Bullets to Host Moravian in Centennial Match-up
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Gridders to Host Moravian in Centennial Match-up
Complete Game Notes
THE GAME
Coming off their first win of the season, the Bullets (1-4, 1-2 CC) will look to make it two in a row as they host Moravian (4-1, 2-1 CC) in a Centennial Conference showdown on Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.
GAME COVERAGE
A live audio/video webcast of Saturday’s game is available on a pay-per-view basis at http://www.gettysburgsports.com/member/bridge.asp?url=/member/aa_signup.aspx, with Josh Scheinblum ’11 calling the action and Curtis Lafferty ’11 providing color commentary.
SERIES NOTES
Gettysburg and Moravian have met only six times, with the Bullets holding a 5-1 lead. Prior to last season, when the Greyhounds joined the Centennial Conference for football, the two teams had not faced off since 1982. Moravian won in the two teams first meeting in 1978, but Gettysburg has won the last five.
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Matt Flynn threw for a career-high 399 yards – five shy of the school record – and three touchdowns on 16-of-23 passing while the Bullet defense rolled up seven sacks as Gettysburg cruised to a 38-7 Centennial Conference victory over Ursinus College last Saturday. Flynn, who threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end David Rodriguez on Gettysburg’s first play from scrimmage, came up just short of the single-game school record of 404 yards set by Hunter McMillan ’08 against Hampden-Sydney in 2005. The Bullets racked up a season-high 539 yards of total offense, their highest output since putting up 557 in McMillan’s school-record performance. Gettysburg, which never trailed and scored 31 unanswered points after the Bears tied it up in the first quarter, held Ursinus to 229 yards. Leading the defensive effort was senior defensive end Josh Jerrold, who had 2.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and five tackles. Sophomore defensive end Vincent Ferrante also had 2.5 sacks for the Bullets, who had made just four sacks over their first four games. Sophomore receiver Gavin Jablonski finished with six receptions for 120 yards while Rodriguez had two catches for 124 yards. Junior wing Ricky Manigat added three receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown while sophomore wing Charles Curcio accumulated 159 all-purpose yards.
Moravian suffered its first loss of the season last week, dropping a 16-7 decision at Dickinson College. The Greyhounds, who entered the game with a conference-leading 262.8 rushing yards per game, were held to 106 yards on the ground and 173 total yards. After a scoreless first quarter, tight end Brian Dencker put the ’Hounds up 7-0 when he grabbed an 11-yard touchdown pass from Marc Braxmeier, but Moravian was blanked the rest of the way. Dickinson’s Ian Mitchell hit Pat O’Conner for a 22-yard touchdown pass to make it a 7-7 game at the half, then put the Red Devils in front to stay with another 22-yard strike to O’Conner midway through the third quarter. Dencker finished with five receptions for 48 yards while tailback Tyler deRouen rushed 13 times for 55 yards. Tailback Tyler McCambridge added 45 yards on 14 carries for the ’Hounds while linebacker Andrew Morrissey led the defense with 12 tackles.
WITH HONORS
Following his outstanding performance against Ursinus, junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) captured Gettysburg’s first player of the week selection this season when he was named the Centennial Conference Offensive POW, marking the third such honor of his career. His three touchdown passes against the Bears hiked his career total to 32, just one shy of the school record set by Dennis Flaherty ’01 from 1997-2000.
SACK ATTACK
The Bullets seven sacks against Ursinus marked the team’s highest output in six years. Gettysburg had not reached the quarterback with such frequency since Sept. 28, 2002, when it racked up eight sacks in a 45-10 win over Averett.
LAST SEASON’S GAME
Gettysburg jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead behind 118 yards and three touchdowns from tailback Tom Sturges ’08, but the Greyhounds came roaring back in the second half with 20 points to cut the margin to just one touchdown. The Bullet defense held its ground, however, stopping the potential game-tying drive with just over a minute remaining in the game to pick up a 27-20 victory in Bethlehem. The win gave Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter his 78th career Centennial Conference victory, making him the all-time winningest coach in conference history. Sturges finished the day with 168 yards on 35 carries as Gettysburg tallied 222 total yards on the rushing attack. Wing Charles Curcio put together a productive all-around day, totaling 167 all-purpose yards, including 126 on four kickoff returns. After receiving the ball at its own 8-yard line with 3:07 left, the Greyhounds drove to the Gettysburg-46. But after a short rush and a sack, Moravian threw a pair of incomplete passes and the Bullets ran out the rest of the clock. Marc Braxmeier threw for 229 yards for the Greyhounds while Shawn Sylvainus caught seven passes for 85 yards. Fullback Morgan deRouen rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on just 10 carries, and linebacker Andrew Morrissey led the team with 10 tackles. Linebackers Tim Widdoes and Harold Barton ’08 made 10 stops apiece for the Bullets while defensive end Conor Quinn made 2.5 of Gettysburg’s five sacks.
