Week 1 Preview
From the Lebanon Valley College Website:
8/30/2006
Football to Host Gettysburg in Season Opener
THE GAME: Lebanon Valley and Gettysburg will face off on Saturday at LVC’s Arnold Field in a non-conference battle and the season opener for both teams.
ON THE RADIO: Saturday's game will be broadcast on WMSS 91.1, a 1350-watt FM station located in Middletown. The game can also be heard on the Internet at http://www.pennlive.com/wmss/. John Wilsbach will call the play-by-play while Brian Keyser will handle color commentary duties.
THE SERIES: Gettysburg holds a 29-3-1 advantage against LVC in the all-times series that began in 1898. Saturday’s game will mark the sixth straight season the Bullets and Dutchmen play their season opener against each other. Gettysburg has gone 4-1 over that stretch, with the Valley’s lone victory coming in 2004 when it defeated the Bullets 7-3 in the first game of Head Coach Jim Monos’s second stint at LVC.
THE COACHES: Lebanon Valley is coached by Jim Monos, who is in the third year of his second stint as the Dutchmen's head coach. Monos also coached LVC from 1986-96 and is 48-79-2 overall. The Bullets are coached by Barry Streeter, a 1971 Lebanon Valley graduate and a 2003 LVC Athletic Hall of Fame inductee. He is 132-126-5 in his 28th year at Gettysburg.
LAST YEAR: Ryan Brennan and Dan Kelly became the first LVC duo to rush for 100 yards in the same game in 11 years, but the Bullets defeated LVC 34-27 at Gettysburg in the season opener for both teams. The Dutchmen took a 27-26 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when Adam Brossman snared a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kelly, but Gettysburg responded with a six-play, 63-yard drive, capped by a 15-yard run from Tom Sturges, who finished with 206 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Brennan piled up 129 yards rushing while Kelly had 104 yards on the ground. He also threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-25 passing. Although Gettysburg never trailed, the Bullets never led by more than seven.
LAST TIME OUT FOR LVC: In its 2005 season finale, Lebanon Valley dropped a 40-39 decision to MAC foe Albright College at Arnold Field. Albright’s John Port hit Andy Sorice for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left in the game as the Lions marched 71 yards on 11 plays during a 1:32 drive. Dan Kelly, who threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns on 21-of-30 passing, set or tied five school records during the game. He established career records for yards passing (4,182), touchdown passes (41), and completions (320) while setting the single-season record for touchdown passes (21). Kelly also tied a single-game record for touchdown passes. Wide receivers Adam Brossman and Luke Rendine each finished with over 100 yards receiving, as Brossman caught eight passes for 140 yards and two touchdown while Rendine had seven receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown.
THE LEBANON VALLEY OFFENSE: The Dutchmen feature a highly-experienced offense, as all but one starter returns from last year’s squad. In 2005, LVC finished seventh in the MAC in scoring offense (24.2 ppg), fourth in rushing offense (178.3 ypg), and fifth in pass offense (214.7 ypg). In addition to his 2,117 yards passing and 21 touchdown passes, senior quarterback Dan Kelly also ran for 376 yards and five TDs a year ago. Junior receiver Adam Brossman is coming off a record-setting season as well after finishing with 51 receptions, 990 yards receiving and 15 touchdown catches. Brossman, whose 15 TDs set a single-season school record, is already LVC’s career leader in touchdown catches (22). Junior tailback Ryan Brennan also returns after leading the team in rushing (480 yards) in 2005. On the line, seven different players return who started at one point last season.
THE LEBANON VALLEY DEFENSE: On the defensive side of the ball, the Valley returns seven starters from a unit that finished eighth in the MAC in scoring defense (29.5 ppg), eighth in rushing defense (183.2 ypg), and seventh in pass defense (207.2 ypg) last season. The team’s top returning tackler is junior linebacker Terry Kaufman, who finished second among the Dutchmen with 73 tackles last season. Freshman linebacker Brian Cottone also returns after making 68 hits in 2005. On the line, sophomore end Brian Drew is one of three returning starters. He led the team in sacks (3.0) and tackles for loss (8.5) last year while finishing fourth on the team with 66 tackles. One of two returning starters in the secondary, senior cornerback Dan Stauffer led LVC in pass breakups (nine) and interceptions (three) last year.
THE LEBANON VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS: Lebanon Valley returns several key players on special teams. Junior Adam Brossman led the MAC in punting last season (38.5 ypp) while junior Clint Vinju led the MAC and set a school record in kick return yards (812). Freshmen Dan DiBona, Josh Evans, and Cameron Johnson will compete for the Dutchmen’s place-kicking duties.
