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BAY CITY, Mich. - Grand Valley State University sophomore quarterback Heath Parling (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) "Offensive Player of the Week" after completing 21-of-28 passes for 336 yards and six touchdowns in GVSU's 57-10 win over Ferris State University last Saturday. Wayne State University junior safety Mazen Jaddou (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice) earned "Defensive Player of the Week Honors," while University of Findlay senior safety Isaiah Ballard (Toledo, Ohio/Rogers) was tabbed "Special Teams Player of the Week."
Ashland - AU saw a four-game winning streak end
at Saginaw Valley State…Wickes Stadium has been a difficult
venue for the Eagles. AU’s all-time record at the facility is
2-7…senior slot back D.J. McCoy (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood)
rushed for 130 yards on 15 carries (8.7 ypc.) at SVSU.
That’s the 12th 100-yard game of his career and his
first 100-yard effort of the season. McCoy injured an ankle in the
opener at Bloomsburg and this was his most extensive action since
that game…sophomore linebacker Cody Bloom (Napoleon, Ohio)
tied his career high with 14 tackles (four solo) at
SVSU…redshirt freshman quarterback Cole Hudson (Dresden,
Ohio/Zanesville) came off the bench to complete 7-of-13 passes for
48 yards at Saginaw Valley. Hudson also threw the first touchdown
pass of his career.
Ferris State - A quick start fueled Grand Valley
State to a 57-10 victory over Ferris State in the Anchor-Bone
Classic on Saturday (Oct. 22) evening at GVSU’s Lubbers
Stadium in Allendale, Mich...The Lakers scored on their opening
possession of the contest and racked up 21 points in the first
quarter in building a 38-7 halftime advantage in the annual West
Michigan rivalry matchup played before a crowd of 9,197 fans on a
chilly night... With the setback, the Bulldogs fell to 5-3 overall
and 4-3 in the GLIAC while GVSU also improved to both 5-3 overall
and 4-3 in conference play... The Bulldogs totaled 369 yards,
including 171 rushing and 198 passing with 22 first downs. Senior
QB Tom Schneider completed 15-of-29 balls for 156 yards and also
ran for a team-high 72 yards on 18 carries. Senior WR Mike
Ryan caught four passes for 35 yards in the game to lead the FSU
receivers. He also threw a TD pass on a throwback to
Schneider... Sophomore Jonathan Flynn (Traverse City/West) paced
Ferris State with eight tackles for the defense.
Findlay - Junior running back Monterae Williams
rushed 31 times for 175 yards and four touchdowns in the Oilers
35-31 win at Lake Erie. Williams now has 1,097 yards on the
season and has scored 16 rushing touchdowns... Senior defensive
back Isaiah Ballard led the Oilers with ten tackles in their 35-31
win at Lake Erie on Saturday. He also returned four kicks for
158 yards in the win. On the season, Ballard is second on the
team with 68 tackles. He also leads the nation in forced
fumbles with six.
Grand Valley State - ldogs at Lubbers Stadium and
against the most scored vs. FSU since a 63-point outing in
2002…GVSU’s 631 yards of total offense was a
season-high…Grand Valley State sophomore QB Heath Parling
(Plymouth, Mich./Salem) completed 21-of-28 passes for 336 yards and
six TDs in three quarters of action as the Lakers claimed a 57-10
victory over Ferris State. Parling completed 15-of-21 passes
for 216 yards in the first half, followed by a 6-for-7 third
quarter for 120 yards and two Tds. Parling’s completions
(21), yards (336) and TD passes (6) were all career highs, while
his six Tds tied a Lubbers Stadium record that Curt Anes
accomplished twice. His 336 passing yards equalled Brad
Iciek’s total vs. Saginaw Valley State in 2009 and is the
10th-best single-game total at Lubbers Stadium. Parling’s 27
passing Tds also set a GVSU sophomore record that was previously
set by Cullen Finnerty (25) in 2005.