RULE CHANGES
The NCAA has instituted two clock rule changes this year. The play clock will now start at 40 seconds from the moment the previous play is blown dead; however, a 25-second clock will be used if play is stopped for an administrative purpose, such as after a timeout or at the start of a quarter. Also changing is the start of the game clock after out-of-bounds plays - the game clock will now start when the ball is marked ready for play, not when it’s snapped (except in the final two minutes of play). Other rule changes this season include banning horsecollar tackles, the elimination of the five-yard facemask penalty, and the elimination of the sideline warning (it’s now a five-yard penalty with no warning). Finally, the penalty for a kick-off out of bounds has been changed to give the receiving team the ball 30 yards from the spot of the kick-off.
SCOUTING GETTYSBURG
The Bullets have continued to thrive offensively, scoring 37 points or more for the third time in five games last week. The team now leads the conference in both total offense (440.6 ypg) and passing offense (279.6) and ranks 15th and 21st, respectively, among the Division III leaders in the same categories. Flynn has racked up 1,329 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 60.7% of his passes. He leads the conference in both passing and total offense (285.4 ypg) and ranks 21st nationally in total offense. His favorite target has been junior wing Ricky Manigat who has caught 25 passes for 291 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Jamel Mutunga leads the rushing atack, piling up 392 yards and averaging 4.7 yards per carry while scoring four touchdowns. Sophomore wing/return specialist Charles Curcio has enjoyed a fine all-around season and has averaged 135.4 all-purpose yards per game and leads the Bullets with five touchdowns (three receiving, two rushing). Defensively, senior defensive end Josh Jerrold has posted some impressive numbers, making a conference-leading 6.5 sacks and recording all three of his forced fumbles last week. He is now tied for ninth nationally in sacks per game (1.30). Freshman safety Joe Delaney leads the team with 40 tackles while senior linebacker Terence Hartigan has made 37 stops.
HEAD OF THE CLASS
With his 27-20 win over Moravian last season, Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter picked up his 78th Centennial Conference victory, making him the all-time winningest coach in conference history. He passed former Franklin & Marshall coach Tom Gilburg, who won 77 games from 1983-2002. Streeter has gone 81-83-3 in Centennial play since the inception of the conference in 1983.
MORE ON STREETER
Streeter is also the longest-tenured and winningest football coach in Gettysburg history. He surpassed Hen Bream (1927-51), who coached for 22 seasons, in 2000. Streeter won his 105th career game against Muhlenberg in a 1995 to take over the career wins lead. Now in his 30th season as head coach, he has a 148-146-5 (.503) career record.
SCOUTING MORAVIAN
Moravian has made its mark as a stingy defensive team this season and has yet to allow more than 16 points in a game. The Greyhounds lead the Centennial Conference in scoring defense (11.8 ppg) and are fourth in total defense (276.6 ypg). Senior linebackers Andrew Morrissey and Kevin McGorry lead the team in tackles with 44 apiece while senior defensive end Douglas Bocchino is tops among the ’Hounds with 5.5 sacks. Moravian has won the turnover battle more often than not this season and lead the conference with its +10 turnover ratio, making a league-best 17 takeaways. The two-pronged attack of senior tailbacks Tyler McCambridge and Tyler deRouen have helped the ’Hounds lead the conference in rushing, with the team averaging 231.4 yards per game. McCambridge, who also returns kickoffs and is averaging 155.8 all-purpose yards per game, has rushed for 454 yards and (5.7 per carry) while deRouen has put up 423 yards (4.8 per carry). Senior quarterback Marc Braxmeier has attempted only 89 passes but has thrown five touchdowns and just one interception while junior tight end Brian Dencker leads the team with 11 receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown. Senior kicker Brian Reckenbeil has recorded an outstanding season, nailing 14-of-14 extra points and 6-of-8 field goals, including a school-record 47-yarder in the team’s season-opener against Susquehanna. He also set Moravian records with four field goals and 15 points in the team’s 33-10 victory over Johns Hopkins.
Moravian is coached by Scot Dapp, who is 132-89-1 in his 22nd season with the Greyhounds. He has directed his teams to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances, the 1988 MAC title, and the 1993 Commonwealth Conference championship.