LAST TIME OUT FOR GETTYSBURG: Gettysburg suffered a 13-7 Centennial Conference loss at Franklin & Marshall College in its 2005 season finale. The Bullets made it 13-7 with 5:43 left after a 2-yard touchdown run from Joe Fricchione, capping a 12-play, 79-yard touchdown drive, but the Diplomats stopped Gettysburg on its final two drives. Tailback Tom Sturges led the Bullets with 113 yards rushing on 25 carries. The Bullets were limited to 66 yards passing, as Hunter McMillan and Mark Campo combined to complete 10 of 24 passes. Nathan Smith led the Gettysburg defense with 16 tackles.
THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE: The Bullets bring back six starters from its Spread Wing offense. Junior Hunter McMillan received the majority of the playing time at quarterback last season, throwing for 1,204 yards and six touchdowns. Senior Mark Campo, listed as Gettysburg’s starter for Saturday’s game, had 202 yards and one touchdown on 22-of-41 passing a year ago. Junior tailback Tom Sturges returns to lead the Bullets ground game after a fine 2005 season in which he piled up a Centennial Conference-leading 1,185 yards rushing and six touchdowns. All three of Gettysburg’s top receivers are back in senior Dusty Green (32 catches, 317 yards), senior Spencer Davidson (27 catches, 359 yards), and junior Shawn Hollingsworth (20 catches, 243 yards). Right guard Dain Alaia is the Bullets lone returning starter on the offensive line.
THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE: Defensively, Gettysburg must replace seven starters from last season. The team does return senior linebacker Harold Barton, who led the team with 103 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks. Sophomore defensive lineman Anthony Pastore, who posted 29 tackles for the season, finished second behind Barton in both tackles for loss (7.5) and sacks (3.0). Also returning are senior defensive end Stevenson Foote (35 tackles) and junior defensive back Adam Fulmer (34 tackles).
THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS: The Bullets bring back a solid place-kicker in sophomore Josh Huson, the team’s only returning starter on special teams. Huson converted 18 of 20 extra points and 4 of 8 field goals, including a 48-yarder, last season. Senior Ryan Dunn is listed as the team’s punter while junior Tom Sturges and senior Danny Tyrrell will handle kick and punt return duties.
CLOSING IN ON SCHOOL RECORDS: Lebanon Valley junior wide receiver Adam Brossman is within reach of a pair of school records. With four more touchdowns, he can tie Ken Wilson’s career record of 26. He can also tie LVC’s career points record of 157 held by Wilson with 19 more points.
8/30/2006
Football to Host Gettysburg in Season Opener
THE GAME: Lebanon Valley and Gettysburg will face off on Saturday at LVC’s Arnold Field in a non-conference battle and the season opener for both teams.
ON THE RADIO: Saturday's game will be broadcast on WMSS 91.1, a 1350-watt FM station located in Middletown. The game can also be heard on the Internet at http://www.pennlive.com/wmss/. John Wilsbach will call the play-by-play while Brian Keyser will handle color commentary duties.
THE SERIES: Gettysburg holds a 29-3-1 advantage against LVC in the all-times series that began in 1898. Saturday’s game will mark the sixth straight season the Bullets and Dutchmen play their season opener against each other. Gettysburg has gone 4-1 over that stretch, with the Valley’s lone victory coming in 2004 when it defeated the Bullets 7-3 in the first game of Head Coach Jim Monos’s second stint at LVC.
THE COACHES: Lebanon Valley is coached by Jim Monos, who is in the third year of his second stint as the Dutchmen's head coach. Monos also coached LVC from 1986-96 and is 48-79-2 overall. The Bullets are coached by Barry Streeter, a 1971 Lebanon Valley graduate and a 2003 LVC Athletic Hall of Fame inductee. He is 132-126-5 in his 28th year at Gettysburg.
LAST YEAR: Ryan Brennan and Dan Kelly became the first LVC duo to rush for 100 yards in the same game in 11 years, but the Bullets defeated LVC 34-27 at Gettysburg in the season opener for both teams. The Dutchmen took a 27-26 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when Adam Brossman snared a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kelly, but Gettysburg responded with a six-play, 63-yard drive, capped by a 15-yard run from Tom Sturges, who finished with 206 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Brennan piled up 129 yards rushing while Kelly had 104 yards on the ground. He also threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-25 passing. Although Gettysburg never trailed, the Bullets never led by more than seven.
LAST TIME OUT FOR LVC: In its 2005 season finale, Lebanon Valley dropped a 40-39 decision to MAC foe Albright College at Arnold Field. Albright’s John Port hit Andy Sorice for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left in the game as the Lions marched 71 yards on 11 plays during a 1:32 drive. Dan Kelly, who threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns on 21-of-30 passing, set or tied five school records during the game. He established career records for yards passing (4,182), touchdown passes (41), and completions (320) while setting the single-season record for touchdown passes (21). Kelly also tied a single-game record for touchdown passes. Wide receivers Adam Brossman and Luke Rendine each finished with over 100 yards receiving, as Brossman caught eight passes for 140 yards and two touchdown while Rendine had seven receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown.
