n o t S m t r ate i a F 2012 Fighting Falcon Football
Seton Hill
Griff in Stat Leaders
Rushing: Derrick Dyer - 40 att., 190 yds, 2 TDs Record: 0-7 (0-5 WVIAC) Head Coach: Joel Dolinski, Passing: Andrew Jackson - 52-92, 529 yds, 5TDs/5 INTs 5th Season at SHU (13-39) Receiving: Niko Hall-Brown - 40 rec., 521 yds, 4 TDs
Defensive: Tyler Zimmer - 76 tckls (40 solo), 15.5 TFL, 10 sacks
The Game
• Fairmont State welcomes Seton Hill to Duvall-Rosier Field this Saturday at 2 p.m. on Homecoming. • Fans can follow the game with video and live stats via the GameCenter powered by the Fairmont State Alumni Association on fightingfalcons.com. Fans can listen to the game live on 93.1 WFGM or 920 AM WMMN. • The game will be broadcast on delay on ROOT Sports Pittsburgh. The game will be show on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. • The Falcons stormed past West Virginia Wesleyan last week by scoring 40 second half points en route to a 49-32 win over the Bobcats. • Seton Hill squandered a 26-14 third quarter lead in a 29-26 loss to Concord in its last time out. Quarterback Andrew Jackson was 22-of-30 for 265 yards and four touchdowns in the loss. • Fairmont State leads the all-time series against Seton Hill, 4-1. SHU’s lone victory in the series came in Fairmont in 2008. • FSU used a variety of big plays to defeat the Griffins last year in Greensburg, Pa. The Falcons scored on two offensive plays of 20 yards or more and added a punt return and interception return for scores in the 38-20 win. • Fairmont State is averaging 40.2 points per game in its five meetings against Seton Hill. • With conference affiliations changing for both programs, Saturday’s game could mark the final meeting between the two schools. Seton Hill............................. Statistical Category (NCAA Rank).................. Fairmont State 16.00 (142nd).......................................... Scoring Offense.........................................20.33 (120th) 29.57 (156th)............................................ Rushing Offense..........................................88.17 (135th) 251.57 (45th).............................................Passing Offense........................................ 231.67 (68th) 281.14 (137th).............................................. Total Offense.........................................319.83 (126th) 147.71 (84th).............................................Rushing Defense....................................... 150.67 (87th) 149.89 (131st)..........................................Pass Effic. Defense..................................... 129.09 (94th) 394.29 (103rd)...........................................Total Defense.......................................... 369.17 (85th) 35.57 (126th)............................................ Scoring Defense...........................................25.67 (77th) 35.44 (40th)................................................ Net Punting.............................................30.47 (125th) 1.00 (153rd)................................................. Punt Returns...............................................14.71 (24th) 19.61 (86th).............................................. Kickoff Returns........................................... 23.38 (29th) -0.86 (129th)...........................................Turnover Margin......................................... -0.33 (96th) 246.57 (116th)............................................. Pass Defense...........................................218.50 (80th) 108.34 (115th)............................................ Pass Efficiency.......................................... 109.53 (111th) 2.71 (33rd)............................................................Sacks...................................................... 1.83 (92nd) 8.00 (T-28th)......................................... Tackles For A Loss.......................................... 7.00 (60th) 4.14 (148th)................................................ Sacks Allowed............................................ 3.67 (142nd)
2012 Record
Rushing: Daniel Monroe - 90 att., 433 yds, 1TD Record: 2-4 (2-2 WVIAC) Head Coach: Mike Lopez, Passing: Bobby Vega - 116-230, 1,390 yds, 11 TDs/8 INTs 6th Season at FSU (28-33) Receiving: Matt Wilmer - 20 rec., 356 yds, 4 TDs Defensive: Garrett Davis - 34 tckls (26 solo), 3 TFL, 3 PBUs
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2012 Schedule/Results
Date Aug. 30 Sep. 6 Sep. 15 Sep. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10
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Fairmont State (2-4) vs. Seton Hill (0-7)
Opponent at Clarion at Glenville State at Bowie State WEST LIBERTY at Charleston WV WESLEYAN SETON HILL at Concord WV STATE at Shepherd
Time/Score L, 0-7 L, 21-41 L, 17-24 (OT) W, 25-20 L, 10-30 W, 49-32 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon
Overall Record WVIAC Non-Conference Home Away
2-4
2-2 0-2 2-0 0-4
Head Coach (Year).....Mike Lopez (6th) Record at FSU.................................. 28-33 Off. Coord./Off. Line........... Bryan Fisher RBs/Special Teams......... Ryan Dumont Wide Receivers.....................Josh Brown Tight Ends.........................Gary Lanham Quarterbacks................ Jeremy Harmer Def. Coordinator.......... Shahram Shafii Defensive Line..................... Josh Gorrell Linebackers........................John Marano Special Teams............. Richard Iaquinta Director of Athletics.......... Rusty Elliott Athletic Trainer...................... Bob Cable Video Coordinator.......Roger Hayhurst Dir. of Ath. Comm...........Adam Zundell Office Phone.................... 304-367-4264 Cell Phone.........................304-657-0388 E-mail....azundell@fairmontstate.edu Twitter..................................... @azundell
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2012 Schedule / Results Date
Opponent
Site
Series/Result Notes
Aug. 30
Clarion Golden Eagles (3-4)
Clarion, Pa.
L, 0-7
• Game shown live on ROOT Sports Pittsburgh • FSU shutout for first time since 2010 • Falcons limited to 34 yards rushing in the game
Sept. 6
Glenville State Pioneers (3-4)
Glenville, W.Va.
L, 21-41
• Game broadcast live on WDTV • 500+ yards of total offense for GSC • 100-yard KO return for Matt Wilmer for first points of 2012 season
Sept. 15
Bowie State Bulldogs (4-3)
Bowie, Md.
L, 17-24 (OT)
• Bowie State scored 24 unanswered points in the 4th quarter and overtime • The win was BSU’s first-ever win over FSU • FSU blocked two punts, one returned for a TD
Sept. 22
West Liberty Hilltoppers (4-3)
Fairmont, W.Va.
W, 25-20
• FSU won its second-straight over WLU • Bobby Vega school-record 67 pass attempts • C.J. Goodwin 83-yard TD reception T-3rd in school history
Sept. 29
Charleston Golden Eagles (6-1)
Charleston, W.Va.
L, 10-30
• Ryland Newman 38-yd punt return for TD is the third of his career • UC scored on 3 plays of 40+ yards • UC scored games final 23 points
Oct. 13
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (2-5)
Fairmont, W.Va.
W, 49-32
Oct. 20
Seton Hill Griffins (0-7)
Fairmont, W.Va.
FSU 4-1
Oct. 27
Concord Mountain Lions (4-3)
Athens, W.Va.
FSU 43-31-2
• CU has won 3-straight against the Falcons • Mountain Lions held FSU to under 10 points in each of last 2 trips to Athens
Nov. 3
West Virginia State (2-5)
Fairmont, W.Va.
FSU 30-13-1
• Senior Day for FSU Football • FSU has won 2-straight over WV State • Falcons scored 63 points at home vs. WVSU in 2010
Nov. 10
Shepherd Rams (5-2)
Shepherdstown, W.Va. FSU 32-30-7
• FSU scored 40 second half points in the win • Daniel Monroe with season high 147 yds & scored his first rushing TD of the year • WR Matt Wilmer career highs for catches (7), yards (163) and TDs (3) • Fairmont State Homecoming • Game shown on delay on ROOT Sports Pitts • Falcons have scored 30+ vs. Seton Hill in all 5 meetings • FSU won 38-20 in 2011
• Shepherd has won 10 of last 11 matchups • FSU has two wins at Shepherd since 1996 • Rams only team to have a player with over 100 yards rushing vs. FSU last year
Schedule Notes
• Fairmont State will play just four games at Duvall-Rosier Stadium in 2012. • The Falcons take on two non-conference opponents in Clarion and Bowie State. • FSU will play three games on television this season. The Falcons and Clarion played live on ROOT Sports to open the season on Aug. 30, and then had a live broadcast of its game against Glenville State game on Sept. 6 on WDTV. The Fairmont State-Seton Hill game will be broadcast (delay) on ROOT Sports. • All home games will be broadcast live in high definition on fightingfalcons.com. • Homecoming is slated for Oct. 20 against Seton Hill. • Fairmont State’s opponents posted a record of 52-67 in 2011. • FSU’s combined opponent record in 2012 is 33-37. • The Falcons hold a series edge against all but two opponents this season (Charleston and Clarion). However, FSU has just slim series leads (two games) against West Liberty and Shepherd. • FSU will take on two “CU’s” this season in Clarion and Concord, and will play two “Golden Eagles” in Clarion and Charleston.
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WV Wesleyan Postgame Notes
• Daniel Monroe’s 147 yards were a season-high. It was the third-most yards rushing in his career at Fairmont State. • Monroe went over 100 yards rushing for the second time this season against the Bobcats. It was his eighth career game of 100 yards or more and the second-straight year he broke the century mark against WVWC. • Monroe recorded his first touchdown and Fairmont State’s first rushing touchdown of the season in the game. • Matt Wilmer recorded career highs for catches (seven), yards (163) and touchdown receptions (three) in the victory. • Sean Marion had a career-high 60 yards receiving yards. • Bobby Vega’s five touchdown passes were a career high. In fact, he came into last week’s game with six TD passes on the season. • Ryland Newman picked off two pass in a game for the second time in his career (Glenville State, 2009). That is also the last time an FSU player picked off two passes in a game. Newman now has 10 career interceptions, tying him for ninth on FSU’s all-time list. • Newman’s 87-yard kickoff return was the seventh-longest in Fairmont State history. • Johnny Dearstine hit a career-high three field goals against WVWC last week, including a career-long 38-yard attempt. He came into the game with just three field goals on the season. He also had two touchbacks on kickoffs. • Garrett Davis’s 11 tackles against the Bobcats were the most by any FSU player in any game this season. • Jake Kelly had a career-high eight tackles against the Bobcats. Kelly also recorded his first ever sack and forced fumble against Wesleyan. • FSU had over 400 yards of total offense for the first time this season. The Falcons had 13 plays of 20 yards or more against the Bobcats.
Notable
• Since returning to the lineup after an injury, Garrett Davis has led the team in tackles in each of his four starts this season. • In Fairmont State’s two wins, they have recorded an average of 11.5 tackles for a loss. In losses, they are averaging 4.8 TFLs. • Prior to last week the Falcons had scored just 37 points in the second half this season. They scored 40 against the Bobcats. • The Falcons are third in the league in time of possession averaging 31:00 minutes of possession per game. • Fairmont State boasts two WVIAC Special Teams Players of the Week this season in Matt Wilmer and Ryland Newman. Wilmer was also named WVIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors on Monday for his performance against WV Wesleyan. • Twelve different players have recorded catches for Fairmont State this year. • Fairmont State’s defense has done well against teams not allowing red zone touchdowns. Opponents have scored TDs in just eight of their 17 attempts (47%) inside the 20-yard line. • FSU is -2 in turnover margin this year.
Airing It Out
• Fairmont State has turned to junior college transfer Bobby Vega to lead the team this year, and Vega has responded. • Vega is atop the WVIAC in both passing and total offense. • Vega has two 300-yard passing games in just four games this year. He is the first FSU quarterback to have multiple 300-yard passing games in a season since Bryan Harman (2001) and the first FSU QB to have multiple 300-yard passing games in a career since Bryan Harman (1998-01). • Vega’s game vs. West Liberty was record-setting in a variety of ways. Vega set the school record for passing attemps with 67, surpassing the previous record by nine attempts. His 361 yards passing against the Hilltoppers were tied for the seventh-most in a single game by a FSU quarterback, and were the most passing yards by a Falcon quarterback not named “Harman” or “Furgason.” His 83-yard pass TD completion to C.J. Goodwin was tied for the thirdlongest passing play in school history. Vega’s 34 completions in the game were just three shy of the FSU single-game mark. • Vega had five touchdown passes against WV Wesleyan. • He is just two touchdown passes and 484 passing yards away from cracking the top ten single season lists in both categories
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WVIAC Schedule/Standings 1. Shepherd 2. Charleston 3. Glenville State 4. Concord 5. West Liberty 6. Fairmont State 7. WV State 8. WV Wesleyan 9. Seton Hill
Overall WVIAC 5-2 4-1 6-1 3-1 3-4 3-1 4-3 3-2 4-3 3-2 2-4 2-2 2-5 1-3 2-5 1-3 0-7 0-5
Week 7 Schedule October 13 Concord 29, Seton Hill 26 Fairmont State 49, WV Wesleyan 32 Glenville State 29, WV State 12 West Liberty 17, Shepherd 16 Charleston 42, UNC Pembroke 30 Week 8 Schedule October 20 Charleston at West Liberty (1 p.m.) Glenville State at WV Wesleyan (1 p.m.) Shepherd at WV State (1 p.m.) Seton Hill at Fairmont State (2 p.m.) Concord at Liberty (3:30 p.m.)