Gridders to Host Moravian in Centennial Match-up
Complete Game Notes
THE GAME
Coming off their first win of the season, the Bullets (1-4, 1-2 CC) will look to make it two in a row as they host Moravian (4-1, 2-1 CC) in a Centennial Conference showdown on Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. Kick-off is set for 1 p.m.
GAME COVERAGE
A live audio/video webcast of Saturday’s game is available on a pay-per-view basis at http://www.gettysburgsports.com/member/bridge.asp?url=/member/aa_signup.aspx, with Josh Scheinblum ’11 calling the action and Curtis Lafferty ’11 providing color commentary.
SERIES NOTES
Gettysburg and Moravian have met only six times, with the Bullets holding a 5-1 lead. Prior to last season, when the Greyhounds joined the Centennial Conference for football, the two teams had not faced off since 1982. Moravian won in the two teams first meeting in 1978, but Gettysburg has won the last five.
LAST TIME OUT
Junior Matt Flynn threw for a career-high 399 yards – five shy of the school record – and three touchdowns on 16-of-23 passing while the Bullet defense rolled up seven sacks as Gettysburg cruised to a 38-7 Centennial Conference victory over Ursinus College last Saturday. Flynn, who threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end David Rodriguez on Gettysburg’s first play from scrimmage, came up just short of the single-game school record of 404 yards set by Hunter McMillan ’08 against Hampden-Sydney in 2005. The Bullets racked up a season-high 539 yards of total offense, their highest output since putting up 557 in McMillan’s school-record performance. Gettysburg, which never trailed and scored 31 unanswered points after the Bears tied it up in the first quarter, held Ursinus to 229 yards. Leading the defensive effort was senior defensive end Josh Jerrold, who had 2.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and five tackles. Sophomore defensive end Vincent Ferrante also had 2.5 sacks for the Bullets, who had made just four sacks over their first four games. Sophomore receiver Gavin Jablonski finished with six receptions for 120 yards while Rodriguez had two catches for 124 yards. Junior wing Ricky Manigat added three receptions for 65 yards and a touchdown while sophomore wing Charles Curcio accumulated 159 all-purpose yards.
Moravian suffered its first loss of the season last week, dropping a 16-7 decision at Dickinson College. The Greyhounds, who entered the game with a conference-leading 262.8 rushing yards per game, were held to 106 yards on the ground and 173 total yards. After a scoreless first quarter, tight end Brian Dencker put the ’Hounds up 7-0 when he grabbed an 11-yard touchdown pass from Marc Braxmeier, but Moravian was blanked the rest of the way. Dickinson’s Ian Mitchell hit Pat O’Conner for a 22-yard touchdown pass to make it a 7-7 game at the half, then put the Red Devils in front to stay with another 22-yard strike to O’Conner midway through the third quarter. Dencker finished with five receptions for 48 yards while tailback Tyler deRouen rushed 13 times for 55 yards. Tailback Tyler McCambridge added 45 yards on 14 carries for the ’Hounds while linebacker Andrew Morrissey led the defense with 12 tackles.
WITH HONORS
Following his outstanding performance against Ursinus, junior quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) captured Gettysburg’s first player of the week selection this season when he was named the Centennial Conference Offensive POW, marking the third such honor of his career. His three touchdown passes against the Bears hiked his career total to 32, just one shy of the school record set by Dennis Flaherty ’01 from 1997-2000.
SACK ATTACK
The Bullets seven sacks against Ursinus marked the team’s highest output in six years. Gettysburg had not reached the quarterback with such frequency since Sept. 28, 2002, when it racked up eight sacks in a 45-10 win over Averett.
LAST SEASON’S GAME
Gettysburg jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead behind 118 yards and three touchdowns from tailback Tom Sturges ’08, but the Greyhounds came roaring back in the second half with 20 points to cut the margin to just one touchdown. The Bullet defense held its ground, however, stopping the potential game-tying drive with just over a minute remaining in the game to pick up a 27-20 victory in Bethlehem. The win gave Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter his 78th career Centennial Conference victory, making him the all-time winningest coach in conference history. Sturges finished the day with 168 yards on 35 carries as Gettysburg tallied 222 total yards on the rushing attack. Wing Charles Curcio put together a productive all-around day, totaling 167 all-purpose yards, including 126 on four kickoff returns. After receiving the ball at its own 8-yard line with 3:07 left, the Greyhounds drove to the Gettysburg-46. But after a short rush and a sack, Moravian threw a pair of incomplete passes and the Bullets ran out the rest of the clock. Marc Braxmeier threw for 229 yards for the Greyhounds while Shawn Sylvainus caught seven passes for 85 yards. Fullback Morgan deRouen rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on just 10 carries, and linebacker Andrew Morrissey led the team with 10 tackles. Linebackers Tim Widdoes and Harold Barton ’08 made 10 stops apiece for the Bullets while defensive end Conor Quinn made 2.5 of Gettysburg’s five sacks.
