ESU Football Media Guide - East Stroudsburg University Athletics

2012 SeasonGame 1 • Sept. 8 • ESU 31, Lock Haven 0EAST STROUDSBURG – R-Jr. QB Nate Daniels threwfor 355 yards, R-Sr. WR Jordan Hallman caught 7passes for 179 yards and 3 TD and ESU posted its 6thshutout in 39 season openers under Denny Doudswith a 31-0 victory over Lock Haven.Daniels was 17-for-26 with 4 TD passes in his 2ndcareer start, connecting with 6 different receiversand helping Hallman record his 5th career 100-yardreceiving game. The only receiver in Division II withback-to-back 200-yard games in 2011, Hallman wentover 1,500 career receiving yards and has 15 TD.ESU led 24-0 at halftime and scored on its first fourpossessions. Jr. K Taylor Groff got the Warriors onthe board with a 37-yard field goal and Daniels threwthree first-half TD passes - 68 yards to R-Jr. WR RobertBleiler (3 catches, 81 yards) and 10 and 79 yards toHallman. Daniels was 9-for-13 for 250 yards in the firsthalf.Daniels’ 61-yard TD to Hallman early in the 4thquarter was the only scoring of the 2nd half and puthim over the 300-yard mark. His 355 passing yards are4th-most in a season opener in school history.Douds, coaching his 398th career game to extendhis DII record that he set last season, moved into a tiefor 5th on the DII wins list with 233, matching ArnettMumford, who coached four schools from 1924-61.The Warriors’ defense held Lock Haven to 235yards on 67 plays, 151 passing and 84 rushing. LockHaven’s deepest penetration was the ESU 25.Fr. OLB Mike Kinney, one of three true freshmenstarting the season opener, led the Warriors with 12tackles. So. LB Don Kinney, Jr. had 8 tackles, including3.0 TFL. Jr. OLB Darius Jackson, who moved over fromfullback in the spring, had 8 tackles in his first careerdefensive start. ESU had 6 TFL and 2 sacks, by Sr. DEWaverly Harris and R-So. DL Jon Noble. R-So. FSAnthony Singlar had his first career interception toend LHU’s final drive of the 1st half.Seven Warriors made their first career starts,including true freshmen Kinney, LB Brandon Pearceand RT Cody Laubach. ESU had two true freshmenstart season openers in the previous 10 years.Lock Haven 0 0 0 0 0ESU 10 14 0 7 31ESU - Groff 37 field goalESU - Bleiler 68 pass from Daniels (Groff kick)ESU - Hallman 10 pass from Daniels (Groff kick)ESU - Hallman 79 pass from Daniels (Groff kick)ESU - Hallman 61 pass from Daniels (Groff kick)ESULHUFirst Downs 13 17Passing C-A-I 17-28-0 16-34-1Passing Yds 355 151Rushing Yds (Att) 70 (23) 84 (33)Total Net Yds 425 235Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0Penalties/Yds 6/75 6/45Punts/Avg. 3/32.3 6/32.2Rushing — ESU: Williams 10-46, Deery 6-33, Reed 2-12,Team 2-(-4), Soltes 1-(-8), Daniels 2-(-9); LHU: Brader23-84, Swales 4-12, Mazzoni 2-8, Gibson 2-2, Kratzer2-(-22).Passing — ESU: Daniels 17-26-0 for 355, Soltes 0-2-0for 0; LHU: Kratzer 16-32-1 for 151; Mazzoni 0-2-0 for 0.Receiving — ESU: Hallman 7-179, Bleiler 3-81, Reed3-28, Tippett 2-29, Jones 1-34, Deery 1-4; Brader 5-14,Celkos 3-36, Hoover 2-39, Charles 2-35, Smack 2-15,Smith 2-12.2012 Game-By-Game RecapsGame 2 • Sept. 15 • Ship 63, ESU 21EAST STROUDSBURG – Zach Zulli threw for 496 yardsand 5 touchdowns, leading a Shippensburg offensethat gained 719 yards, in a 63-21 win at ESU in bothschools’ PSAC East opener.Jr. WR Dusty Reed had career-highs of 11 catchesand 198 yards and went over 100 catches and 1,500yards for ESU, which was coming off a 31-0 win overLock Haven in their season opener.Zulli was 27-for-38 and set Shippensburg recordsfor passing yards (496) and total offense (491). Hewas 21-for-28 for 422 yards and 4 TD in the 1st half,helping the Red