FSU 2012 Honor Roll Garrett Davis * BSCN Preseason All-America (3rd Team) Ryland Newman *WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/17) Matt Wilmer * BSCN Preseason All-America (3rd Team) * WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week (9/10) *BSCN Special Teams Player of the Week (9/10) *WVIAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/15) Chris Barfield * BSCN Preseason All-America (Hon. Men) Dewey McDonald * BSCN Preseason All-America (Hon. Men)
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Scouting Seton Hill
• Joel Dolinski is in his fifth season as the head coach of the Griffins and is 13-39 in that time. Dolinski is 1-4 all-time against Mike Lopez’s Falcons. • The Griffins will be looking to snap a nine-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon. • Seton Hill is second in the conference in passing offense (251.6), but is last in rushing offense (29.6). • Receiver Niko Hall-Brown is tied for first in the WVIAC with 74.43 yards per game. He has 40 receptions for 521 yards and four touchdowns this season. • D.J. Carter has also made an impact in the passing game averaging seven receptions per game, which is second in the WVIAC. Carter has caught 43 passes for 480 yards and a score this season. • Seton Hill has seven players with at least 13 catches this season. • Andrew Jackson has made the last two starts at quarterback for SHU. He has played in five games this season and completed 52-of-92 passes for 529 yards. He also has five touchdowns and five interceptions. • Derrick Dyer has 190 yards and two touchdowns on the ground this season for Seton Hill. • Tyler Zimmer is tied for 17th in the country in tackles with 10.86 per game. He is also third in the NCAA in tackles for loss (2.21) and tied for eighth in sacks (1.14). Zimmer has tallied 79 total tackles (15 for a loss) and eight sacks on the season. • Darius Turner leads the SHU defense with two interceptions and four pass break-ups this season. • The Griffins are last in the conference in time of possession (27:15), while FSU is third holding the ball for 31 minutes per game.
Something Special
• Matt Wilmer put together a remarkable junior season as a return specialist for the Falcons. Wilmer led the country in yards per punt return with 23.0. He was named Super Region 1 Special Teams Player of the Year and second team All-America by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. He was a first team All-WVIAC selection and second team Daktronics All-Atlantic Region honoree. • This season he is 19th in average kick return yards (27.45) and is 21st in the country in average punt return yards (12.20). • In the opener against Clarion, Wilmer clearly had the attention of the Golden Eagles. Clarion’s five punts were angled away from Wilmer and went out of bounds. • The electricity showed up against Glenville State as Wilmer notched a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first of his career. For his play, he was named WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week. • Against Bowie State, Wilmer had 121 all-purpose yards (17 receiving, 58 kick return and 43 punt return). • He once again led the team in all-purpose yards against Charleston with 126. • Wilmer had his best day as a receiver at Fairmont State againstn West Virginia Wesleyan with seven catches for 163 yards and three touchdowns against the Bobcats. All of those were career highs. • He leads the team and is third in the WVIAC in all-purpose yards with an average of 143.7 all-purpose yards per game. He is the only player in the league with at least 100 total yards in receiving yards, punt return yards and kick return yards. • Wilmer has accounted for 18 of Fairmont State’s 47 plays of 20 yards or more this season. • Sixteen of his 20 catches have gone for either a first down or touchdown this season.
Receiving Saint
Wilmer’s Career Bests Game Punt Returns......................................6 (twice) Punt Ret. Yds..... 130 vs. WVU Tech (9/10/11) Punt Ret. TDs............................. 1 (two times) Kick Returns............................... 2 (five times) Kick Ret. Yards........ 112 vs. Glenville (9/6/12) Receptions.................. 7 vs. WVWC (10/13/12) Receiving Yards..... 163 vs. WVWC (10/13/12) Receiving TDs............ 3 vs. WVWC (10/13/12) Single Plays Long Punt Return.......93 vs. Clarion (9/1/11) Long Kick Return.......... 100 vs. GSC (9/6/12) Long Rush............. 27 vs. WV State (11/13/10) Long Reception.......47 vs. WVWC (10/13/12)
• FSU junior wide receiver Chris St. Hilaire, who had a strong sophomore season, has picked up where he left off last season. • Through five games, St. Hilaire has 29 catches for 341 yards and two touchdowns this season. His career high for receptions in a season is 33 last year. • He is third in the league in receptions per game (5.8) and fourth in receiving yards per game (68.2). • He has two games of 100 yards or more receiving this season and four 100-yard receiving games for his career. • Sixteen of his 29 catches this year have gone for either a first down or touchdown. Six of those catches have come on third down. • For his career, he has 89 catches for 1,284 yards and is approaching the top 15 at FSU in career receiving yards (Khalid Dover is 15th with 1,466 yards). • He missed last week’s game with an injury.
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Injury Report
• FSU suffered a big blow by losing Dewey McDonald to injury during a preseason scrimmage. McDonald, an All-America candidate and NFL prospect, will likely redshirt the season and return to the Falcon lineup in 2013. • During the game against Clarion, McDonald’s replacement at the free safety position, Leatis Jones, was shaken up and his status for Seton Hill is doubtful. Bryan Wilson, a backup to McDonald for two seasons, is manning the free safety spot. • FSU junior wide receiver (and holder) Mark Sampson was injured at Charleston and is not available this week against Seton Hill. Backup quarterback Tyler Pate will serve as the holder on special teams. • Linebacker Trevor Malnick was in the midst of a strong freshman campaign before breaking his arm prior to the WV Wesleyan game. • Fairmont State running backs Daniel Monroe, Shad Alexander and Colin Alford all missed the West Liberty game due to injury. Monroe was back in the lineup for the last two games, and Alford returned last week against WV Wesleyan.
“Stew” & JW
• Fairmont State will be sporting “Stew” and “JW” stickers on the helmet this year in honor of alum Bill Stewart and Jack Wilson, who both passed away earlier this year. • Stewart will also be inducted into the Fairmont State Athletic Association Hall of Fame later this fall. • Stewart played for head coach Deacon Duvall in the early 1970s and was captain of the 1974 WVIAC championship team. He also got his coaching start as an assistant at Fairmont State. • Jack Wilson spent many years on the FSU sidelines working on the chain crew.
Preseason Notebook
• Fairmont State will open the season without a player who has started a game at quarterback at the NCAA Division II level. However, the Falcons will rely on Bobby Vega, a junior college transfer who threw for nearly 2,000 yards and 23 touchdowns last season at College of Dupage. • FSU lost its starting punter, place kicker, long snapper and holder from last year. • Fairmont State averaged 30 points per game last season -- the fifth highest season average in school history. • The Falcons return their leading rusher and scorer (Daniel Monroe), leading receiver (Chris St. Hilaire), leading tackler/TFL/sacks (Garrett Davis) and leading return man (Matt Wilmer). However, FSU lost several players “in the trenches.” The Falcons graduated two of its three starting defensive linemen, and two players on the offensive line. • Twelve different players recorded interceptions for the Falcons last season. Seven of those players return to the team this year. • Fairmont State has announced that it will join a new league, the Mountain East Conference, starting in 2013-14. The new twelve team league’s charter membership will include: Concord University (W.Va.), Fairmont State University (W.Va.), Glenville State College (W.Va.), Notre Dame College (Ohio), Shepherd University (W.Va.), The University of Charleston (W.Va.), The University of Virginia’s College at Wise (Va.), Urbana University (Ohio), West Liberty University (W.Va.), West Virginia State University (W.Va.), Wheeling Jesuit University (W.Va.), and West Virginia Wesleyan College (W.Va.). • Former defensive end standout Luke Black was picked up as a free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals and is competing for a spot on their roster.
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Under Mike Lopez, When Fairmont State... Plays at home......................................... 15-15 Plays on the road...................................13-18 Scores first................................................19-8 Scores 0-9 points......................................1-11 Scores 10-19 points................................. 2-12 Scores 20-29 points................................ 8-8 Scores 30-39 points.................................. 7-2 Scores 40 points or more.................... 10-0 Gives up 0-9 points...................................7-1 Gives up 10-19 points.............................. 9-4 Gives up 20-29 points........................... 7-12 Gives up 30-39 points........................... 4-12 Gives up 40 points or more................... 1-4 Lead at the half...................................... 19-6 Trail at the half.......................................7-25 Tied at the half..........................................2-2 Lead at start of 4th Q............................22-3 Trail at start of 4th Q............................6-28 Tied at start of 4th Q.............................. 0-2 Forces more turnovers than opp........19-4 Turns the ball over more than opp....6-18 Turnovers are equal................................ 3-11 Rushes for more yards than opp....... 24-9 Rushes for less yards than opp.......... 4-24 Rushes for less than 100 yards............ 2-15 Rushes for 100-199 yards.....................12-14 Rushes for 200 yards or more.............14-4 Opp. rushes for less than 100 yards... 15-4 Opp. rushes for 100-199 yards.............8-18 Opp. rushes for 200 yards or more..... 5-11 Throws for more yards than opp....... 11-14 Throws for less yards than opp..........17-19 Throws for less than 100 yards.............8-7 Throws for 100-199 yards....................9-20 Throws for 200-299 yards..................... 9-5 Throws for 300 yards or more............... 2-1 Opp. throws for less than 100 yards....4-2 Opp. throws for 100-199 yards............9-15 Opp. throws for 200-299 yards..........10-11 Opp. throws for 300 yards or more......5-5
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2011 Season Review/Notes
• Fairmont State posted a 7-4 overall record and went 4-4 in the WVIAC. The Falcons’ seven wins were the most in over a decade. Two of FSU’s four losses came by seven points or less. • Fairmont State boasted two first team Academic All-America selections in Dewey McDonald and Frank Keenan. It was the first time in program history that FSU had two players earn first team honors in the same season. • Daniel Monroe became the second Falcon player to be named WVIAC “Freshman of the Year” after ranking among the league leaders in rushing and scoring. • Fairmont State’s average of 30 points per game was the fifth-highest average in school history. The Falcons scored over 30 points seven times last year and went 6-1 in those games. (The lone loss was a 36-30 setback vs. Glenville State in overtime.) • Eighteen players earned All-WVIAC honors including first team selections Chris Barfield (OL), Garrett Davis (LB) and Matt Wilmer (KR). • Fairmont State posted a 4-1 record away from Duvall-Rosier Field in 2011. The Falcons were also 3-0 against non-conference opponents. • The stingy Falcon defense gave up just 97.3 yards per game and only allowed one individual to rush for over 100 yards against them in a game (Tommy Addison, Shepherd, 114 yards). • Fairmont State had one of the stingiest red zone defenses in 2011 allowing teams points on 67 percent of their trips inside the 20. Opponents scored touchdowns on 51 percent of their red zone opportunities.