RULE CHANGES
The NCAA has instituted two clock rule changes this year. The play clock will now start at 40 seconds from the moment the previous play is blown dead; however, a 25-second clock will be used if play is stopped for an administrative purpose, such as after a timeout or at the start of a quarter. Also changing is the start of the game clock after out-of-bounds plays - the game clock will now start when the ball is marked ready for play, not when it’s snapped (except in the final two minutes of play). Other rule changes this season include banning horsecollar tackles, the elimination of the five-yard facemask penalty, and the elimination of the sideline warning (it’s now a five-yard penalty with no warning). Finally, the penalty for a kick-off out of bounds has been changed to give the receiving team the ball 30 yards from the spot of the kick-off.
SCOUTING GETTYSBURG
The Bullets have continued to thrive offensively, scoring 37 points or more for the third time in five games last week. The team now leads the conference in both total offense (440.6 ypg) and passing offense (279.6) and ranks 15th and 21st, respectively, among the Division III leaders in the same categories. Flynn has racked up 1,329 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 60.7% of his passes. He leads the conference in both passing and total offense (285.4 ypg) and ranks 21st nationally in total offense. His favorite target has been junior wing Ricky Manigat who has caught 25 passes for 291 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Jamel Mutunga leads the rushing atack, piling up 392 yards and averaging 4.7 yards per carry while scoring four touchdowns. Sophomore wing/return specialist Charles Curcio has enjoyed a fine all-around season and has averaged 135.4 all-purpose yards per game and leads the Bullets with five touchdowns (three receiving, two rushing). Defensively, senior defensive end Josh Jerrold has posted some impressive numbers, making a conference-leading 6.5 sacks and recording all three of his forced fumbles last week. He is now tied for ninth nationally in sacks per game (1.30). Freshman safety Joe Delaney leads the team with 40 tackles while senior linebacker Terence Hartigan has made 37 stops.
HEAD OF THE CLASS
With his 27-20 win over Moravian last season, Gettysburg head coach Barry Streeter picked up his 78th Centennial Conference victory, making him the all-time winningest coach in conference history. He passed former Franklin & Marshall coach Tom Gilburg, who won 77 games from 1983-2002. Streeter has gone 81-83-3 in Centennial play since the inception of the conference in 1983.
MORE ON STREETER
Streeter is also the longest-tenured and winningest football coach in Gettysburg history. He surpassed Hen Bream (1927-51), who coached for 22 seasons, in 2000. Streeter won his 105th career game against Muhlenberg in a 1995 to take over the career wins lead. Now in his 30th season as head coach, he has a 148-146-5 (.503) career record.
SCOUTING MORAVIAN
Moravian has made its mark as a stingy defensive team this season and has yet to allow more than 16 points in a game. The Greyhounds lead the Centennial Conference in scoring defense (11.8 ppg) and are fourth in total defense (276.6 ypg). Senior linebackers Andrew Morrissey and Kevin McGorry lead the team in tackles with 44 apiece while senior defensive end Douglas Bocchino is tops among the ’Hounds with 5.5 sacks. Moravian has won the turnover battle more often than not this season and lead the conference with its +10 turnover ratio, making a league-best 17 takeaways. The two-pronged attack of senior tailbacks Tyler McCambridge and Tyler deRouen have helped the ’Hounds lead the conference in rushing, with the team averaging 231.4 yards per game. McCambridge, who also returns kickoffs and is averaging 155.8 all-purpose yards per game, has rushed for 454 yards and (5.7 per carry) while deRouen has put up 423 yards (4.8 per carry). Senior quarterback Marc Braxmeier has attempted only 89 passes but has thrown five touchdowns and just one interception while junior tight end Brian Dencker leads the team with 11 receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown. Senior kicker Brian Reckenbeil has recorded an outstanding season, nailing 14-of-14 extra points and 6-of-8 field goals, including a school-record 47-yarder in the team’s season-opener against Susquehanna. He also set Moravian records with four field goals and 15 points in the team’s 33-10 victory over Johns Hopkins.
Moravian is coached by Scot Dapp, who is 132-89-1 in his 22nd season with the Greyhounds. He has directed his teams to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances, the 1988 MAC title, and the 1993 Commonwealth Conference championship.
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