Raiders score 33 points in the 2ndquarter to take a 40-14 halftime lead.Zulli and Chris Lawshe (6-for-6, 110 yards, TD)accounted for 606 passing yards, 3rd-most in PSAChistory. Jacob Baskerville caught 6 passes for 134yards and a TD, Trevor Harman had 7 catches for 118yards and a TD, Bryan Barley had 3 catches for 75yards and two TD, and Sheldon Mayer had 6 catchesfor 69 yards and a TD.R-Jr. QB Nate Daniels was 9-for-20 for 131 yards,1 TD and 3 interceptions for ESU. R-Fr. QB MattSoltes came on to go 8-for-20 for 114 yards and led a4th-quarter TD drive.Daniels took the Warriors 93 yards on 14 plays ontheir opening possession, capped by a 1-yard TD runby R-Jr. FB Thomas Tippett. After Ship answered witha 43-yard pass from Zulli to Baskerville, ESU came rightback as Daniels hit Reed for a 65-yard TD and a 14-7lead at the 14:02 mark of the 2nd quarter.From there, it was all Shippensburg as the RedRaiders scored 56 straight points until ESU cappedit on a 2-yard TD run by Sr. TB Eric Deery in the finalminute.Shippensburg 7 33 9 14 63ESU 7 7 0 7 21ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick)SHIP - Baskerville 43 pass from Zulli (Lloyd kick)ESU - Reed 65 pass from Daniels (Groff kick)SHIP - Hunt 29 interception return (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Barley 52 pass from Zulli (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Barley 20 pass from Zulli (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Frenette 1 run (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Herod 1 pass from Zulli (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Team SafetySHIP - Mayer 16 pass from Zulli (Lloyd kick)SHIP - Harman 5 pass from Lawshe (Newcomer kick)SHIP - Lawshe 4 run (Newcomer kick)ESU - Deery 2 run (Groff kick)ESUSHIPFirst Downs 22 31Passing C-A-I 17-40-3 33-44-0Passing Yds 245 606Rushing Yds (Att) 86 (37) 113 (33)Total Net Yds 331 719Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/0Penalties/Yds 8/69 12/127Punts/Avg. 4/36.5 3/37.3Rushing — ESU: Soltes 5-40, Deery 9-35, Tippett 4-13,Daniels 8-11, Williams 10-7, Team 1-(-20); SHIP: Lawshe8-51, Brooks 6-31, Frenette 8-21, Cornish 1-7, Pyle 1-6,Herod 1-3, Team 1-(-1), Zulli 7-(-5).Passing — ESU: Daniels 9-20-3 for 131, Soltes 8-20-0for 114; SHIP: 27-38-0 for 496, Lawshe 6-6-0 for 110.Receiving — ESU: Reed 11-198, Mercer 2-16, Tippett2-13, Bleiler 1-14, Dominguez 1-4; SHIP: Harman 7-118,Baskerville 6-134, Mayer 6-69, Barley 3-75, Frenette3-55, Herod 3-51, Kus 1-55, Kuljian 1-22, Cornish 1-20,Pyle 1-4, Schuhl 1-3.Warriors Top Performancesof 2012LONGEST PLAYSRush: 56 yards, Kendrick Williamsat CheyneyPass: 79 yards, Nate Daniels toJordan Hallman vs. Lock HavenPunt: 53 yards, Jordan Bair at BloomsburgField Goal: 52 yards, Taylor Groffat Bloomsburg and MillersvillePunt Return: 16 yards, Brandon Mercerat ClarionKickoff Return: 94 yards, Brandon Mercervs. CheyneyOFFENSE, SINGLE GAMERushing Yards: 167, Eric Deery vs. CheyneyPassing Yards: 535, Matt Soltes at LIU PostReceiving Yards: 198, Dusty Reedvs. ShippensburgCompletions: 30, Matt Soltes vs. West ChesterReceptions: 13, Dusty Reed vs. West ChesterTouchdowns Rushing: 2, three timesKendrick Williams (Cheyney, Millersville)Matt Soltes (Millersville)Touchdowns Passing: 5, Matt Soltesat LIU Post and MercyhurstTouchdowns Receiving: 3, Jordan Hallmanvs. Lock HavenDEFENSE, SINGLE GAMEMost Tackles: 17, Cody Simcox atBloomsburgMost Sacks: 2.0, four timesJosh Przywara (Kutztown)Bryan Thomson (LIU Post)Brandon Gattelli (Millersville)James Lancellotti (Mercyhurst)Most Tackles for a Loss: 4.5, Brandon Pearcevs. CheyneyInterceptions: 1, eight times36 34 ESU Football Media Guide