FSU Picked Fifth
• Fairmont State has been picked to finish fifth in the WVIAC in a vote of the league’s coaches. • Shepherd, which totaled six first-place nods and 76 points from the votes, was picked to win the league. • Defending WVIAC champion Concord, under the direction of WVIAC Coach of the Year Garin Justice, received the other three first place votes and 71 points, which was good enough for second place in the poll. WVIAC Preseason Poll 1. Shepherd (6) ............................................79 2. Concord (3) ................................................71 3. West Virginia Wesleyan . ...................... 55 4. Charleston ................................................50 5. Fairmont State ........................................46 6. Glenville State ......................................... 45 7. West Liberty . ............................................31 8. Seton Hill .................................................. 16 9. West Virginia State .................................15
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WV Wesleyan Notebook By Duane Cochran for FightingFalcons.com
Mike Lopez did something he’s never done in his six years as head coach of Fairmont State University’s football team Saturday afternoon at halftime of the Falcons’ game against visiting West Virginia Wesleyan at Duvall-Rosier Field. “I’ve never done what I did at halftime out there on the field,” said Lopez. “I called the team together on the field before we went in and told them I was embarrassed. I don’t know if I’ve ever said that to them before, but that’s just what I was feeling. “After that I didn’t talk to them at halftime, but I walked by outside of our locker room and heard Joe Angotti (FSU’s senior offensive guard) giving someone the business. The message was understood.” Was it ever. Fairmont State’s football team played its best half of football of the season in the final 30 minutes against the Bobcats and turned a 12-point, 21-9 halftime deficit, into a convincing 49-32 victory. The win improved the Falcons to 2-4 overall and to 2-2 in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. “You saw us huddle up there before we went in at halftime and coach Lopez gave us a little speech and told us in pretty straight forward terms that he felt like we weren’t playing at the level we were capable of playing at,” said FSU senior receiver Matt Wilmer. “I don’t know, but something clicked. We went in at halftime talked to our coordinators and position coaches and my position coach (Josh Brown) specifically called me out. He told me I was the top receiver and that I needed to show up and do something. I took that personally and as a challenge. I told him I was going to prove something to him in the second half and every time I caught a pass I told him I wasn’t done yet.” Wilmer enjoyed a great second half for the Falcons. He caught three second-half passes and all three went for touchdowns. He finished with seven catches for 163 yards and three scores – all career highs. But on this afternoon Wilmer was just one of many stars for the Falcons. In fact, take your pick. * FSU junior quarterback Bobby Vega finished 15-of-30 passing for 275 yards and a career-high five touchdowns. He didn’t suffer any interceptions. In the second half Vega connected on 8-of-14 pass attempts for 145 yards and all five TDs. * Sophomore running back Daniel Monroe rambled for a season-high 147 yards on the ground and one touchdown on 25 carries – an average of 5.9 yards per carry. His rushing TD was the first of the season for the Falcons.
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* Junior receiver C.J. Goodwin caught three passes for 55 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns, while senior tight end Sean Marion tallied a season-high four receptions for 60 yards. * FSU’s offensive front. Wesleyan’s defense entered the game leading the league and third in the nation in NCAA Division II in sacks. Fairmont’s offensive line had allowed 19 sacks coming into the contest and surrendered three to the Bobcats in the first half. In the second half the Falcon front line allowed zero sacks and helped FSU roll up 233 of its season-high 431 yards of total offense. * Senior cornerback Ryland Newman intercepted a pair of second-half passes and returned them for 39 yards. In addition, he also returned one punt for 29 yards which led to an FSU touchdown, three kickoffs for 144 yards (an average of 48 yards per return) and made five solo tackles. * Junior linebacker Garrett Davis who continued his terrorizing of opposing offenses since his return from injury in week three. Davis finished with a game-high 11 tackles, including one for a loss and eight solo stops. * Defensive end Jake Kelly who enjoyed his best day in a Falcon uniform. The junior from Charleston recorded a career-high eight tackles, including one sack and a crucial forced fumble in the second half which fellow defensive end Andre Revere recovered deep in Bobcat territory. The turnover led to an FSU touchdown and an 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter. * FSU’s defensive unit which held West Virginia Wesleyan to 11 points and just 135 total yards in the second half on 38 plays – an average of just 3.6 yards per play. * True freshman kicker Johnny Dearstine who had the most productive day of his young collegiate career. Dearstine was 3-of4 on field goal attempts and a perfect 4-of-4 on PATs. He connected on field goals of 21, 35 and 38 yards for FSU in the first half and just missed on a 39-yard attempt in the second half. * Redshirt freshman punter Chris Kish who punted five times in the victory for an average of 38.8 yards. He had a long punt of 49 yards and placed two of his kicks inside of Wesleyan’s 20-yard line. Sophomore Daniel Monroe enjoyed his best performance of the season against a West Virginia Wesleyan defense which came into the contest ranked third in the WVIAC against the run. Monroe carried the football 25 times for a season-high 147 yards and one touchdown. The Bobcats were holding opponents to just 104.6 yards per game on the ground.
Monroe’s touchdown run was the first of the season for the Falcons. Last year he finished third in the conference in rushing TDs with 13. “We take a lot of pride in running the ball and we know for us to really be effective in the passing game we’ve got to run the football with success,” said Monroe. “Our goal is to be a balanced football team and up to this point we’ve been pretty one dimensional and it’s hurt us. We finally just all came together and said enough is enough. Let’s play the way we know we’re capable of playing. “I know I’ve been criticized. The fans and media were saying I wasn’t the same back as I was last year and to be honest it felt great for me to prove them wrong with my performance today. I’m still here and I’m still fighting for this team. We’ve had some issues, but we’re solving them and hopefully this performance will be a building block for us. I think Fairmont is going to be an issue for teams the rest of the year.” Monroe is currently third in the WVIAC in rushing with 433 yards on 90 carries. *** Sophomore Jephte Leveille has really begun to emerge as a solid player for the Falcons on the defensive front. The 6-1, 255-pounder from Port St. Lucie, Fla. is currently second on the team in total tackles (33) behind standout junior linebacker Garrett Davis (34). He also leads Fairmont in sacks with three and is tied for second on the team in tackles for losses with five. “Honestly on the defensive front we really just all feed off of each other’s play,” said Leveille. “We try to make it fun with each other and have success through that. I’m just a small part of our defensive front. Anthony Domico, Andre Revere, Jarick Gee and Jake Kelly we all communicate really well with one another. I’ll tell you I was real impressed with Jake’s play against Wesleyan. He’s somebody we’re learning we can always count on. “When we come off of the field we tell each other what we’re seeing and what we think we can do to help each other out. Our senior Jordan Greathouse, who is medically redshirted, also really helps coach us up. “As for me I do feel a lot more comfortable this year than I did last year and I really think that’s because I’m starting to trust the system. I’m believing in it. I still have a lot more work to do to become better though, but day-by-day and week-by-week I’m trusting the system more and more and doing what I’m coached to do.”
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Last Year at Seton Hill Fairmont State 38, Seton Hill 20 October 22, 2011 | Greensburg, Pa.
GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Fairmont State used big plays on offense, defense and special teams and held off a Seton Hill rally to defeat the Griffins, 38-20, on Saturday night at Offutt Field Matt Wilmer had a 31-yard touchdown reception, Ryland Newman had a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown, Ryan Watts had a 25-yard interception return for a touchdown and Logan Moore had a 27-yard touchdown run to spark the FSU win. Fairmont State held only a slim 388-366 advantage in total offense. Daniel Monroe went over 100 yards the sixth game of the year with 139 yards. Logan Moore returned to the lineup and was 16-of-24 for 205 yards with a touchdown, but was picked off three times. The Falcon defense held Seton Hill to just 23 yards rushing on the afternoon. The FSU defense recorded 10 tackles for a loss, including nine sacks on the night. Garrett Davis had 11 total tackles (seven solo), including three TFL and a pair of sacks. In addition to his punt return for a touchdown, Newman had six tackles (five solo) and an interception and a pass breakup. Seton Hill got on the board first as Josh Cavalier hit a 35-yard field goal on the Griffins’ first possession. The Falcons were able to grab the lead late in the first quarter as Wilmer hauled in a 31-yard touchdown pass from Moore to go ahead 7-3. The Falcons could not get much going on offense, and Newman provided the spark on special teams taking back a punt 76 yards for a Falcon touchdown to put FSU up 14-3. Cavalier hit a 46-yard field goal with just 24 seconds left in the half to make it 14-6, but a 47-yard run off tackle by Monroe put Fairmont State in field position to give Frank Keenan a shot at 47-yard field goal with just four seconds left in the half. Keenan had plenty of leg on the career-best attempt and FSU went into the locker room ahead 17-6. Watts provided the only scoring in the third quarter after picking off Morris and taking it back 25 yards for the touchdown to put the Falcons up 24-6. Monroe picked up his 13th rushing touchdown of the season after going in from one-yard out early in the fourth quarter to stretch the FSU lead to 31-6. Morris then led the Griffins to back-to-back scoring drives to get SHU back into the game. Morris went in from two yards out and then found Jorge Valdovinos on a 56-yard pass to make it 31-20 with 5:16 left in the game. Seton Hill stopped FSU on its ensuing possession, but a roughing the kicker penalty extended the Falcon possession, and ultimately led to a 27yard quarterback keeper to put the game out of reach. Score
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3
4 F
Fairmont State
7
10
7
14
38
Seton Hill
3
3
0
14
20
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
SHU
1st
09:59
Josh Cavalier 35 yd field goal
FSU
1st
01:03
Wilmer 31 yd pass from Moore (Keenan kick)
FSU
2nd
04:41
Ryland Newman 76 yd punt return (Keenan kick)
SHU
2nd
00:24
Josh Cavalier 46 yd field goal
FSU
2nd
00:00
Frank Keenan 47 yd field goal
FSU
3rd
10:17
Ryan Watts 25 yd interception return (Keenan kick)
FSU
4th
13:45
Daniel Monroe 1 yd run (Keenan kick)
SHU
4th
10:37
Ryan Morris 2 yd run (Cavalier kick)
SHU
4th
05:16
Valdovinos 56 yd pass from Morris (Cavalier kick)
FSU
4th
01:27
Logan Moore 27 yd run (Keenan kick)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFF PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Fairmont State 38 21 32-183 205 24-16-3 56-388 0-0 4-97 5-90 2-55 2-48.5 2-1 9-85 27:49 4 of 9 0 of 2 1-1
Seton Hill 20 20 29-23 343 49-24-2 78-366 0-0 0-0 6-119 3-66 5-37.0 1-0 14-127 32:11 6 of 21 3 of 3 2-2
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Daniel Monroe (25-139), Logan Moore (4-51); SHU-Daniel Butler (10-42) Passing: FS-Logan Moore (16-24--205); SHU-Ryan Morris (24-49--343) Receiving: FS-Sean Marion (5-55), Matt Wilmer (3-40), Tim Orange (3-31); SHU-Jorge Valdovinos (6-152), David Miller (5-43), Tyler McIntosh (4-55) Tackles: FS-Garrett Davis (7-4--11), Ryland Newman (5-1--6), Dewey McDonald (4-2--6); SHU-Nick McGahagan (6-3--9), Calvin Mason (6-2--8) Notebook
* With the win, Fairmont State improved 4-1 all-time against Seton Hill. * The victory ensured the the second winning season under Mike Lopez. * Fairmont State held Seton Hill to just 23 yards rushing and recorded eight sacks for the game. Three Falcons recorded two sacks against the Griffins (Garrett Davis, Devin Johnson, Jordan Greathouse). * Matt Wilmer’s 31-yard touchdown reception was his fourth this season and sixth of his career. * Ryland Newman’s interception was his second this season and seventh of his career. * Ryan Watts’ interception was the first of his career. It was also the first touchdown of his career. * Daniel Monroe’s rushing touchdown was his 13th rushing touchdown this season.
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Last Time vs. SHU In Fairmont Fairmont State 44, Seton Hill 29 October 30, 2010 | Fairmont, W.Va
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Logan Moore threw for 303 yards on 14-of-20 passing and accounted for five FSU touchdowns in a 44-29 Homecoming victory over Seton Hill on Saturday afternoon at Duvall-Rosier Field. Perry Baker caught four passes on the day for 139 yards with three scores. Chris St. Hilaire hauled in three passes for 101 yards including a 58-yard touchdown. Eric Eitson also added a receiving touchdown for Fairmont State. Damon Waters gained 75 yards on 14 carries. Garrett Davis continued his stellar play with 13 tackles including six solo stops. Greg Underwood notched nine tackles and blocked a punt. Ryland Newman intercepted his fourth pass of the season and returned it 45 yards against SHU. Moore capped the opening drive of the game with a 19-yard touchdown scamper to put the Falcons in front 7-0. After forcing a Griffin punt, Moore found Baker with a 23-yard touchdown strike to make it 14-0. Thedrive was keyed by a 19-yard run on 3-and-11 from Waters. FSU forced a three-and-out on the next SHU possession and Zack Page returned the punt 37 yards to set the Falcons up in Seton Hill territory. Frank Keenan hit from 36 yards to make it 17-0 early in the second quarter. The Griffins got their offense going on the ensuing possession when R.J. Butler punched it in from two yards out to make it 17-7. Moore would again find Baker for six, this time from 33 yards out. The extra point attempt failed, but FSU still held a 23-7 advantage. The Falcons added another score late in the half as Moore found St. Hilaire, who made a couple nifty moves and raced 58 yards for a touchdown to put Fairmont State ahead 30-7 going into halftime. The TD reception was the first of the season for St. Hilaire.
Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Seton Hill 29 27 42-204 183 36-21-2 78-387 0-0 0-0 7-114 1-27 5-27.8 0-0 4-30 35:32 10 of 17 1 of 2 4-4
Fairmont State 44 18 26-122 355 25-17-1 51-477 0-0 4-58 3-72 2-45 1-60.0 1-0 8-90 24:28 4 of 8 1 of 2 3-5
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Logan Moore (9-120), Patrick Pinchinat (5-65), Scott Victorio (4-51), Damon Waters (11-28); WVWC-J. Valentin (14-87), T. Massey (9-30), A. Neugebauer (9-17) Passing: FS-Logan Moore (12-26--121); WVWC-A. Neugeabauer (24-39--265) Receiving: FS-Chris St. Hilaire (4-27), Damon Waters (3-19), Perry Baker (120), Matt Wilmer (1-18), Cody Reed (1-17), Eric Eitson (1-12); WVWC-J. Meadows (8-118), T.J. Benners (8-74) Tackles: FS-Garrett Davis (8-0--8), Dan Dario (6-1--7), Greg Underwood (6-1-7), Danie Strosnider (4-3--7); WVWC-J. Robertson (5-2--7), J. Maddox (5-1--6), B. Vukela (5-1--6)
The Falcon defense forced a three-and-out on Seton Hill’s opening possession of the third quarter, and Aaron Prescott’s punt was blocked by Greg Underwood and recovered by Hunter Ferguson. FSU would capitalize on the great field position with Moore finding Eitson twice on the drive, the second reception going for a touchdown to make the score 37-7. The two teams traded punts before Seton Hill’s DJ Lenehan found Zach Delo from 17 yards out to make it 37-14. The Griffins would add another touchdown in the fourth to make it 37-22, but Fairmont State would recover the ensuing onside kick. Seton Hill’s defense held bringing up a fourth down but the Falcons elected to fake a punt and had success as J.J. Mayer found Perry Baker for a 39-yard touchdown to make it 44-22. SHU would add one final touchdown but Fairmont State again recovered the onside attempt and were able to run out the clock and claim the 44-29 win. Score
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3
4 F
Seton Hill
0
7
7
15
29
Fairmont State
14
16
7
7
44
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
FSU
1st
11:25
Logan Moore 19 yd run (Keenan kick)
FSU
1st
05:04
Baker 23 yd pass from Moore (Keenan kick)
FSU
2nd
14:54
Frank Keenan 36 yd field goal
SHU
2nd
09:29
RJ Butler 2 yd run (Gillingham kick)
FSU
2nd
07:04
Baker 33 yd pass from Moore (Keim rush failed)
FSU
2nd
01:41
C. St. Hilaire 58 yd pass from Moore (Keenan kick)
FSU
3rd
11:47
Eitson 11 yd pass from Moore (Keenan kick)
SHU
3rd
05:45
Delo 17 yd pass from Lenehan (Gillingham kick)
SHU
4th
04:04
McIntosh 9 yd pass from Lenehan (Valdovinos pass)
FSU
4th
03:02
Baker 39 yd pass from J.J. Mayer (Keenan kick)
SHU
4th
01:15
RJ Butler 5 yd run (Gillingham kick)
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Game 1 | Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 | Clarion, Pa. Clarion 7, Fairmont State 0
CLARION, Pa. -- Clarion’s Ben Fiscus connected with Mark Nicholas on a 27yard touchdown pass in the third quarter and the Golden Eagle defense pitched a shutout to defeat Fairmont State, 7-0, in the season-opener at Memorial Stadium. Fiscus had an efficient night going 14-of-21 for 136 yards and a touchdown passing and added 77 yards on the ground to pace the Golden Eagle offense. Bobby Thomas added 80 yards on the ground for Clarion. Fairmont State quarterback Bobby Vega had a solid first outing in a Falcon uniform connecting on 27-of-47 passes for 321 yards. He was intercepted twice. His favorite targets were Chris St. Hilaire who had eight catches for 108 yards and C.J. Goodwin who added six grabs for 55 yards. Clarion’s defense was led by Andrew Paronish who had six tackles, a fumble recovery, and a fourth quarter interception he returned for 27 yards. Fairmont State’s defense was paced by Scott Davidson who had eight total tackles and Daniel Strosnider who had four tackles and interception. The Falcons held the edge in total offense, 355-291, but were penalized 11 times for 120 yards in the game. Clarion was flagged seven times for 95 yards. The Golden Eagles stifled the Fairmont State running game holding the Falcons to just 34 yards on 30 carries in the game. Neither team made it into the red zone until the third quarter when FSU got to the Clarion 17 on its initial drive of the half. However, a penalty and a sack stalled the drive and the Falcons had to settle for a punt. The Golden Eagles countered on the ensuing drive marching 84 yards down for the score as Fiscus found Nicholas in tight coverage on a 27-yard score. Clarion looked to put the game away late in the fourth quarter as it lined up for a field goal, but Scott Davidson came off the edge and blocked the attempt to give FSU one last chance on offense. The Falcons worked the way down to the Clarion 8-yard line, but were moved back on a holding play to the 15. Facing third-and-goal, Vega’s pass to St. Hilaire was low and incomplete. With just 22 seconds left, Vega heaved an attempt in the back of the end zone where the pass was batted down by Clarion’s Jason Peterson to preserve the victory for the Golden Eagles. Score
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2
3
4
F
Fairmont State
0
0
0
0
0
Clarion University
0
0
7
0
7
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
CLAR
3rd
07:27
Nicholas 27 yd pass from Fiscus (Conway kick)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Fairmont State 0 24 30-34 321 47-27-2 77-355 0-0 0-0 2-54 1-13 4-31.8 2-1 11-120 32:49 5 of 17 2 of 3 0-2
Clarion 7 16 36-155 136 21-14-1 57-291 0-0 0-0 1-17 2-32 5-29.0 1-0 7-95 27:11 4 of 11 0 of 1 0-1
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Daniel Monroe (19-37), CU-Bobby Thomas (20-80), Ben Fiscus (15-77) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (27-47--321), CU-Ben Fiscus (14-21--136) Receiving: FS-Chris St. Hilaire (8-108), C.J. Goodwin (6-55), Mark Sampson (5-49); CU-Jon Reid (5-58), Mark Ncholas (3-34) Tackles: FS-Scott Davidson (6-2--8), Matt Larrubia (1-7--8), Leatis Jones (6-1--7); CU-Anthony Stimac (6-5--11), Brian Palmiere (6-4--10), Nate Sipes (1-7--8) Notes
• Quarterback Bobby Vega’s 321 yards passing vs. Clarion were the most by a quarterback in Lopez’s tenure as head coach. In fact, the 321 yards passing were the most by a Falcon quarterback since Oct. 27, 2001, when Bryan Harman threw for 354 yards against Concord. • Fairmont State was shutout for just the second time under offensive coordinator Bryan Fisher last week against Clarion. The last time the Falcons were held scoreless under Fisher was a 24-0 loss to UNC Pembroke in 2010. • FSU’s 7-0 loss to Clarion marked the first time that Fairmont State has lost when holding a team to under nine points under head coach Mike Lopez. • Clarion snapped a two-game losing streak to Fairmont State with its win over the Falcons. • For the third-straight year, the team with the most total offense lost the game. • The Fairmont State defense held Clarion to just 291 yards and did so with just one tackle for a loss of yards and no sacks. • Daniel Strosnider’s interception was the second of his career. The first interception of his career came two seasons ago against Glenville State. • Fairmont State’s Johnny Dearstine handled the kicking duties for the Falcons against Clarion. His kickoff went to the end zone where it was returned, and his 42-yard field goal attempt had plenty of distance but missed wide right.
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Game 2 | Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 | Glenville, W.Va. Glenville State 41, Fairmont State 21
GLENVILLE, W.Va. -- Glenville State scored 34 first half points which proved to be more than enough in a 41-21 win over Fairmont State on Thursday night at Morris Stadium. The Pioneers racked up over 500 yards of total offense with 273 yards passing and another 254 on the ground. Darold Hughes completed 13-of-20 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns. Robert Jiles hauled in five passes for 142 yards, including touchdown receptions of 59 and 41 yards. Glenville State’s defense recorded four sacks and seven tackles for a loss in limiting Fairmont State to 196 yards of total offense. Shad Alexander led the way on the ground with 10 carries for 53 yards. Bobby Vega was 13-of-27 for 87 yards and two touchdown passes. Matt Wilmer provided a spark for the Falcons with a 100-yard kickoff return at the end of the first quarter for FSU. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown in his career. Freshman linebacker Trevor Malnick led the Falcons defensively with six total tackles, including two for a loss. The Pioneers raced out to a quick 17-0 lead in the first quarter lead before the Falcons got on the board with Wilmer’s 100-yard kick return for a touchdown as the quarter expired. Wilmer took the kick two yards deep in the end zone and went to his left and darted through traffic for the score. The Falcons could not capitalize on the momentum, though, as the Pioneers responded with a five-yard TD run from Quin Thornton. GSC added a field goal and a touchdown late in the quarter to give the Pioneers the big 34-7 cushion at the break. Glenville State got its only points of the second half on a 59-yard touchdown reception by Jiles from Hughes. On the play, the pass was deflected by two FSU defenders before finally being hauled in by Jiles to extend GSC’s lead to 41-7. Vega found Sampson in the back of the end zone on a short five-yard pass to start the fourth quarter to make it 41-14, and Vega later found Chris St. Hilaire for a seven-yard TD reception for the final points of the game and the 41-21 final. Score
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2
3
4
F
Fairmont State
7
0
0
14
21
Glenville State
17
17
7
0
41
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
GSC
1st
11:20
Colston Bayless 37 yd field goal
GSC
1st
08:58
Rahmann Lee 84 yd run (Bayless kick)
GSC
1st
00:10
Jiles 41 yd pass from Hughes (Bayless kick)
FSU
1st
00:00
Matt Wilmer 100 yd KO return (J.Dearstine kick)
GSC
2nd
11:29
Quin Thornton 5 yd run (Bayless kick)
GSC
2nd
03:34
Colston Bayless 34 yd field goal
GSC
2nd
00:59
Harris 46 yd pass from Hughes (Bayless kick)
GSC
3rd
04:47
Jiles 59 yd pass from Hughes (Bayless kick)
FSU
4th
14:14
Sampson 5 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick)
FSU
4th
02:50
C. St. Hilaire 7 yd pass from Vega (Dearstine kick)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Fairmont State 21 12 30-109 87 27-13-0 57-196 0-0 3-25 7-149 0-0 7-33.4 0-0 7-49 29:29 3 of 14 2 of 3 2-2
Glenville State 41 22 38-254 273 21-14-0 59-527 0-0 0-0 4-90 0-0 3-34.3 0-0 9-87 30:21 5 of 11 0 of 0 3-3
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Shad Alexander (10-53), Daniel Monroe (13-49); GSC-Rahmann Lee (10-146), Derek McRae (7-22) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (13-27--87), GSC-Darold Hughes (13-20--258) Receiving: FS-Chris St. Hilaire (4-43), Mark Sampson (4-28); GSC-Robert Giles (5-142), Orlandus Harris (5-92) Tackles: FS-Trevor Malnick (3-6--9), Ronnie Lockhart (4-4--8), Lance Fullwood (3-5--8); GSC-Gary Henderson (4-4--8), James Johnson (4-4--8) Notes
• Matt Wilmer’s 100-yard kick return for a touchdown was the first of his career. It was technically a 102-yard kick return, but NCAA statisical guidelines mandate the maximum yardage on any play is 100 yards. Jerome Hoes had a 101-kickoff return for Fairmont State in 1978, but the NAIA guidelines allowed for plays to be longer than 100 yards at that time. It was the first kickoff return for a touchdown for Fairmont State since Zack Page accomplished it in 2009 against WV State. • Freshman Shad Alexander led FSU in rushing with 10 carries for 53 yards. Daniel Monroe was held to under 100 yards rushing for the second-straight game. • Chris St. Hilaire’s touchdown reception was his first of the season and the seventh of his career. • Bobby Vega’s two touchdown passes were the first of his career at Fairmont State. • Mark Sampson’s touchdown catch was his first this season and fifth of his career. • GSC running back Rahmann Lee became just the second player in 13 games (dating back to last season) to rush for over 100 yards against Fairmont State. • The Pioneers had seven offensive plays go for 20 yards or more, including four of its touchdowns. • Freshman linebacker Trevor Malnick turned in a good performance for FSU with nine tackles, including two for a loss.