Hillsdale - The Hillsdale College football team
lost in double overtime at home to Wayne State Saturday,
27-24…It was the Chargers’ first home overtime loss
since 2003…The loss was also the first time Hillsdale has
lost back-to-back home games since October 2005…The Warriors
held the Chargers to a season-low 105 net yards rushing…Both
times Hillsdale has scored first at home this season, it’s
lost…After not playing an overtime game from October 2004
until November 2009, the Chargers have now played three overtime
games in their past 21 games overall…Hillsdale’s three
losses this season have come by a combined total of seven
points…All eight of Hillsdale’s games have been
decided by nine points or less…Junior QB Anthony Mifsud had
his second career 300-yard passing game…Sophomore Andrew
Mott set a team season-high with seven receptions and 139 receiving
yards in the game.
Indianapolis - UIndy earned its first four-game
winning streak in four years with a 38-31 win versus Northern
Michigan last week… Senior Ryan Forney, who set a new GLIAC
season high with 241 receiving yards in the win, became just the
fifth-ever Greyhound to surpass 2,000 career receiving
yards…Sophomore QB Chris Mills finished with a career-high
415 yards and two touchdowns on 23 for 36 passing. He also
added his third rushing TD of the year on a one-yard QB sneak in
the second quarter… The Hounds have at least one INT in each
of the last four games, including a total of eight in the previous
three… The Greyhounds garnered over 500 yards of total
offense for the second time this season. Before amassing 509
yards Saturday, they had not reached that plateau twice in the same
year since 2003…After committing its first turnover of the
season the prior week, UIndy had zero versus Northern
Michigan. The team leads the nation in fewest turnovers (1)
and is on track to break the D-II record for fewest turnovers in a
season (8).
Lake Erie - Senior
WR Brandon James tied his own single season record with 14
receptions in the Storm’s 35-31 loss to Findlay. He had 159
yards receiving in the game, the second most by an LEC player and
his sixth career 100-yard game (second this season). James caught a
19-yard touchdown pass, the 19th TD reception of his career...
senior QB Sean Bedevelsky threw for a season-high 326 yards,
completing 29-of-38 passes. It was his sixth 300-yard passing game
in his career and marked the 13th time that he has both thrown for
and rushed for a touchdown in the same game. Bedevelsky went over
8,000-yards passing for his career (8,036) also rushed for 43
yards, surpassing the 1,700-yard mark.. senior WB David Romeo had
six receptions for 82 yards, moving withint 47 yards of joining
James in the 2,000-yard receiving club... freshman RB Rod Smith ran
for a team-high 72 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Since
starter Kameron Alexander went down with an injury in the fourth
quarter at Ferris State, Smith has run for 251 yards on 50 carries
(5.0 avg.) and three TDs in three-plus games... junior DB Desmond
Reed led the Storm with a career-high 11 tackles against Findlay...
freshman KR Ramon Alexander had a school-record 70-yard kickoff
return.
Michigan Tech - Michigan Tech improved to 5-3
with its 24-10 win over Northwood last Saturday (Oct. 22) …
The Huskies held the Timberwolves to zero passing yards and 191
total yards (only 25 in the second half) last Saturday. The zero
passing yards allowed was not a school record. Tech held Winona
State to minus-four yards passing on Sept. 19, 1959 … Drew
Vanderlin (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest) recorded a sack for the third
straight game to run his season total to 5.5 and career total to
19.0. The senior defensive end is just 2.5 shy of
Tech’s school record for sacks—21.5 by Tony Roberson
(1999-2002) … Senior Jesse Vandenberg (Kaukauna, Wis.) has
moved up to sixth on the career tackles list at Michigan Tech with
278. The defensive back tallied six tackles at Northwood to run his
season total to a team-high 59 … Head coach Tom Kearly, who
is in his sixth year as Tech’s skipper, has coached in 60
games with a 35-25 record (.583 percentage).
Northern Michigan - NMU lost its fifth game in a
row…Indianapolis defeated the Wildcats 38-31 at Key
Stadium…NMU was up 13-0 in the first quarter before the
Greyhounds scored 21 in the second quarter... NMU finished with 433
yards of total offense on 232 yards rushing and 201
passing…The ‘Cats were 7-for-15 on third-down
conversion and 5-for-5 in the redzone…Carter Kopach finished
the game 21-for-38 for 201 yards through the air with a
touchdown... He also rushed for 88 yards and three
touchdowns…Prince Young led the ‘Cats ground attack
with 130 yards…He also had four catches for 36 yards.
