Lebanon Valley Game Preview
The LVC Website contains the following well outlined preview of this Saturday's game:
THE GAME: Lebanon Valley and Gettysburg will each be playing their season opener on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gettysburg’s Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The game will mark the only non-conference contest of the season for the Flying Dutchmen. Lebanon Valley is looking to snap a five-game losing streak at Gettysburg and pick up its first win on the Bullets’ turf since 1979.
THE SERIES: The Dutchmen and Bullets have met 32 times, the first coming in 1898, with Gettysburg holding a 28-3-1 advantage in the all-time series. This year will mark the fifth straight season the two teams will play their season opener against each other.
THE COACHES: Lebanon Valley is coached by Jim Monos, who is entering the second year of his second stint as the Dutchmen’s head coach. Monos also coached LVC from 1986-96. Gettysburg is coached by Barry Streeter, who is starting his 27th year as the Bullets’ head coach. Streeter, who is coming off a year of absence to attend a family health situation, is a 1971 graduate of Lebanon Valley and was inducted into the LVC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.
LAST SEASON: Lebanon Valley defeated Gettysburg 7-3 at Lebanon Valley. Cornerback Dan Stauffer intercepted a pass at the LVC 30-yard line with just under a minute remaining to allow the Dutchmen to snap a 10-game losing streak against the Bullets and pick up their first win over Gettysburg since 1979. The game also marked the beginning of Jim Monos’ second stint as LVC’s head coach. In addition, the victory gave Lebanon Valley its first season-opening win since its 10-0 victory over Johns Hopkins in 1994. Dan Kelly threw for 134 yards and one touchdown on 10-of-19 passing to lead the LVC offense. His 6-yard scoring toss to Luke Rendine with 1:15 left in the opening half gave the Valley all the offense it would need. Dusty Green paced Gettysburg with 186 yards rushing on 43 carries.
THE LEBANON VALLEY OFFENSE: Lebanon Valley returns eight offensive starters. Junior quarterback Dan Kelly returns after throwing for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2004 in his first season as the Dutchmen’s starting signal caller. His primary receivers were sophomore Adam Brossman and junior Luke Rendine, and they both return this season. Brossman caught 43 passes for 724 yards and seven touchdowns while Rendine flagged in 52 catches for 569 yards and five TDs. Sophomore Ryan Brennan will get the start at tailback after rushing for 300 yards on 88 attempts last year. Four of the team’s five starters on the offensive line will also return from last season.
THE LEBANON VALLEY DEFENSE: The Dutchmen bring back eight defensive starters. One of the team’s biggest strengths may be its defensive secondary, which returns all four starters after leading the MAC in pass defense (146.4 ypd) last year. Senior safety James Holzman returns after leading the team in tackles (86) and intercepting three passes last year. Junior cornerback Dan Stauffer is back after intercepting five passes while senior cornerback Joey Venezia led the team in pass breakups (12) in 2004. Lebanon Valley also returns two starting linebackers and a two starting defensive linemen. Both of the team’s starting defensive ends will be freshmen.
THE LEBANON VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS: Lebanon Valley returns plenty of familiar faces on its special teams units as well. Brossman will get the call at punter after sharing the job last season, when he averaged 33.8 yards per punt. Sophomore Eldin Brodlic comes back at kicker after converting 12 of 16 extra points and 2 of 5 field goals last year. In addition, sophomore Clint Vinju returns as the Dutchmen’s primary return specialist. Vinju returned 21 punts for 141 yards and 28 kickoffs for 571 yards last season.
THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE: Gettysburg returns six starters on offense, but must replace three-year starting quarterback Joe Gossweiler. As many as four players will contend for the Bullets’ starting QB job this season, although sophomore Hunter McMillan or junior Mark Campo will most likely start on Saturday. Sophomore tailback Tom Sturges is the team’s top returning rusher after gaining 416 yards in six games a year ago. Junior halfback Dusty Green also returns after picking up 296 yards over six games in Gettysburg’s Wing-T offense last season. Junior Spencer Davidson is the team’s top returning receiver. Davidson caught 22 passes for 217 yards in 2004.
THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE: Most of Gettysburg’s defense remains intact, as the Bullets bring back eight starters from last season. Senior defensive tackle Dan Hogdahl was Gettysburg’s second-leading tackler after posting 77 tackles a year ago. Also returning are senior linebacker Michael Schmidt, who had 57 tackles in 2004, and senior cornerback Jay Cage, who recorded three interceptions and 10 pass breakups last season.
THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS: The Bullets bring back an all-conference punter in senior Tom Pettit, who averaged 37.5 yards per punt last season. Gettysburg also returns senior placekicker John Edgar, the team’s leading scorer in 2003 who was limited to kickoffs last season due to injuries. Senior Nathan Smith is back at return specialist after returning 14 kickoffs for 367 yards and six punts for 35 yards last year.
CLOSING IN ON SORRENTINO: With his next victory, Monos will tie Lou Sorrentino’s school record for career coaching wins. Monos, who coached Lebanon Valley from 1986-96 and in 2004, currently holds a career record of 46-65-2. Sorrentino was 47-87-4 from 1971-85.
ON THE RADIO: WMSS 91.1, a 1350-watt FM station located in Middletown, will broadcast all of the Dutchmen’s games this season, via the radio or the Internet. Nine games will broadcast on WMSS, while all 10 games will be webcast at http://www.pennlive.com/wmss/. John Wilsbach will handle the majority of the play-by-play duties while Steve Leedy will provide back-up play-by-play. Brian Keyser will handle color commentary duties.
