2011 Football Game Notes - Ithaca College Athletics

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Head Coach Mike Welch In his 18th season as Ithaca’s head coach, Mike Welch (Ithaca ’73) has posted a 137-51 (.729) record, including a regular-season mark of 128-44 (.744). He entered the season 15th all-time among Division III coaches in winning percentage. A running back who earned two letters while playing for coach Jim Butterfield, Welch succeeded his former coach after 10 years as an assistant at his alma mater. Ithaca Under Mike Welch Overall 137-51 At Home 75-18 In October 56-15 On Oct. 8 2-0 vs. St. John Fisher 8-2 Ithaca Coaching Staff Sean Fitzmaurice, defensive line Mike Hatcher, offensive line Dan Higgins, assistant offensive line Eugene Jones, graduate assistant Mark McDonough, defensive coordinator, linebackers Jack Mrozinski, defensive backs Tyler Murray, assistant defensive backs Joe Volpe, tight ends Tom Vossler, assistant wide receivers Junior Varsity Coach: Dan Elberty ITHACA ITEMS D3Football.com Team of the Week: Ithaca senior cornerback Spence White and senior wide receiver Dan Ruffrage were named to the D3Football.com Team of the Week following Ithaca’s Oct. 1 win at Hartwick. White had nine tackles, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal. Ruffrage had a 91-yard kickoff return touchdown, returned three punts for 50 yards and also caught six passes for 75 yards. Ruffrage Earns Empire 8 Honor: Dan Ruffrage was also named Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week following his efforts against Hartwick. Triple-Threat Scoring: The Bombers scored on a kickoff return, interception return and on two touchdown passes in an Oct. 1 win at Hartwick. It was the first time that Ithaca scored on offense, defense and special teams in a game since Oct. 23, 2004 in a 52-14 win over Utica. Conti Is Career Leader: Mike Conti’s 88-yard interception return touchdown Oct. 1 at Hartwick was his third-career defensive touchdown, and is an Ithaca record. Three other players in addition to Conti had scored two career defensive TDs. High-Yield Returns: Ithaca ranks 10th in the nation among 239 teams in overall punt-return average, at 20.33 yards per punt return. Ithaca also ranks 15th nationally in kickoff returns, with 25.77 yards per return. Monthly Report: Ithaca’s Sept. 17 win at Union improved the program’s record to 51-13 by Mike Welch-coached teams in the month of September. Over the last 17 seasons, Welch has also led the Bombers to a 56-15 record in the month of October. Tough Sledding: Ithaca’s 2011 schedule includes three teams that currently appear in the d3football.com top-25 poll. Cortland is ranked 15th, Salisbury is ranked 22nd and Alfred is ranked 14th. Today’s opponent, St. John Fisher, received 15 votes in the poll, 39th most in the nation. First-Time Charmers: Ithaca quarterback Jason Hendel made his first-career start in a Sept. 17 win at Union, becoming the ninth consecutive Bomber signal-caller to win in the first start of his career. Earlier this season, Phil Neumann also achieved that feat with a 19-14 win Sept. 3 over Brockport. Rogowski For Three: Ithaca placekicker Andrew Rogowski made three field goals in the win at Union on Sept. 17, from 41, 21 and 31 yards. It was the second time in his career that he made three field goals in a single game (Cortland, Nov. 14, 2009; 23, 32 and 39 yards). Winning Ways: Ithaca has posted 40-straight winning seasons. The Bombers own the nation’s second-longest active streak of winning seasons at any level of college football. Linfield has recorded 53 straight winning seasons. D3football.com (Through games of Oct. 2, 2011) Team Pts. Rec. LW 1. Wis.-Whitewater (21) 621 4-0 1 2. Mount Union (4) 603 4-0 2 3. St. Thomas 566 5-0 3 4. Mary Hardin-Baylor 557 4-0 4 5. Linfield 527 3-0 6 6. North Central (Ill.) 449 3-1 9 7. Wesley 443 3-1 11 8. Thomas More 426 4-0 8 9. Bethel 410 3-1 5 10. Kean 343 4-0 10 11. Montclair State 310 4-0 12 12. Wabash 298 4-0 15 13. Cal Lutheran 296 2-1 20 14. Wittenberg 274 5-0 16 15. Cortland 236 3-1 18 16. Delaware Valley 222 5-0 21 17. Redlands 195 2-1 13 18. Illinois Wesleyan 180 4-0 NR 19. Wheaton (Ill.) 161 3-1 7 20. Wartburg 144 4-1 22 21. Johns Hopkins 124 5-0 23 22. Salisbury 115 4-0 25 23. Alfred 78 3-1 14 24. Louisiana College 59 3-1 19 25. Franklin 51 4-1 NR Others receiving votes: Hobart 39; Ohio Northern 39; Dubuque 38; St. Olaf 38; Adrian 36; UW-Oshkosh 36; Monmouth 27; Birmingham-Southern 25; Pacific Lutheran 20; UW-Eau Claire 20; Muskingum 16; Trine 16; McMurry 15; St. John Fisher 15; Hampden-Sydney 13; Trinity (Texas) 13; Endicott 10; UW-Platteville 7; Lebanon Valley 5; Augsburg 4; Baldwin-Wallace 2; Centre 2; Springfield 1. Ithaca opponents in bold. 2011 Empire 8 Football Preseason Coaches Poll (First-place votes in parentheses) Team Points 1. Alfred (6) 48 2. Salisbury (1) 39 3. St. John Fisher 36 4. Springfield (1) 35 5. ITHACA 27 6. Utica 15 7. Hartwick 14 8. Frostburg State 10