THE LEBANON VALLEY OFFENSE: The Dutchmen feature a highly-experienced offense, as all but one starter returns from last year’s squad. In 2005, LVC finished seventh in the MAC in scoring offense (24.2 ppg), fourth in rushing offense (178.3 ypg), and fifth in pass offense (214.7 ypg). In addition to his 2,117 yards passing and 21 touchdown passes, senior quarterback Dan Kelly also ran for 376 yards and five TDs a year ago. Junior receiver Adam Brossman is coming off a record-setting season as well after finishing with 51 receptions, 990 yards receiving and 15 touchdown catches. Brossman, whose 15 TDs set a single-season school record, is already LVC’s career leader in touchdown catches (22). Junior tailback Ryan Brennan also returns after leading the team in rushing (480 yards) in 2005. On the line, seven different players return who started at one point last season.
THE LEBANON VALLEY DEFENSE: On the defensive side of the ball, the Valley returns seven starters from a unit that finished eighth in the MAC in scoring defense (29.5 ppg), eighth in rushing defense (183.2 ypg), and seventh in pass defense (207.2 ypg) last season. The team’s top returning tackler is junior linebacker Terry Kaufman, who finished second among the Dutchmen with 73 tackles last season. Freshman linebacker Brian Cottone also returns after making 68 hits in 2005. On the line, sophomore end Brian Drew is one of three returning starters. He led the team in sacks (3.0) and tackles for loss (8.5) last year while finishing fourth on the team with 66 tackles. One of two returning starters in the secondary, senior cornerback Dan Stauffer led LVC in pass breakups (nine) and interceptions (three) last year.
THE LEBANON VALLEY SPECIAL TEAMS: Lebanon Valley returns several key players on special teams. Junior Adam Brossman led the MAC in punting last season (38.5 ypp) while junior Clint Vinju led the MAC and set a school record in kick return yards (812). Freshmen Dan DiBona, Josh Evans, and Cameron Johnson will compete for the Dutchmen’s place-kicking duties.
LAST TIME OUT FOR GETTYSBURG: Gettysburg suffered a 13-7 Centennial Conference loss at Franklin & Marshall College in its 2005 season finale. The Bullets made it 13-7 with 5:43 left after a 2-yard touchdown run from Joe Fricchione, capping a 12-play, 79-yard touchdown drive, but the Diplomats stopped Gettysburg on its final two drives. Tailback Tom Sturges led the Bullets with 113 yards rushing on 25 carries. The Bullets were limited to 66 yards passing, as Hunter McMillan and Mark Campo combined to complete 10 of 24 passes. Nathan Smith led the Gettysburg defense with 16 tackles.
THE GETTYSBURG OFFENSE: The Bullets bring back six starters from its Spread Wing offense. Junior Hunter McMillan received the majority of the playing time at quarterback last season, throwing for 1,204 yards and six touchdowns. Senior Mark Campo, listed as Gettysburg’s starter for Saturday’s game, had 202 yards and one touchdown on 22-of-41 passing a year ago. Junior tailback Tom Sturges returns to lead the Bullets ground game after a fine 2005 season in which he piled up a Centennial Conference-leading 1,185 yards rushing and six touchdowns. All three of Gettysburg’s top receivers are back in senior Dusty Green (32 catches, 317 yards), senior Spencer Davidson (27 catches, 359 yards), and junior Shawn Hollingsworth (20 catches, 243 yards). Right guard Dain Alaia is the Bullets lone returning starter on the offensive line.
THE GETTYSBURG DEFENSE: Defensively, Gettysburg must replace seven starters from last season. The team does return senior linebacker Harold Barton, who led the team with 103 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks. Sophomore defensive lineman Anthony Pastore, who posted 29 tackles for the season, finished second behind Barton in both tackles for loss (7.5) and sacks (3.0). Also returning are senior defensive end Stevenson Foote (35 tackles) and junior defensive back Adam Fulmer (34 tackles).
THE GETTYSBURG SPECIAL TEAMS: The Bullets bring back a solid place-kicker in sophomore Josh Huson, the team’s only returning starter on special teams. Huson converted 18 of 20 extra points and 4 of 8 field goals, including a 48-yarder, last season. Senior Ryan Dunn is listed as the team’s punter while junior Tom Sturges and senior Danny Tyrrell will handle kick and punt return duties.
CLOSING IN ON SCHOOL RECORDS: Lebanon Valley junior wide receiver Adam Brossman is within reach of a pair of school records. With four more touchdowns, he can tie Ken Wilson’s career record of 26. He can also tie LVC’s career points record of 157 held by Wilson with 19 more points.
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