Hampden-Sydney Locks Up ODAC Title
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10
FOREST, Va. --- Hampden-Sydney earned the 2011 ODAC
football title in one of three high-scoring games in week 10.
The Tigers topped Washington and Lee, 42-35, to secure its
seventh league crown. Guilford came back from a 20-6 deficit
to post its first conference win since 2009 with a 34-27 win over
Catholic. Randolph-Macon defeated Bridgewater, 51-36, behind
six rushing touchdowns.
Hampden-Sydney's defense forced two turnovers and held Washington
and Lee to just 145 yards from scrimmage in the first half as H-SC
rattled off 28 unanswered points spanning into the third quarter.
The Generals were forced to alter much of their normal game
plan as quarterback Charlie Westfal attempted a season-high 34
passes. While he was intercepted twice in the first half, he
responded with three scoring strikes in the fourth quarter as
W&L clawed back into the contest. The deficit proved too
much to overcome as Travis Lane and the H-SC offense were nearly
mistake free in fending off W&L's comeback bid. Lane
completed 21-of-33 pass attempts for 331 yards and four touchdowns
without an interception. He threw two touchdown passes to
Kyle Vance (9 for 147) and one each to Sean Cavanagh (7 for 133)
Eric Gorsline (2 for 37). Kirk Rohle ran for 101 yards and
two short TD runs to aid the effort. Josh Doggett led
the defense with 10 tackles, 2.0 TFL’s and an
interception. Sean Stewart also picked off a pass. For
Washington and Lee, Westfal finished with 243 yards passing and a
rushing score to go with his three touchdown passes. Luke
Heinsohn ran for 113 yards, and tight end Alex Evans (7 for 107)
caught two touchdown passes for the second week in a row. Rob
Look led the defense with a game-high 12 stops.
Catholic seemed well on its way to a win in Washington, D.C. after
opening a 20-6 lead early in the second quarter, but Guilford
leveled the score heading into the break. It was Satiir
Stevenson's 55-yard interception return for a touchdown that
knotted the game at 20-all. Late in the third quarter, the
Quakers took their first lead when Ben King hauled in a 20-yard
touchdown pass from Zac Halbert. Catholic played the comeback
role on its next possession when Mike McCarthy tied the score with
a one-yard TD run. The game remained dead-locked at 27-27
until Rob Fields caught a six-yard touchdown pass with 32 seconds
to play, sealing the Quakers first ODAC win under first year head
coach Chris Rusiewicz. King finished with game-highs of 13
receptions and 200 yards receiving. Halbert went 25-of-36
passing for 274 yards. Rushing was a big part of GC's win as
the Quakers recorded 40:13 in time of possession. Aaron
McNeely ran for 100 yards on 24 carries. Josh Williams added
two scores and 52 yards on the ground. Defensively, Stevenson
added seven tackles to his day. Chris Jessup had two sacks,
costing Catholic 25 yards from scrimmage. For Catholic, Greg
Cordivari went 30-of-48 passing for 373 yards and three touchdowns.
Wesley Stringfield caught nine passes for 119 yards, and
Andrew Ouellette had seven receptions for 105 yards and two
touchdowns. Mike Pitsenberger ran for 66 yards to lead CUA on
the ground. Defensively, James Fucillo led four Cardinals in
double-digit tackles with 14 stops. Conor Stueckler made 13
tackles and intercepted a pass.
Randolph-Macon put together an impressive rushing day with all but
one touchdown coming via the ground. Drake Sanders ran for
two scores as R-MC opened up an early 17-0 lead. That grew to
24-6 by halftime following an 83-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown by Brandon Harrison. Bridgewater pulled to within
three points at 31-28 when Carlos Gonzalez threw his fourth
touchdown pass of the day, a 10-yard throw to Cassidy Burns with
9:44 to play. But Randolph-Macon responded with two short
touchdown runs by Thaddeus Scruggs and a 22-yard scoring sprint by
quarterback Zac Naccarato to go ahead 51-28 and seal its victory.
Scruggs led the Yellow Jackets to a 217-yard rushing day with
122 yards and three scores. Sanders finished with 94 yards
and his two TD’s. Defensively, Jeremy Bowry led the
unit with nine tackles and a fumble recovery. Andrew Leonard
intercepted a pass. For Bridgewater, Gonzalez finished with a
career-high 406 yards passing to go with his four TD tosses.
Leigh Bradley registered a game-high 150 yards receiving, and
Burns finished with two touchdown receptions after catching a
second scoring toss from Willie Logan. Shawn Lee and John
Lezcano had a touchdown catch each. Defensively, Dominic
Jeter and Jeff Mehlhaff had nine tackles apiece. Jeter added
two sacks and four TFL's, costing R-MC 21 yards of offense.
Below are entries for both of the ODAC Players of the Week.
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THRU WEEK PRIOR TO: NOVEMBER 6, 2011
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