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Game 3 | Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 | Bowie, Md. Bowie State 24, Fairmont State 17 (OT)
BOWIE, Md. -- Bowie State scored 24 unanswered points to beat Fairmont State in overtime on Saturday afternoon at Bulldogs Stadium. The Bulldogs erased a 17-0 fourth quarter deficit to force overtime and win the game. The Falcons scored the only points of the opening half when Johnny Dearstine made a 22-yard field goal after Fairmont State recovered a Bowie State fumble inside the BSU 15 yard line. Fairmont State extended the lead in the third quarter after Davidson blocked a Bulldog field goal attempt that was scooped up by Newman and returned 57 yards for the FSU touchdown. The Falcons then went ahead 17-0 early in the fourth quarter after Vega capped off a four-play, 42 yard drive with a touchdown pass to Collin Alford. The Bulldogs needed just over a minute to respond with their first points of the game to make it 17-7. FSU was forced to punt on its next possession, and BSU cashed in with a 24-yard field goal to make it 17-10 with six minutes remaining. The Falcons could only use over two minutes on their next possession, and a 10-yard punt set Bowie State up in excellent shape taking over at Fairmont State’s 40-yard line. McNeil then knotted the game with a onehanded grab to tie the score at 17-17. FSU did march down the field and had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Dearstine’s 29-yard field goal missed wide right as time expired. On the opening drive of overtime, Bowie State converted twice on third down to stay alive before Acker scored on a 12-yard touchdown reception. The Falcons were unable to respond as Vega’s fourth down pass fell incomplete. Score
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2
3
4 OT
Fairmont State
3
0
7
7
0
17
Bowie State
0
0
0
17
7
24
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
FSU
1st
06:36
J. Dearstine 22 yd field goal
FSU
3rd
03:39
Ryland Newman 57 yd blocked FG return
FSU
4th
11:46
Alford 3 yd pass from Vega (Dearstine kick)
BSU
4th
10:43
Acker 12 yd pass from Reid (Dias-Aviles kick)
BSU
4th
06:06
DIAZ-AVILES 24 yd field goal
BSU
4th
02:15
McNeil 31 yd pass from Reid
BSU
OT
15:00
Acker 12 yd pass from Reid (Dias-Aviles kick)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Fairmont State 17 12 34-142 166 27-14-2 61-308 0-0 2-43 4-81 1-10 4-14.2 1-1 7-64 28:37 5 of 14 0 of 2 3-5
Bowie State 24 23 39-124 329 38-23-1 77-453 0-0 0-0 4-94 2-18 3-32.0 2-2 9-93 46:23 7 of 18 1 of 1 2-4
Individual Statistic Leaders
Rushing: FS-Daniel Monroe (18-112), Shad Alexander (5-18); BSU-Corwin Acker (26-105), Keith Brown (5-13) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (14-27--166), BSU-Tyrae Reid (23-38--329) Receiving: FS-Mark Sampson (3-87), Matt Wilmer (3-17), Shad Alexander (2-25), C.J. Sanders (2-22); BSU-Douglas McNeil (7-105), Garry Cropper (6-114), Corwin Acker (6-59) Tackles: FS-Ronnie Lockhart (7-2--9), Garrett Davis (7-2--9), Matt Larrubia (7-1--8); BSU-Curtis Pumphrey (9-0--9), Kenyon Kinard (4-4--8), Antoine Young (6-1--7)
Notes
• Johnny Dearstine’s 22-yard field goal was the first of his career. • Ryland Newman’s 57-yard blocked field goal return for a touchdown was the sixth touchdown of his career without ever having played a down on offense. Newman has three interception returns for a touchdown and two punt returns for a touchdown to go with his blocked field goal return. • Running back Daniel Monroe cracked the 100-yard mark for the first time this season with 112 yards on the ground against Bowie State. It was the seventh game of 100+ yards in his career. • Collin Alford’s touchdown reception was the first touchdown of his career. • Bobby Vega’s touchdown pass was his third this season. • Mark Sampson’s 87 receiving yards were a career high. • Middle linebacker Garrett Davis made his season debut against Bowie State. He returned to make nine total tackles (seven solo) and recorded one tackle for a loss. • Fairmont State blocked two field goals against Bowie State. C.J. Goodwin got his first block of the year while Scott Davidson’s block was his second this season. • FSU recorded its first two sacks of the season against the Bulldogs. Daniel Strosnider recorded one and Andre Revere got the other. • Fairmont State lost for just the third time when leading after three quarters under head coach Mike Lopez. Lopez slipped to 0-4 in overtime as a head coach.
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Game 4 | Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 | Fairmont, W.Va. Fairmont State 25, West Liberty 20
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State picked up its first victory of the season with a 25-20 win over West Liberty on Saturday afternoon at Duvall-Rosier Field. Bobby Vega completed 34-of-67 attempts for 361 yards and three touchdowns. Vega’s 67 pass attempts were a school record and the 361 yards tied for the seventh most in a single game at Fairmont State. Fairmont State rolled up 386 yards of total offense compared to just 161 for West Liberty. Chris St. Hilaire led the FSU receivers with a career-high 12 catches for 123 yards and a score. C.J. Goodwin also went over the century mark with three catches for 104 yards and a touchdown, including an 83-yard TD reception. WLU’s L.D. Crow completing 21-of-43 passes for 145 yards and a pair of interceptions. Darrell Stanley hauled in six catches for 45 yards. Isiah Moody had eight carries for 24 yards and a touchdown. Fairmont State started quickly scoring the game’s first 19 points. Johnny Dearstine opened the scoring with a 36-yard field goal, and Anthony Domcio later recorded a safety taking down Crow in the end zone to make it 5-0. Off the free kick, Fairmont State would travel 46 yards in eight plays with the drive being capped by a 13-yard touchdown reception by Chris St. Hilaire to make it 12-0 early in the second quarter. The FSU defense forced a three-and-out, and then made it 19-0 on a five-yard TD reception by Matt Wilmer. The Hilltoppers would get back into the game late in the half. WLU took advantage of an interception by Marco Richetti that he returned to the FSU five-yard line. The ‘Toppers punched it in two plays later but missed the extra point. WLU added another score late in the half to make it 19-13 at the break. West Liberty seized the momentum of the game on Fairmont State’s first possession as Jovontae Johnson scooped up a FSU fumble and rumbled 22 yards for the score to put the ‘Toppers in front 20-19. WLU pinned FSU on its own 13-yard line late in the third quarter, but that’s when Vega found C.J. Goodwin for an 87-yard bomb. The Falcons failed on the two-point conversion. The Falcon defense forced WLU three-and-out on its first two possessions of the fourth quarter and Wilson picked off Crow on their third possession. However, FSU could not add a score to ice the game, giving West liberty one last chance to win taking over with 2:35 to go. The Hilltoppers, who were 0-for-14 on third down before starting their final drive, converted on one third down and one fourth down to take the ball to the FSU 27. The defensive line harassed Crow into a sack and a hurried throw to end the game and seal the Falcon victory. Score
1
2
3
4
F
West Liberty
0
13
7
0
20
Fairmont State
5
14
6
0
25
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
FSU
1st
04:22
J. Dearstine 36 yd field goal
FSU
1st
02:09
Anthony Domico safety
FSU
2nd
14:12
St. Hilaire 13 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick)
FSU
2nd
10:25
Wilmer 5 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick)
WLU
2nd
06:37
LD Crow 1 yd run (Jeff Hoak kick failed)
WLU
2nd
00:28
Isiah Moody 2 yd run Jeff Hoak kick
WLU
3rd
13:54
Jov. Johnson 22 yd fumble recovery Jeff Hoak kick
FSU
3rd
01:55
Goodwin 83 yd pass from Vega (Vega pass failed)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
West Liberty 20 10 26-16 145 45-21-2 71-161 1-22 1-2 4-59 3-19 11-39.5 2-0 7-66 24:06 1 of 17 2 of 5 2-2
Fairmont State 25 20 28-25 361 68-34-3 96-386 0-0 6-69 5-74 2-37 5-43.2 1-1 10-130 35:54 10 of 24 0 of 4 3-4
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Ryland Newman (10-29), Matt Griffin (3-7); WLU-Isiah Moody (8-24), Kenjay Trueblood (9-18) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (34-67--361), WLU-L.D. Crow (21-43--145) Receiving: FS-Chris St. Hilaire (12-123), C.J. Goodwin (3-104), Kenny Washington (6-46), Matt Wilmer (4-57); WLU-Darrell Stanley (6-45), Brandon Schroeder (4-33), Bo Whitney (4-27) Tackles: FS-Garrett Davis (5-1--6), Bryan Wilson (4-2--6), Jephte Leveille (4-2--6) Notes
• Johnny Dearstine’s 36-yard field goal was the longest of his career. • Anthony Domico’s safety was the first FSU safety since 2009. • Chris St. Hilaire’s 12 catches were a career best. His TD reception was the second of the season and the eighth of his career. • C.J. Goodwin’s 83-yard TD reception was the first TD reception of his career. The 83-yard hookup is tied for the third longest passing play in school history and was the seventh-longest play in Division II through four weeks of football. • Chris St. Hilaire and C.J. Goodwin both went over 100 yards receiving against West Liberty. The last time FSU had two receivers go over the century mark was when St. Hilaire and Perry Baker both went over 100 yards against Seton Hill on October 30, 2010. • Matt Wilmer’s TD reception was his first this season and the seventh of his career. • Bobby Vega threw for a career-high 361 yards and three touchdowns. He set a school record with 67 pass attempts. • Trevor Malnick recorded his first career sack and interception against WLU. • Bryan Wilson had his first interception of the season and the second of his career. • Chris Kish averaged 42.8 yards per punt and had dropped three inside the 20yard line. • WLU and FSU combined for just 41 yards rushing for the game. • FSU’s 386 yards of total offense against the ‘Toppers were a season-high.