THE GAME: Lebanon Valley and Gettysburg will each be playing their season opener on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gettysburg’s Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The game will mark the only non-conference contest of the season for the Flying Dutchmen. Lebanon Valley is looking to snap a five-game losing streak at Gettysburg and pick up its first win on the Bullets’ turf since 1979.
THE SERIES: The Dutchmen and Bullets have met 32 times, the first coming in 1898, with Gettysburg holding a 28-3-1 advantage in the all-time series. This year will mark the fifth straight season the two teams will play their season opener against each other.
THE COACHES: Lebanon Valley is coached by Jim Monos, who is entering the second year of his second stint as the Dutchmen’s head coach. Monos also coached LVC from 1986-96. Gettysburg is coached by Barry Streeter, who is starting his 27th year as the Bullets’ head coach. Streeter, who is coming off a year of absence to attend a family health situation, is a 1971 graduate of Lebanon Valley and was inducted into the LVC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.
LAST SEASON: Lebanon Valley defeated Gettysburg 7-3 at Lebanon Valley. Cornerback Dan Stauffer intercepted a pass at the LVC 30-yard line with just under a minute remaining to allow the Dutchmen to snap a 10-game losing streak against the Bullets and pick up their first win over Gettysburg since 1979. The game also marked the beginning of Jim Monos’ second stint as LVC’s head coach. In addition, the victory gave Lebanon Valley its first season-opening win since its 10-0 victory over Johns Hopkins in 1994. Dan Kelly threw for 134 yards and one touchdown on 10-of-19 passing to lead the LVC offense. His 6-yard scoring toss to Luke Rendine with 1:15 left in the opening half gave the Valley all the offense it would need. Dusty Green paced Gettysburg with 186 yards rushing on 43 carries.
THE LEBANON VALLEY OFFENSE: Lebanon Valley returns eight offensive starters. Junior quarterback Dan Kelly returns after throwing for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2004 in his first season as the Dutchmen’s starting signal caller. His primary receivers were sophomore Adam Brossman and junior Luke Rendine, and they both return this season. Brossman caught 43 passes for 724 yards and seven touchdowns while Rendine flagged in 52 catches for 569 yards and five TDs. Sophomore Ryan Brennan will get the start at tailback after rushing for 300 yards on 88 attempts last year. Four of the team’s five starters on the offensive line will also return from last season.
THE LEBANON VALLEY DEFENSE: The Dutchmen bring back eight defensive starters. One of the team’s biggest strengths may be its defensive secondary, which returns all four starters after leading the MAC in pass defense (146.4 ypd) last year. Senior safety James Holzman returns after leading the team in tackles (86) and intercepting three passes last year. Junior cornerback Dan Stauffer is back after intercepting five passes while senior cornerback Joey Venezia led the team in pass breakups (12) in 2004. Lebanon Valley also returns two starting linebackers and a two starting defensive linemen. Both of the team’s starting defensive ends will be freshmen.
THE LEBANON VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS: Lebanon Valley returns plenty of familiar faces on its special teams units as well. Brossman will get the call at punter after sharing the job last season, when he averaged 33.8 yards per punt. Sophomore Eldin Brodlic comes back at kicker after converting 12 of 16 extra points and 2 of 5 field goals last year. In addition, sophomore Clint Vinju returns as the Dutchmen’s primary return specialist. Vinju returned 21 punts for 141 yards and 28 kickoffs for 571 yards last season.
THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE: Gettysburg returns six starters on offense, but must replace three-year starting quarterback Joe Gossweiler. As many as four players will contend for the Bullets’ starting QB job this season, although sophomore Hunter McMillan or junior Mark Campo will most likely start on Saturday. Sophomore tailback Tom Sturges is the team’s top returning rusher after gaining 416 yards in six games a year ago. Junior halfback Dusty Green also returns after picking up 296 yards over six games in Gettysburg’s Wing-T offense last season. Junior Spencer Davidson is the team’s top returning receiver. Davidson caught 22 passes for 217 yards in 2004.
THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE: Most of Gettysburg’s defense remains intact, as the Bullets bring back eight starters from last season. Senior defensive tackle Dan Hogdahl was Gettysburg’s second-leading tackler after posting 77 tackles a year ago. Also returning are senior linebacker Michael Schmidt, who had 57 tackles in 2004, and senior cornerback Jay Cage, who recorded three interceptions and 10 pass breakups last season.
THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS: The Bullets bring back an all-conference punter in senior Tom Pettit, who averaged 37.5 yards per punt last season. Gettysburg also returns senior placekicker John Edgar, the team’s leading scorer in 2003 who was limited to kickoffs last season due to injuries. Senior Nathan Smith is back at return specialist after returning 14 kickoffs for 367 yards and six punts for 35 yards last year.
CLOSING IN ON SORRENTINO: With his next victory, Monos will tie Lou Sorrentino’s school record for career coaching wins. Monos, who coached Lebanon Valley from 1986-96 and in 2004, currently holds a career record of 46-65-2. Sorrentino was 47-87-4 from 1971-85.
ON THE RADIO: WMSS 91.1, a 1350-watt FM station located in Middletown, will broadcast all of the Dutchmen’s games this season, via the radio or the Internet. Nine games will broadcast on WMSS, while all 10 games will be webcast at http://www.pennlive.com/wmss/. John Wilsbach will handle the majority of the play-by-play duties while Steve Leedy will provide back-up play-by-play. Brian Keyser will handle color commentary duties.
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