ESU Football Media Guide - East Stroudsburg University Athletics

2012 SeasonGame 5 • Oct. 6 • ESU 35, West Chester 28EAST STROUDSBURG – Fr. WR Tim Wilson took a shortpass from R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes for a 33-yard TD with5 seconds left as ESU knocked off West Chester, 35-28,on Homecoming at Eiler-Martin Stadium.With ESU’s 1964 and 1965 State Championship(and Hall of Fame) teams and the 1982 PSACchampionship team looking on, Soltes drove theWarriors 68 yards in 5 plays after West Chester ralliedfrom 28-14 down to tie it with 1:10 left.Soltes (30-37, 366 yards, 3 TD) set ESU’scompletion percentage record in his 2nd career start.He opened 14-15 and hit all 5 passes on the gamewinningdrive. Jr. WR Dusty Reed had a career-high13 catches for 139 yards.ESU held the ball for 42:37, its most in 10 years,gaining 508 yards on 82 plays while holding WCU to313 yards on 45 plays. The Warriors had a 5-2 edge inturnovers and forced 4 in the first half to hand WCUits first Division II loss after upsetting No. 6 California,37-34, on the road last week.Wilson slipped a tackle and sprinted to the endzone 7 minutes after bobbling a punt that WCUrecovered the the 5-yard line with ESU leading 28-14.Rondell White (15 car, 51 yds), the PSAC’s 2nd-leadingrusher, scored the next play to make it 28-21 with6:52 left. QB Mike Mattei threw a 5-yard TD to ErickBrundidge after a 9 play, 77 yard drive to tie it.Reed’s kick return set ESU up at the 32, and Solteshit R-Fr. WR Jon Schnaars for 6 yards, Wilson for 14and Reed for 9 and 6 yards before Wilson took his 30thcompletion in for the score.Soltes led ESU’s first home win over WCU sinceR-Fr. Jimmy Terwilliger threw for 366 yards in a 28-27win in 2003. It was ESU’s first win in the series since2009, with Matt Marshall quarterbacking.Tied 14-14 at halftime, ESU took the lead with a 14play, 78 yard, 7:30 drive with Soltes hitting R-Sr. WRJordan Hallman for a 9-yard TD with 3:40 left in the3rd. Soltes’ 24-yard TD to Reed early in the 4th quarterset up the finish.West Chester 7 7 0 14 28ESU 0 14 7 14 35WC - White 1 run (Leo kick)ESU - Williams 1 run (Groff kick)WC - Beahan 73 pass from Mattei (Leo kick)ESU - Tippett 1 run (Groff kick)ESU - Hallman 9 pass from Soltes (Groff kick)ESU - Reed 24 pass from Soltes (Groff kick)WC - White 5 run (Leo kick)WC - Brundidge 5 pass from Mattei (Leo kick)ESU - Wilson 33 pass from Soltes (Groff kick)ESUWCFirst Downs 28 14Passing C-A-I 30-37-1 17-28-3Passing Yds 366 256Rushing Yds (Att) 142 (35) 57 (17)Total Net Yds 508 313Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2Penalties/Yds 7/64 7/55Punts/Avg. 3/30.0 3/42.3Rushing — ESU: Williams 20-59, Deery13-58, Tippett6-20, Soltes 5-7, Team 1-(-2); WC: White 15-51,Dempsey 1-11, Mattei 1-(-5).Passing — ESU: Soltes 30-37-1 for 366; WC: Mattei17-28-3 for 256.Receiving — ESU: Reed 13-139, Hallman 5-46, Bleiler4-72, Schnaars 3-39, Wilson 2-47, Jones 2-13, Radziak1-10; WC: Beahan 5-129, Kelly 5-72, White 5-27,Brundidge 2-28.Game 6 • Oct. 13 • No. 6 Bloom 48, ESU 27BLOOMSBURG – Franklyn Quiteh ran 43 times for282 yards and 3 TD and R-Fr. QB Tim Kelly threw 4 TDpasses to lead No. 6 Bloomsburg to a 48-27 win overESU at Redman Stadium.ESU, coming off a 35-28 win over West Chester,trailed 14-10 at halftime and 21-17 late in the thirdquarter, but Kelly threw two long TD’s and Quiteh ranfor 2 of his 3 TD as Bloomsburg pulled away.Both teams had just four