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Game 5 | Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 | Charleston, W.Va. Charleston 30, Fairmont State 10
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- The University of Charleston used three scoring plays of 40 yards or more to defeat Fairmont State, 30-10 on Saturday afternoon in Charleston. John Knox accounted for three touchdowns on the afternoon for the Golden Eagles. Charleston rolled for 436 yards of total offense while holding the Falcons to just 229 yards on the afternoon. UC ran for 236 yards compared to just 58 for the Falcons. Fairmont State converted on just 3-of-14 third down conversions compared to 6-of-13 for the Golden Eagles. Ryland Newman scored a touchdown on a 38-yard punt return and added six tackles for the Falcons. Charleston started quickly going 68 yards on five plays, capped by a 56-yard strike from Knox to Maxwell to give the Golden Eagles a 7-0 lead just two minutes into the game. On the following drive, the Falcons controlled the ball for 12 plays and over eight minutes before being forced to punt. Chris Kish pinned UC inside its own five-yard line, and after a three-and-out by the Golden Eagles, Newman returned the ensuing punt 38 yards to tie the game 7-7 after one quarter of play. With 6:47 to play in the second quarter, Davidson picked off Knox at the UC two-yard line. After a three-and-out, Charleston’s Roberts blocked the FSU punt to force a safety and give UC a 9-7 lead. After the free kick, Charleston needed just two plays to score as Roberts took the handoff 45 yards to give the Golden Eagles a 16-7 lead at the half. After forcing an FSU punt on the opening drive of the half, Charleston capped a 16 play, 68 yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run by Knox to give the Golden Eagles a 23-7 lead. The Golden Eagles ran the ball 11 times on the drive. On the following possession, Johnny Dearstine added a 31-yard field goal to cut the UC lead to 23-10. St. Hillaire provided a 27-yard reception to key the nine-play, 61 yard drive for the Falcons. It took just two plays for the Golden Eagles to respond as Knox found Byrd for a 55-yard touchdown pass with 1:26 to play in the third quarter to give UC a 30-10 advantage. On the next UC possession, Puma Nuradini looked to add to the UC score but couldn’t capitalize on a 31-yard field goal. Each team would have two more possessions in the final quarter before Charleston would take a knee and wrap up the victory. Score
1
2
3
4
F
Fairmont State
7
0
3
0
10
Charleston
7
9
14
0
30
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
FSU
1st
02:58
Newman 38 yd punt return(J.Dearstine kick)
UC UC UC UC
FSU UC
1st
2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd
12:44
05:56 05:38 04:51
02:29 01:26
Maxwell 56 yd pass from Knox (Nuredini kick) Jordan Roberts safety
Jordan Roberts 45 yd run (Nuredini kick) John Knox 1 yd run (Nuredini kick)
J. Dearstine 31 yd field goal
Byrd 55 yd pass from John Knox (Nuredini kick)
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Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
Fairmont State 10 14 26-63 176 32-13-1 58-239 0-0 3-70 2-33 1--2 7-32.0 2-1 9-59 27:23 3 of 14 1 of 2 1-1
Charleston 30 21 51-264 172 18-10-1 69-436 0-0 3-20 3-66 1-0 4-28.8 2-1 8-68 47:37 6 of 13 1 of 1 1-3
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Daniel Monroe (15-88); UC-Jordan Roberts (24-148), John Knox (15-93) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (13-32--176), UC-John Knox (10-18--172) Receiving: FS-Matt Wilmer (4-63), Chris St. Hilaire (3-58), Daniel Monroe (3-35); UC-Shaq Williams (3-22), Chris Maxwell (2-71), Taylor Franz (2-19), Darrell Byrd (1-55) Tackles: FS-Garrett Davis (6-2--8), Jephte Leveille (6-2--8), Matt Larrubia (6-1--7); UC-Matt Duncan (5-1--6), Nathaniel Berry (4-0--4), Jeff Green (4-0-4), Justin Avery (4-0--4) Notes • Charleston scored on three plays of 40 yards or more to help defeat Fairmont State, 30-10. • FSU remained winless on the road in 2012. • Ryland Newman’s punt return for a touchdown was his first this season and the third of his career. According to available FSU records, the three career punt returns for a TD are a school record. • Johnny Dearstine’s 31-yard field goal was his third this season. • Daniel Monroe’s 88 yards rushing against UC were his second highest total this year. His 49-yard rush was the longest of the season. • Matt Wilmer led FSU with four catches for 63 yards. His 31-yard reception was his longest of the season. • Chris Kish dropped three punts inside the 20-yard line for FSU. • Jephte Leveille and Ryan Watts each notched sacks for the Falcons. • Scott Davidson’s interception was his second this season and the fifth of his career.
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Game 6 | Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 | Fairmont, W.Va. Fairmont State 49, WV Wesleyan 32
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State out-scored West Virginia Wesleyan 40-11 in the second half en route to a 49-32 victory over the Bobcats on Saturday afternoon at Duvall-Rosier Field. Bobby Vega was 15-of-30 for 275 yards and tossed a career-high five touchdown passes, all of which came in the second half. Matt Wilmer hauled in a career-high seven catches for 163 yards and three touchdown receptions. C.J. Goodwin had three catches, two for touchdowns, for 55 yards in the game. Daniel Monroe had a season-high 147 yards on the ground and notched his first touchdown of the season. The Falcon defense, led by Garrett Davis’ 11 tackles (eight solo), limited WVWC to just 91 yards on the ground.Jake Kelly had a big game with eight tackles (five solo) and one sack and forced fumble. Ryland Newman had five tackles and two interceptions. WVWC scored three touchdowns compared to three field goals for FSU in the first half to go ahead 21-9 to set the stage for FSU’s rally. Vega found Wilmer on a 35-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter. FSU opted to go for two but the attempt failed. WVWC responded with a 44-yard field goal from Kasper Bernild to stretch the lead to 24-15. Later in the quarter Vega hooked up with Goodwin from 24 yards to make cut the Bobcat lead to 24-22. The Falcon defense again held strong paving the way for another TD pass, this time from Vega to a streaking Wilmer down the sideline for a 47-yard score, to give FSU its first lead of the game at 28-24. On WVWC’s next offensive snap, Kelly stripped Musselman dropping back to pass and Andre Revere recovered to give FSU back the ball. Fairmont State took advantage, and Vega and Wilmer connected again from 21-yards out on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it 35-24. The Bobcats got back into the game with an eight-play, 75 yard drive capped by a Nyquan McGirt touchdown reception on its next possession. The WVWC defense forced a three-and-out and punt, but Newman picked off Musselman and returned it for another apparent touchdown, but it was once again wiped out due to penalty, and FSU was forced to punt. WVWC would face fourth-and-seven on its own 27 and trailing by three, and backup quarterback and punter Zane Zabrasky lined up to punt, but rolled out and opted to pass, but his attempt fell incomplete setting up FSU in good field position. The Falcons would capitalize as Vega threw his fifth TD pass of the half, this one to Goodwin from eight yards out to make it 42-32 with 5:50 to go. Monroe would later tack on a 17-yard TD run to seal the victory for FSU, 49-32. Score
1
2
3
4
F
WVWC
7
14
3
8
32
Fairmont State
3
6
19
21
49
Team
Qtr
Time
Scoring play
FSU
1st
02:19
WVWC WVWC FSU FSU
WVWC FSU
WVWC FSU FSU FSU
WVWC FSU FSU
1st
07:06
Hughes 15 yd pass from Musselman (Bernild kick)
2nd
04:59
J. Dearstine 38 yd field goal
2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd
4th 4th 4th 4th
04:29 09:52
06:49 04:35 00:21 14:54 12:23
05:50 03:34
Fairmont State 49 19 39-156 275 30-15-0 69-431 0-0 3-45 4-170 2-39 5-38.8 1-1 9-93 31:51 2 of 12 0 of 0 5-5
Individual Statistic Leaders Rushing: FS-Daniel Monroe 25-147, Collin Alford (6-26); WVWC-Malcolm Yowk (15-42) Passing: FS-Bobby Vega (15-30--275), WVWC-J. Musselman (25-44--256) Receiving: FS-Matt Wilmer (7-163), Sean Marion (4-60); WVWC-Lavaughn Hughes (11-127), Nyme Manns (5-18) Tackles: FS-Garrett Davis (8-3--11), Jake Kelly (5-3--8), Quincy Casimir (6-1-7); WVWC-Jesse Robertson (10-0--10), Jonas Celian (8-0--8)
J. Dearstine 21 yd field goal
13:53
10:51
WVWC 32 21 30-91 256 45-25-2 75-347 1-24 2-15 8-227 0-0 6-36.7 1-1 10-98 28:09 5 of 15 0 of 2 3-4
Brian Vukela 24 yd fumble recovery (Bernild kick)
2nd 2nd
Team Statistics Score FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances
J. Dearstine 35 yd field goal
Hughes 12 yd pass from J. Musselman (Bernild kick) Wilmer 35 yd pass from Vega (Vega pass failed) Kasper Bernild 44 yd field goal
Goodwin 24 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick)
Wilmer 47 yd pass from Vega (Monroe rush failed) Wilmer 21 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick)
McGirt 12 yd pass from J. Musselman (Hughes rush) Goodwin 8 yd pass from Vega (J. Dearstine kick) Daniel Monroe 17 yd run (J. Dearstine kick)
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Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Tight End 71 Chris Barfield 75 Jovon Wooten 64 Garon Belser 62 Joe Angotti 79 Chris Furbee 89 Sean Marion 6-3, 290, So. 6-2, 300, Fr. 6-3, 275, So. 6-2, 270, Sr. 6-5, 310, So. 6-2, 225, Sr. 74 Tyler Thompson 74 Tyler Thompson 72 Tyler Burch 75 Jovon Wooten 76 Garrett Stanley 47 C.J. Sanders 6-2, 290, So. 6-2, 290, So. 6-2, 270, RFr. 6-2, 300, Fr. 6-3, 255, Fr. 6-2, 245, Fr. WR X Slot Quarterback Tailback Fullback WR Z 27 Matt Wilmer 18 Chris St. Hilaire 1 Bobby Vega 28 Daniel Monroe 89 Sean Marion 7 Kenny Washington 6-0, 195, Sr. 5-9, 180, Jr. 6-2, 210, Jr. 5-10, 205, So. 6-2, 225, Sr. 5-7, 150, R-Fr. 4 C.J. Goodwin 7 Kenny Washington 12 Tyler Pate 22 Collin Alford 34 Brad Callan 8 Erem Ntui 6-3, 190, Jr. 5-7, 150, R-Fr. 5-11, 175, Fr. 5-9, 210, So. 5-11, 230, So. 6-4, 180, So.
Defensive End Nose Tackle Defensive End Defensive End OLB MLB 56 Arthur Tsapdong 50 Ahman Milot 92 Orlando Irby 44 Brian Vukela 94 Tyler Zimmer 44 Xavier Perez-Coley 6-3, 280, So. 6-0, 295, Jr. 6-4, 240, R-Jr. 6-2, 225, Sr. 6-3, 210, So. 6-0, 225, Fr. 9 Calvin Mason 68 Michael Akers 99 Chris McCoy 17 Ryan Pettway 41 Keith McCauley 52 Rodney McMath 6-3, 245, Sr. 6-2, 295, R-Jr. 6-2, 240, Jr. 6-2, 225, So. 6-3, 210, So. 5-10, 235, Sr. OLB Left Safety Middle Safety Right Safety Cornerback Cornerback 57 Robert Jordan 31 Christian Carter 21 Darius Turner 19 Josh Falatovich 1 Johnathon Feagin 28 Jordan Harper 6-2, 220, Sr. 5-11, 180, Fr. 6-0, 190, Sr. 5-11, 185, Fr. 5-8, 180, Sr. 5-8, 165, Fr. 52 Rodney McMath 32 Kyle Taylor 43 Terry Jackson 30 Shaun Davis 7 Ellis Barfield 29 Phillip Moreland 5-10, 235, Sr. 5-9, 190, R-Fr. 6-2, 185, Fr. 5-10, 190, R-Fr. 5-11, 185, Sr. 5-9, 170, Fr.
Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle WR 75 Nate Carman 54 Nick Lucian 79 Mitch DeVall 77 Adam Ward 73 Austin Recker 6 DJ Carter 6-5, 285, R-Sr. 6-1, 230, Fr. 6-2, 320, Jr. 6-5, 270, So. 6-3, 305, Sr. 6-2, 180, Sr. 73 Austin Recker 73 Austin Recker 75 Nate Carman 54 Nick Lucian 59 Kyle Holin 18 Eric Frye 6-3, 305, Sr. 6-3, 305, Sr. 6-5, 285, R-Sr. 6-1, 230, Fr. 6-1, 285, Jr. 6-1, 170, R-Fr. Tight End WR WR Running Back Quarterback 40 Gar Chappelear 3 Lance Williams 86 Niko Hall-Brown 25 Derrick Dyer 13 Andrew Jackson 6-2, 230, R-Sr. 5-10, 180, So. 5-11, 185, So. 5-10, 185, So. 6-1, 235, Jr. 45 Sean Kelley 10 Mike Allen 10 Mike Allen 23 Trae Cook 12 Nick Halfhill 6-0, 240, Jr. 5-11, 180, Jr. 5-11, 180, Jr. 5-9, 185, So. 6-3, 205, R-Fr.
A30 S6 S15 S22 S29 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10
at Clarion at Glenville at Bowie St. WEST LIB. at Charleston WVWC SETON HILL at Concord WV STATE at Shepherd
L 0-7 L, 21-41 L, 17-24 W, 25-20 L, 10-30 W, 49-32 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m.
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Free Safety Bryan Wilson 5-11, 185, Jr. Ronnie Lockhart 5-10, 185, Jr.
Left Cornerback Left End Nose Right End Right Cornerback 23 Ryland Newman 53 Jake Kelly 92 Anthony Domico 55 Jephte Leveille 33 Scott Davidson 5-11, 185, Sr. 6-2, 230, Jr. 6-0, 280, Jr. 6-1, 255, So. 5-9, 175, Sr. 32 Matt Griffin 97 Andre Revere 66 Jarick Gee 53 Jake Kelly 26 Steve Marriott 5-8, 180, Sr. So., 6-0, 285 6-1, 310, R-Fr. 6-2, 230, Jr. 5-10, 190, Fr. Bandit Sam LB Mike LB Will LB Spur 6 Quincy Casimir 58 Ryan Watts 5 Garrett Davis 49 Lance Fullwood 37 Daniel Strosnider 29 6-0, 190, R-Fr. 6-0, 210, Jr. 6-3, 215, Jr. 5-11, 205, Fr. 5-11, 200, Sr. 3 Ronnie Lockhart 45 Chris Stanton 58 Ryan Watts 52 Matt Larrubia 40 Wolf Shaw 3 5-10, 185, Jr. 6-0, 225, Sr. 6-0, 210, Jr. 6-0, 205, R-Fr. 6-0, 190, Fr.
