (Ill.)
Had four solo tackles, three of which were tackles for loss and two were sacks. (The other tackle was for no gain.) He recorded a sack of 6 yards and forced a fumble on third down in the first quarter to end a WashU drive. His second sack was a 13-yard sack on third down in the second quarter to end a WashU drive.
DT Ed Longest, So., Ithaca
Longest played a crucial role in Ithaca's 34-0 shutout win over Hobart as he logged eight total tackles, to go along with two tackles for loss and two sacks. The two sacks accounted for 13 lost yards for the Hobart offense.
DE Myles Shelton, Jr., King's
Shelton was instrumental in a 35-28 win vs. Alvernia on Saturday, as he posted five tackles, including three sacks for 27 yards. He also forced a fumble and added two hurries as well as he upped his sack total on the season to four.
LB Craig Roumes, Sr., Susquehanna
Roumes led the Susquehanna defense with nine tackles in a 31-7 win at Moravian. He collected two of the team's six sacks - one in the first quarter ending the Greyhounds' second drive and the other leading to the fumble in the second quarter. Roumes sacked the quarterback, forced the fumble, recovered the fumble, and ran it in for an 8-yard touchdown on Moravian's second possession of the second quarter to give the River Hawks a 17-7 lead at 6:06. He also added a pass breakup. He has scored a defensive TD in back-to-back games.
LB Devin White, Sr., Oberlin
White played a large role in Oberlin's first shutout victory since 2013 as he recorded two interceptions, forced a fumble, and posted seven tackles in the Yeomen's 7-0 triumph over Hiram. In the third quarter he thwarted a potential scoring drive by forcing a fumble at the 5-yard line, while his first of two fourth-quarter interceptions came deep in Yeomen territory as he stepped in front of an Xavier Reyero pass at the Oberlin 9-yard line. He returned the picks for a total of 33 yards.
LB Ben McMahon, Fr., Bridgewater State
McMahon recorded his first two collegiate interceptions and added four solo tackles to go along with a pass breakup in the Bears' 56-20 win vs. Mass-Dartmouth. Both interceptions, one of which was a 33-yard return, led to touchdowns. The Bears' defense forced six turnovers in the game and held the Corsair offense to just 20 points.
CB Nick Yeager, Sr., Misericordia
Yeager had two interceptions, a forced fumble and five tackles in a 40-14 win at FDU-Florham as the Cougars improved to 4-0 in the MAC. Florham had averaged 40 points in the previous two games.
S Justin Lessel, Jr., Gettysburg
Lessel totaled seven tackles and two interceptions, including a 56-yard return for a touchdown, in Gettysburg's 31-28 win at Juniata. He put the Bullets on the board with the longest interception return in six seasons at the end of the first quarter. Lessel added his conference-best fourth interception of the season on the Eagles' final play of the third quarter.
S Max Garda, Sr., Washington & Jefferson
Garda registered a season-high 11 tackles and forced a fumble that was recovered for a touchback as the Presidents' defense shut down Geneva in a 28-3 road win.
CB Danny Anderson, Sr., Central
Anderson had a team-high three pass breakups, including on fourth-and-goal from the Central 3 in the fourth quarter. He recorded one and a half tackles for loss in the second half and had another pass breakup on third-and-8 in the third quarter as Central beat Buena Vista 44-27.
Special teams
K Sam Thoreen, So., Hamilton
Thoreen tied a program record with three field goals and accounted for 11 points in the Continentals' 31-28 win against Amherst. His 40-yard field goal with 4.0 seconds left in the fourth quarter was the difference and completed Hamilton's rally from a 28-17 deficit in the final four minutes. His career-long 44-yarder with 3:59 remaining pulled Hamilton within 28-20, and he split the uprights from 39 yards out with no time left in the first half. It was the second victory for the Continentals in 30 all-time meetings against the Mammoths.
P Alex Everett, So., Puget Sound
Everett punted seven times, averaging 41.3 yards per punt, landing five punts inside the 20 in a 45-23 win vs. Pacific Lutheran. Three of his punts were downed inside the 10, two of them inside the 5 and one at the 1-yard line. He also drew a roughing the kicker penalty and automatic first down while punting on fourth-and-26.
RET A.J. Jackson, Fr., Lake Forest
Jackson propelled the Foresters to a MWC divisional victory over Ripon 34-27. Jackson returned a punt 63 yards in the second quarter for a touchdown and returned a kickoff in the second quarter for a touchdown. He also recorded the game winning touchdown catch as a wide receiver with 19 seconds. Jackson had 235 return yards breaking 100 yards in both punt and kick returns, while also recording six receptions for 118 yards.
ST Kyle Hogan, Sr., Ohio Wesleyan
Hogan blocked two kicks in OWU's 28-13 win vs. DePauw. He blocked a first-quarter field goal attempt in a 7-0 game. After DePauw had scored on final play of the first half to make it 28-6, Hogan blocked the extra-point try to keep the score at 28-6 heading into the intermission.