possessions in the firsthalf, as Bloomsburg scored TD’s on its first two drivesand ESU’s trips produced a missed field goal, a 52-yardfield goal by Jr. K Taylor Groff, a punt and a 6-yard TDrun by Sr. TB Eric Deery to get ESU within 14-10.Bloomsburg opened the second half with a37-yard TD pass from Kelly to Glenn Hutton, Jr., butafter an ESU punt, So. DE Tarik Haddad forced afumble by Quiteh that was recovered by Fr. OLB GregJones to give the Warriors the ball at their 46.R-Fr. QB Matt Soltes capitalized with a 12-yard TDpass to R-Jr. WR Robert Bleiler to make it 21-17, butBloomsburg scored two plays later on a 68-yard passfrom Kelly to Hutton with 2:33 left in the 3rd quarter.ESU got within 28-20 on a 28-yard field goal byGroff 2:08 into the 4th quarter, but the Huskies scoredon their last 4 possessions (3 in the 4th quarter) toextend their lead.Groff’s 52-yard field goal tied his career longand set the ESU record as his 13th of 40+ yards. Itwas his 3rd from 51+ yards in his career, and he waspreviously the only PSAC kicker with more than onefrom that distance.Sr. TB Kendrick Williams (10 carries, 38 yards)became the 7th Warrior with 2,000 career rushingyards. Soltes, PSAC East Offensive Player of the Weekvs. West Chester, had 221 yards of total offense.Quiteh and Kelly led a Bloomsburg offense thatgained 603 yards, 336 rushing and 267 passing.ESU 0 10 7 10 27Bloomsburg 7 7 14 20 48BLOOM - Quiteh 1 run (Fisher kick)ESU - Groff 52 field goalBLOOM - Webster 5 pass from Kelly (Fisher kick)ESU - Deery 6 run (Groff kick)BLOOM - Hutton, Jr. 37 pass from Kelly (Fisher kick)ESU - Bleiler 12 pass from Soltes (Groff kick)BLOOM - Hutton, Jr. 68 pass from Kelly (Fisher kick)ESU - Groff 28 field goalBLOOM - Quiteh 40 run (Fisher kick failed)BLOOM - Dickerson 72 pass from Kelly (Fisher kick)ESU - Williams 1 run (Groff kick)BLOOM - Quiteh 20 run (Fisher kick)ESUBLOOMFirst Downs 21 25Passing C-A-I 13-25-0 12-16-0Passing Yds 167 267Rushing Yds (Att) 132 (34) 336 (51)Total Net Yds 299 603Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1Penalties/Yds 5/25 9/97Punts/Avg. 3/41.7 2/24.5Rushing — ESU: Soltes 14-54, Williams 10-38, Deery5-27, Reed 1-7, Tippett 3-7, Team 1-(-1); BLOOM:Quiteh 43-282, Kelly 3-38, Munger 3-20, Team 2-(-4).Passing — ESU: Soltes 13-25-0 for 167; BLOOM: Kelly12-16-0 for 267.Receiving — ESU: Bleiler 3-25, Wilson 2-51, Jones 2-22,Tippett 2-22, Reed 1-16, Schnaars 1-13, Hallman 1-11,Deery 1-7; BLOOM: Hutton, Jr. 4-120, Dickerson 4-117,Quiteh 1-10, Manni 1-8, Boyer 1-7, Webster 1-5.2012 Honor RollFootball Gazette All-AmericaDL Bryan Thomson, 3rd teamDaktronics All-RegionDL Bryan Thomson, 1st teamK Taylor Groff, 1st teamFootball Gazette All-RegionDL Bryan Thomson, 1st teamK Taylor Groff, 1st teamWR Dusty Reed, 3rd teamFB Thomas Tippett, 3rd teamMitchell Award FinalistK Taylor GroffPSAC East Defensive Player of the YearDL Bryan ThomsonPSAC East Freshman of the YearQB Matt SoltesAll-PSAC East First TeamWR Dusty Reed, G Seve Rivers,K Taylor Groff, DL Bryan ThomsonTeam AwardsOutstanding Player – QB Matt SoltesRed Shirt Award – WR Dusty ReedLehigh Valley Scholar-AthleteWR Jordan HallmanPSAC East Offensive Player of the WeekMatt Soltes:Oct. 6 vs. West ChesterOct. 27 at LIU PostNov. 3 at MillersvillePSAC East Defensive Player of the WeekDarius Jackson:Oct. 6 vs. West ChesterD2Football.comOffensive Player of the WeekMatt Soltes:Oct. 27 at LIU Post38 36 ESU Football Media Guide