Fairmont State Specialists Placekicker Punter Punt Returner 38 Johnny Dearstine 48 Chris Kish 27 Matt Wilmer 5-9, 160, Fr. 5-10, 170, RFr. 6-0, 195, Sr. 48 Chris Kish 38 Johnny Dearstine 23 Ryland Newman 5-10, 170, RFr. 5-9, 160, Fr. 5-11, 185, Sr. Longsnapper Kick Returner Holder 47 C.J. Sanders 27 Matt Wilmer 12 Tyler Pate 6-2, 245, Fr. 6-0, 195, Sr. 5-11, 175, Fr. 7 Kenny Washington 5-7, 150, R-Fr.
Offense
Defense
Seton Hill Schedule/Results A30 at Slippery Rock L, 6-52 S8 at Urbana L, 31-34 S15 SHEPHERD L, 6-42 S22 at WV Wesleyan L, 17-41 S29 WV STATE L, 13-21 O6 at Charleston L, 13-30 O13 CONCORD L, 26-29 O20 at Fairmont St 2 p.m. O27 WEST LIBERTY 3 p.m. N3 SAINT ANSELM Noon N10 at Glenville St 1 p.m.
Offense Seton Hill Specialists Placekicker Punter Kick Returner 47 Josh Cavalier 17 Aaron Prescott 5 Tavin Davis 5-10, 210, Sr. 6-0, 190, So. 5-9, 180, Sr. 95 Matt Sangermano 47 Josh Cavalier 86 Niko Hall-Brown 6-3, 190, Fr. 5-10, 210, Sr. 5-11, 185, So. Longsnapper Holder Punt Returner 40 Gar Chappelear 17 Aaron Prescott 5 Tavin Davis 6-2, 230, R-Sr. 6-0, 190, So. 5-9, 180, Sr. 75 Nate Carman 86 Niko Hall-Brown 6-5, 285, R-Sr. 5-11, 185, So.
Defense
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 43
Name Cl. Pos. Johnathon Feagin SR DB Terrance McCoy SR DB Lance Williams SO WR Darvin Henderson SR WR Tavin Davis SR RB DJ Carter SR WR Ellis Barfield SR DB Ryan Morris GR QB Calvin Mason SR DE Mike Allen JR WR Nick Halfhill R-FR QB Andrew Jackson JR QB Nick Stephens JR QB Chris Chick FR QB Aaron Prescott JR P Eric Frye R-FR WR Josh Falatovich FR DB Chris Evans FR DB Darius Turner SR DB Matt Paxton FR DB Trae Cook SO Ath Brandon Alexander JR DB Derrick Dyer SO RB James Tyler SR DB Demetrius Holmes FR DB Jordan Harper FR DB Phillip Moreland FR DB Shaun Davis R-FR RB Christian Carter FR DB Kyle Taylor R-FR DB Michael Kizzie FR RB David Miller JR RB Christopher Engram Jr R-FR DB Cody Fleming FR RB Bennett Okoro FR RB/LB Sean Scott R-FR DB Gar Chappelear R-SR TE/FB Keith McCauley SO LB Terry Jackson FR DB
Ht. 5’8 5’9 5’10 6’2 5’9 6’2 5’10 6’1 6’3 5’11 6’3 6’1 6’0 6’1 6’0 6’1 5’11 6’2 6’0 5’10 5”9 6’2 5’10 6’2 5’8 5’8 5’9 5’10 5’11 5’9 5’11 5’10 5’8 5’6 5’7 5’8 6’2 6’3 6’2
Wt. 180 176 180 205 180 180 185 205 245 180 205 235 195 185 190 170 185 188 190 185 185 190 185 220 185 165 170 190 180 190 180 215 170 170 155 185 230 210 185
No. 44 45 47 48 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 64 65 66 68 70 71 73 75 77 79 80 82 83 85 86 87 88 91 92 93 94 95 96 99
Name Xavier Perez-Coley Sean Kelley Josh Cavalier Desmond Hardy Ahman Milot Chris Holston Rodney McMath Nick Lucian Ben Dunning Arthur Tsapdong Robert Jordan Khalid Johnson Kyle Holin Dominic Singleton Mischa Kuscht Prince Antwi Zachary Buffkin Phil Roberts Michael Akers Harry Davis Jervaughn Johnson Austin Recker Nate Carman Adam Ward Mitch DeVall Marcus Peterson Tim Johnson Kevin Karran Erik Kerns Niko Hall-Brown Dylan Everett Kody Geisel Preston Lewis Orlando Irby Donald McKenzie Tyler Zimmer Matt Sangermano Patrick Smith Chris McCoy
Seton Hill Griffins Cl. FR JR SR FR JR JR SR FR FR SO R-SR FR JR FR FR FR SO SO R-JR FR GR SR R-SR SO JR SO FR FR FR SO FR FR JR R-JR SO SO FR FR JR
Pos. LB FB K/P FB DL DE LB OL LB DL LB LB OL DL DL DL OL OL DL OL TE OL OL OL OL WR TE WR WR WR TE WR DL DE LB LB K WR DE
Ht. 6’0 6’0 5’10 5’6 6’0 6’1 5’10 6’1 6’0 6’3 6’2 5’10 6’1 5’8 6’3 5’11 6’4 6’4 6’2 5’11 6’8 6’3 6’5 6’5 6’2 5’10 6’1 5’9 6’2 5’11 6’3 6’7 6’8 6’4 5’11 6’2 6’3 6’0 6’2
Wt. 225 240 210 190 295 235 235 230 225 280 220 190 285 205 190 260 285 285 295 260 260 305 285 270 320 185 190 165 185 185 205 220 235 240 235 235 190 160 240 No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Name Bobby Vega Shad Alexander Ronnie Lockhart C.J. Goodwin Garrett Davis Quincy Casimir Kenrick Washington Erem Ntui Darious Lane Leatis Jones Brandon Ashenfelter Tyler Pate Mark Sampson Nash Thomas Vondel Bell Trevor Malnick C.J. Collins Chris St. Hillaire Jordan Lacy Jordan Armstrong Dewey McDonald Collin Alford Ryland Newman Dicarius Banks Troy Thompkins Steve Marriott Matt Wilmer Daniel Monroe Bryan Wilson Bernard Saunders Matt Griffin Scott Davidson Brad Callan Jarrell Ross Jess Twyman Daniel Strosnider Johnny Dearstine Jay Phillips Wolf Shaw Dominik Mensah
Cl. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. So. Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr.
Pos. QB RB DB WR LB FS WR WR DB DB QB QB WR WR WR LB WR WR QB DB DB RB DB DB DB DB WR RB DB RB RB DB RB DB Fr. DB K K DB DB
Ht. 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-7 6-4 5-9 6-0 6-3 5-11 5-10 5-5 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0
Wt. 210 180 185 190 215 190 160 180 180 170 225 175 195 140 180 215 170 180 175 165 215 210 185 165 190 190 195 205 185 185 180 175 230 185 160 200 160 190 190 170 No. 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 64 65 66 70 71 72 74 75 76 79 81 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 92 94 95 96 97
Name Cody Renzelli Tyler Benton Chris Stanton Marcus Teamer C.J. Sanders Chris Kish Lance Fullwood Wyatt Nelson Matt Larrubia Jake Kelly Jephte Leveille Curtis Crabtree Kris Wariner Ryan Watts Dusty McCulley Cody Blankenship Joe Angotti Garon Belser Nick Schrader Jarick Gee Carl Pierre-Louis Chris Barfield Tyler Burch Tyler Thompson Jovon Wooten Garrett Stanley Chris Furbee Easton Hutton Nick Alvaro Jakob Streyle Moe Hython Casey Horn Colton Burr Sean Marion Jordan Greathouse Anthony Domico Tyler Phillips Britton Beard Gavan Duffy Andre Revere
Cl. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So.
Pos. LB LB LB DB TE K LB LB LB DE DE OL LB LB DE OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR TE WR WR TE TE DE DL DL DL P DL
Ht. 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-5 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-0
Wt. 175 195 225 180 245 170 205 195 205 230 255 275 210 210 225 300 275 275 290 310 320 290 270 290 300 255 310 170 160 245 185 170 210 225 240 275 235 210 180 285
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Daniel Strosnider: Mr. Reliable (published Sept 27) By Duane Cochran for FightingFalcons.com Reliable is defined as being dependable in achievement, accuracy and honesty. On Fairmont State University’s football team reliable is defined as Daniel Strosnider. In the last three-and-a-half years no Falcon has played in more games than Strosnider, a 5-11, 200-pound senior spur or outside linebacker/defensive back from Morgantown. Since stepping foot on FSU’s campus in the fall of 2009 Strosnider has been a positive force for the Falcons both on and off of the field. He never redshirted as a freshman and has played in all 37 games since he first donned the maroon and white compiling 124 total tackles, including 83 solo stops and 20 tackles for losses. He also has four career sacks and a pair of interceptions. “He preaches and preaches to us that he’s going to sell out every day for us on the field and he does it,” said Falcon senior cornerback Ryland Newman, who has played 36 games with Strosnider. “I love playing with Daniel Strosnider. I’ve been playing with him now for four years and about the best complement I could pay him is you can always count on him. Always. “He’s smart. He’s got some speed. He’s physical and he knows the game extremely well. He’s the complete package both on and off the field. I can’t say enough good things about the guy.” Sixth-year Fairmont State head coach Mike Lopez feels the same way. “The young man is phenomenal,” said Lopez, who recruited Strosnider out of Morgantown High School. “He’s really an outstanding person. From the moment I first recruited him until now he’s been nothing but a joy to be around. “He’s a rarity. He’s got very strong Christian beliefs and a strong Christian background which allows him to be a good leader for us. He’s truly a guy who leads by example. He walks the walk. Our guys will tell you without question he’s a great teammate.” Despite the lofty praise he receives from his teammates and coaching staff Strosnider is a player and person who remains very humble and grounded. He has a clear focus of what he wants to accomplish both on the field for the Falcons and off of it in his everyday life. “I’ve always wanted to be someone my team can rely on,” he said. “That’s so important to me. That’s been a goal for me since I first got here. Now, it’s hard to believe I’m in my senior season, but I’ve really tried to take that philosophy to a whole new level this fall. I not only want to be a leader for
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this football team, but a good leader. I try to make the most of every opportunity I’m afforded in my life. You only get so many in your life time and I truly believe you need to try to make the most of them.” Strosnider is majoring in education at Fairmont State and in the future would love to both teach and coach football. For the past two summers Strosnider has worked as a head counselor for FSU’s Falcon Center Summer Day Camp, which is open to children between the ages of 6-12 and is a camp designed to keep the children active while providing education on the importance of physical activity, nutrition and social skills. He says the experience for him has been very rewarding. “Quite often people will ask me why do I want to do that and I just feel like at those ages kids are like sponges,” said Strosnider. “They’ll soak up about everything you try to teach and tell them. They’re willing to learn. They want to learn and I’ve always felt if I can be a positive role model in a little boy or little girl’s life and have an influence on a decision that they might make down the road in their lives then I’ve done something good. “If I can affect just one child in my classroom in a positive way every year for 20 years then I’ve affected a lot of kids. I’ve made them better people and that’s something that’s very important to me and very close to my heart. Nowadays especially little boys need a positive male role model in their lives. I’m just trying to fill that role for those who need it and help some of these kids out.” Strosnider’s work and interaction with the children at the day camp is extraordi-
nary. He is, without question, a favorite of the campers. “Daniel’s really good with the kids,” said junior counselor Haley Cochran, who worked with Strosnider this past summer at the camp. “They love being around him. He has a real understanding of the kids and is very good at working with them on their level. He has fun with them, comforts them if they need it and makes every day an enjoyable, positive and rewarding experience for them.” Strosnider, along with football teammates Bryan Wilson and Matt Wilmer are the leaders of the Bible study group on campus which is another important aspect of his multifaceted life. “Jamal Womble started it and kind of turned it over to myself, Bryan and Matt and it’s really grown,” said Strosnider. “We meet on Wednesdays and we’re seeing new people join us on a consistent basis. “That’s something that’s always been important to me and, to be honest, I think it’s helping our team out. Some kids on our team who may not have a strong spiritual belief have come and joined our Bible study group and you can see the growth in their relationship with God. “I feel fortunate to have the ability to play football, but it is just a game and regardless of what the score or outcome is every week I’m still going to give praise to God for allowing me to do what I do every day. I’ve been blessed. I’ve had a good career here, a good life and I’m certainly looking forward to the future and the new challenges that are awaiting me.”