Northwood - Northwood dropped a 24-10 contest to
Michigan Tech Saturday afternoon … the Timberwolves are now
2-6 overall, 1-6 in the GLIAC … Northwood had 191 yards
rushing in the game, 133 of which was by Cameron Jackson
(Dahlonega, Ga. (Lumpkin) … Jackson scored the lone
touchdown of the game for Northwood, a 44-yard run in the second
quarter to tie the game 7-7 … he currently stands with 732
yards rushing, over 500 more yards more than anyone else on the
team … Jackson currently ranks seventh in the GLIAC in
rushing.
Ohio Dominican - Behind a dominant effort on both
sides of the ball, Ohio Dominican’s football team roared to a
62-7 victory over Tiffin…The 62 points scored is tied for
the third-most in a game in school single-season history, and the
55-point margin of victory is the biggest since ODU’s 56-0
victory over Urbana on Nov. 8, 2008… For the third time in a
game this season, ODU ran the ball at least 51 times, picking up
276 yards on the ground, the fourth-best single-game total in
school history. Despite attempting just nine passes – the
fewest in a game in school history – ODU’s quarterbacks
completed eight of those throws for 204 yards and TD passes of 66,
56 and 46 yards…ODU’s defense chimed in with a
school-record seven sacks, the best total in the GLIAC this season,
and five takeaways (three fumble recoveries, two interceptions.)
Tiffin finished with minus-17 yards rushing on 25 attempts, the
first time in school history ODU held an opponent to negative
yardage on the ground, and the first time it’s happened in
the GLIAC this season.
Saginaw Valley State - SVSU picked up an
impressive 27-6 win over No. 23 ranked Ashland in the NCAA Division
II “Game of the Week” on Thursday night. With the
win, SVSU remained in a tie in the GLIAC North standings at
5-2. The Cardinals defense would force the Eagles, one of the
best teams in the nations in turnover margin, to turnover the ball
five times on the evening. The Cardinals would score all 27
points of its points off of Ashland turnovers, including a 63-yard
fumble return for touchdown by Darius
Middlebrooks. Jonathon Jennings would throw two
touchdown passes on the evening, extending his streak to seven
straight games this season with at least two touchdown
passes. He has also now thrown a touchdown in all 14 games
that he has attempted a pass in his career dating back to
last season. The Cardinals offense rolled up 181 yards on the
ground rushing, with Tim Hogue racking up 98 of those
yards.
Tiffin - Tiffin University made the
trip to Columbus to take on Ohio Dominican and had a rough day,
falling 62-7…Dan Pitts completed 33 of 49 passes for 249
yards, while Obadiah Dykes had 13 receptions for 117 yards. His 13
catches fell one shy of tying the single game record of 14 catches
accomplished twice by Dyshaun Edwards…Brendton Williams had
3 catches for 46 yards, while James Hall had 7 catches for 37 yards
and Marcus Beaurem had 6 catches for 31 yards. Beaurem also
accounted for 118 all-purpose yards as he also had 87 yards in kick
returns…Defensively Theron Carter had a busy day with 18
tackles.
Wayne State - WSU recorded its first win at
Hillsdale since a 27-21 Warrior triumph on Oct. 14, 2000, with the
first overtime win by WSU since a 24-21 victory at Indianapolis on
Sept. 25, 2004 ... Paul Winters became WSU’s all-time leader
in coaching wins with 43 ... Joseph G. Gembis (1932-45) had held
the mark of 42 victories for the last 66 years ... the 2011 Wayne
State senior class has tied the school mark for victories in a
four-year period with 30 (30-11) ... the 1974-77 teams under
legendary (and WSU Hall of Fame) coach Dick Lowry compiled a 30-12
record ... junior QB Mickey Mohner (Painesville, Ohio/Harvey)
became WSU’s all-time leader in passing yards with his
five-yard completion midway through the fourth quarter to senior RB
Josh Renel (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams) ... Renel had a
WSU season-best 272 all-purpose yards and set career highs in
rushing attempts (36) and rushing yards (193), while garnering all
50 yards of total offense in OT on six carries.