2011 HONORS Mike Conti, CB Honorable Mention, D3Classic Preseason All-America Team Dan Ruffrage, WR/PR D3Football.com Team of the Week Kick Returner, 10/3/11 Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week, 10/3/11 Spence, WR/PR D3Football.com Team of the Week Kick Returner, 10/3/11 2010 HONORS (Returning Players) Will Carter, LB Second-Team Empire 8 All-Star Mike Conti, CB Third-Team D3football.com East Region First-Team Empire 8 All-Star Andrew Rogowski, P/PK Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week, 10/31/10 First-Team Empire 8 All-Star (P) Mitchell Award Watch List (PK) Dan Ruffrage, WR/PR Honorable Mention, Empire 8 (WR) Honorable Mention, Empire 8 (PR) Eric Toporoff, LB Second-Team Empire 8 All-Star Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week, 9/12/10 Spence White, CB First-Team Empire 8 All-Star EMPIRE 8 HISTORY AND MEMBERSHIP: This season marks the 10th year of Empire 8-sponsored football and the eighth year that the conference’s champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. The 2004 addition of Norwich and Springfield as affiliate members brought the league’s total to seven football playing members. Norwich dropped out of the conference following the 2008 season, but the NCAA allows conferences a two-year grace period to replace members in order to maintain their automatic bids. Frostburg State and Salisbury join the Empire 8 as affiliate members for the 2011 season. In 2012, Buffalo State will replace Springfield as an affiliate member. The Bombers own an all-time record of 37-10 (.829) in league competition. They were fifth in the conference’s 2011 preseason poll. The Bombers won the inaugural Empire 8 title in 2002 and repeated as conference champion in 2003, posting a 4-0 league record each season. In 2004 Ithaca and St. John Fisher tied for the league crown with 5-1 records. In 2005 the Bombers posted the Empire 8’s first 6-0 record en route to their fourth league championship then won the title outright in 2008 with a 5-1 mark. The Bombers also won conference titles in the Independent College Athletic Conference (forerunner to the Empire 8) in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. RECORD WATCH: (note Ithaca career and season records include post-season games since 2002; statistics compiled in post-season games before that do not count toward Ithaca career and season records) Senior wide receiver Dan Ruffrage has 120 career receptions, which ranks tied-5th all-time at Ithaca. He’s 24 catches away from the school record, held by Thomas Vossler. Ruffrage has 14 career touchdown receptions, tied for third all-time at Ithaca, and he is seventh all-time in receiving yards with 1,567. Senior Andrew Rogowski ranks among the top scorers, placekickers and punters in Ithaca history. His 190 career points ranks seventh overall and third among Ithaca placekickers, trailing Brett Kitenplon (second overall, 281 points) and Matt Sullivan (fifth overall, 205 points). Rogowski became the 28th Bomber (and sixth kicker) to reach 100 career points. Rogowski ranks sixth in career punts with 105, and he punted 58 times in 2010, the thirdhighest single-season total. NEXT WEEK: The Bombers travel to Springfield for a 2 p.m. contest. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Ithaca Assistant Sports Information Director Joe Gladziszewski CAREER STARTS Overall Clay Ardoin 2 Andrew Benvenuto * 4 Will Carter 10 Dan Cimino * 4 Ryan Clarke 15 Kevin Cline * 4 Chris Collier 6 Mike Conti 22 Matt Costello 1 Steve DelMoro * 4 Allen Fessette 1 DJ Forbragd 1 Joe Gilfedder 18 Matt Hannon 12 Matt Hartz * 4 Nathaniel Hemingway 15 Jason Hendel * 2 Joseph Ingrao 7 Pat Joyce 14 Owen Kugler 5 Josh Liemer 12 Mike Moon 6 Phil Neumann * 2 Chris O’Brien 7 Gregory Peck 7 Jared Prugar 1 Dan Ruffrage 17 Jake Santora 1 Skyler Schlenker * 3 Mike Sheldon * 1 Josh Skowronski * 4 Pat Stephenson * 4 Christian Stremmel * 1 Sal Sulla * 4 Eric Toporoff 24 Chris Vitrano 1 Spence White 29 Robbie Williamson * 1 * Indicates first-career start in 2011
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