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Bryan Wilson: A Whirlwind (published Sept 13) By Duane Cochran for FightingFalcons.com Fairmont State’s Bryan Wilson doesn’t have to worry about ever being mistaken for the Beach Boys co-founder of the same name but nowadays he can certainly identify with the band’s first number one hit in the United States “I Get Around.” Wilson, you see, has played a variety of roles for the Falcons since he first arrived on campus in the fall of 2009. His first three seasons, including one in which he was redshirted, Wilson served as a backup to Dewey McDonald at free safety. When Wilson hit the field for the first time in the fall of 2010 he earned a job on special teams for FSU in addition to seeing time as a backup to McDonald. In two years he recorded 26 total tackles, broke up five passes, intercepted one and recovered one fumble. This past spring Fairmont’s coaching staff asked Wilson to move to spur or outside linebacker behind senior Daniel Strosnider. Just as he was settling in there nicely in fall camp, McDonald suffered a broken arm which forced him to take a medical redshirt for the season and prompted the FSU coaches to ask Wilson to split time between both his new and old positions. Then, in the second half of the season opener against Clarion (Pa.) University McDonald’s replacement at free safety, Leatis Jones, suffered a knee injury forcing Wilson into the starting role in his old familiar spot. “It’s been a little bit of a whirlwind for me going from free to spur and back to free again,” said Wilson with a laugh. “The good thing is as a free safety you kind of have to know what the job of every position on the defense is because you’re responsible for a lot of the calls and getting people in the right spots. I was just starting to get a little comfortable with spur in fall camp when Dewey went down and the coaches asked me to take reps at both positions. Losing Dewey was huge for us. You just don’t replace a player of his caliber. “Then Leatis went down which was even worse for us. Losing two guys at that spot is tough. The good thing for me and our team is I at least had a few years of experience playing the free safety spot for us. I’m comfortable there and hopefully the guys on the team are comfortable with me being there.” They are. In fact McDonald, who was a two-time, first-team All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection for the Falcons at free safety, says the position is in good hands with Wilson.
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“Wilson is a guy we all know we can count on,” said McDonald. “You never have to worry about him as a player. As my backup he pushed me to levels as a player that he doesn’t even know he pushed me to. He definitely made me work hard and perform at a high level because that’s how he operates every day. He prides himself on being a real student of the game. He’s always prepared and he’s always going to give you everything he’s got when he’s on the field.” FSU defensive coordinator Shahram Shafii agrees. “Bryan Wilson is a one-of-a-kind player,” said Shafii. “He’s been a role model for our team both on and off of the field ever since he got here. He comes into the film room every day with a notebook which is about the size of an encyclopedia and is full of notes. When we’re watching film and he makes a mistake and I correct him he’s writing it down so he can correct it the next time we’re on the field for practice. He comes in every day with different goals of what he wants to accomplish on that given day. “He’s just a very driven kid. It doesn’t matter whether he’s playing one snap or a thousand he brings the same positive, hardworking attitude with him every single day. He’s a great kid and a great player. We’re very fortunate to have him, especially now in the situation that we’re in.” Wilson, who is from Cary, N.C., is the second youngest of six boys in his family. He has one brother, Andrew, who plays minor league baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization and another who is in the military special forces. “I was the brother who got picked on all of the time,” he said jokingly. “I wasn’t the baby so I couldn’t get away with anything. I think growing up with that many boys made me a little tougher. In fact, I know it did and it definitely helped to prepare me for college football.” His father Berk is a minister and his mother Barbara works for an insurance company with former Falcon wide receiver Scott Thistle, who helped get Wilson to Fairmont State. “I had never even heard of Fairmont State until Scott Thistle told me about it,” he said. “I owe him a lot. He trained me from my sophomore year until I was a freshman here and I still train with him until this day when I go back home. He really helped me develop in all areas, especially running with the proper form. I ran about a 4.7 40-yard dash when
I was a sophomore and thanks to Scott I was down to a legitimate 4.5 by the time I was a senior. “Scott made a couple of calls for me. We sent a tape up here and they offered me a scholarship. Having five brothers my parents said I had to pay my own way for school so I jumped at the opportunity and it’s been a good fit for me being here.” Wilson credits his parents for raising him with good, solid values and ethics. He, along with fellow FSU football players Daniel Strosnider and Matt Wilmer and former Falcon basketball player Jamal Womble, are the leaders of a bible study group on campus. “Above all God is first and foremost in my life. Then parents, family and football,” said Wilson. “Spirituality always been a very big part of my life and I’m thankful for that. Believe me I’ve had plenty of opportunities to throw things away and do my own thing, but I think thanks to my parents, God and the way I was raised I’ve been able to make some wise decisions and choices. “I really enjoy doing what I do with Stro, Wilmer and Jamal. I always have them to lean on. When I came up here I knew no one. Jamal was one of the first people I met and he always encouraged me and was there for me to talk to. Believe me that first year I talked to him a lot about a lot of things. He, and my parents, really helped me make the adjustment to being on my own and being here away from home my freshman year.” In addition to football, Wilson is also a standout in the classroom. He is majoring in sports management and is an academic achievement award winner on the football team. He also works part time at the school’s Falcon Center and likes to organize footballwatching get togethers and game nights be it electronic or board games with his teammates. “I’ve always enjoyed doing that and I really try to include the freshmen on our team because I remember what it was like being a freshman and adjusting to college life,” he said. “I’ve really never enjoyed going out. I just try to give people other options or alternatives and let them know there’s other things to do and other ways to have fun. “I love watching games and I like playing games like NCAA Football or simple board games. In fact, (FSU linebacker) Ryan Watts and I have really been getting into board games lately. We have some good battles.” Whatever the game you can expect Bryan Wilson to be on top of it.
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Bobby Vega: Ready For The Chance (published Aug. 20) By Duane Cochran for FightingFalcons.com When Bobby Vega wrapped up his junior college football career at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., all he wanted was the opportunity to go to a four-year school and compete for a starting job. Vega, a 6-2, 210 junior quarterback, got his wish when Fairmont State University came calling. The Falcons already had two-year starter Logan Moore in the fold when Vega enrolled at FSU in January, but Fairmont’s coaching staff was adamant about adding quality depth to a crucial position on their roster. Vega was coming off his sophomore and final season at the College of DuPage where he completed 157 of 264 passes (59.4 percent) for 1,987 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was intercepted 10 times. “You go back to our season last year when Logan got hurt against Bowie State here, it changed the whole course of our season,” said FSU head coach Mike Lopez. “I promised the staff that I’d never let that happen again.” Vega wasted little time turning heads in spring drills with his live arm and leadership qualities. Moore and Vega engaged in a friendly, but competitive battle for the top spot in FSU’s offense which culminated in the annual FSU Maroon-White Spring Game.
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In that contest Vega connected on 12-of-24 passes for 196 yards and one TD. The stage appeared to be set for a good battle for the starting job between the two in August, but Moore opted to enroll at West Virginia University, leaving the job to Vega. Despite losing Moore, the Falcons still solved their issue with depth at the position adding Tyler Pate from Hurricane, W.Va., and Brandon Ashenfelter from Martinsburg, W.Va. “First and foremost I think I’ve been blessed with the opportunity that I’ve been given here at Fairmont State,” said Vega. “Unfortunately Logan left here and I have nothing but best wishes for him. He was definitely a big part of this program and this offense. I believe we both could have been used in the right way here to help this team. “I came here just wanting to compete for a job. I didn’t ask for anything but a chance and I got that chance and now it’s up to me to make the most of it. I’m in the so-called driver’s seat to run this offense and it’s up to me to get the job done.” The good news for Vega, who starred in high school in Florida at Miami’s Felix Varela Senior High, is that he’ll be surrounded this fall by a plethora of returning starters including WVIAC Offensive Freshman of the Year running back Daniel Monroe, receivers Chris
St. Hilaire, Mark Sampson and Matt Wilmer, tight end Sean Marion and first-team allleague tackle Chris Barfield to name a few. “I feel like we’re going to be solid on offense,” said Vega. “We have some depth now on the offensive line. The coaches recruited very well in that area. I also think we have great wide receivers in St. Hilaire, Wilmer, Sampson and some young guys who are talented. Then we have Monroe, who before he got hurt last year was having a great season. “We have talent. It just has to all come together. Right now we really need to work on building team chemistry. That’s a big part of success.” Vega returned to Fairmont from Miami in mid-summer and began preparing himself to run the offense. “As soon as I got back I called some of the guys who were here to get together and throw some to keep my arm loose and in shape,” he said. “I also wanted to work on timing with them. I also watched film a lot. I didn’t have a lot on myself. I watched the spring game quite a few times and I’ve tried to correct my mistakes. I’m a player who believes you can always learn and you can always improve. I feel like I’ve put my work in. Now let’s see if it pays off.” Lopez is one individual who believes it will. “Bobby’s a great kid who has been very mature from day one here,” said Lopez. “Bobby is our guy. I’m comfortable saying that. He has a great work ethic and very good leadership skills. He’s cool and calm and he possesses a big arm and good feet. I think he’s a good fit for our offense and I’ll say this – I sleep very well at night knowing he’s going to be the guy running our offense.”
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Scott Davidson: Finding The Phantom (published Aug. 23) By Duane Cochran for FightingFalcons.com Like an onion, there’s a lot of layers to Fairmont State University senior football player Scott Davidson. There’s Scott Davidson the double major in communications and graphic technology who is a member of the Dean’s List. There’s Scott Davidson the two-month intern at Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Fairmont who has been No. 1 in home city sales in each of the two months he’s been there. There’s Scott Davidson the student of the game, master technician and a leader of the FSU secondary from his cornerback position. And there’s Scott Davidson the “Phantom,” a self-proclaimed moniker he gave himself in high school to best describe his on-field persona. “The guy is sneaky good,” said FSU receiver Chris St. Hilaire. “He’s very good at disguising what he’s going to do. You may think he’s going to do one thing and he’ll do the complete opposite. He’s also great at reading receivers and routes. He’ll recognize if a receiver is going to break down and cut off the route or if he’s going to make a move and go deep. “He’s a very intelligent player who has good feet and his technique is the best. If I’m running an out he’s right on my hip. If I run a comeback he’s right behind me. If I go deep he’s still right on my hip. The guy is always where he’s supposed to be. I think he’s one of the best corners in our league.” Since he first arrived on Fairmont State’s campus three years ago Davidson, who did not redshirt out of Columbus, Ohio’s Eastmoor Academy, has taken a very mature and business-like approach to the way he does pretty much everything in his life. “My dad wasn’t in my life growing up,” he said. “My mother, Deborah, raised my sister Donna and I. She’s the strongest person I know. She can handle pretty much anything. I think I’ve seen her cry maybe once in my life. I draw a lot of my strength as a person from her. I respect her so much and know I can always turn to her if I need anything. “I think because of my situation I had to mature a lot faster than maybe most males do. The closest thing I had to a father figure growing up was one of my high school coaches, James Miranda, who is a great guy that I still talk to from time to time. He had a real positive influence on me.” Once he was in Fairmont’s camp in the fall of 2009, it didn’t take the Falcon coaches long to recognize Davidson’s potential.
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“The one thing I know for certain about Scotty Davidson is from the first day he arrived here at Fairmont he’s always separated himself both on and off the field as a leader and as a mature adult,” said FSU defensive coordinator Shahram Shafii. “He’s always aspired to be great. Athletically there’s times he may not have the same skill set as people who line up beside him or across from him, but technique-wise he’s phenomenal. He’s one of the hardest workers we have. “You tell me he had success working at Enterprise, well, it wouldn’t surprise me at the end of the day if he owned Enterprise,” Shafii continued. “That’s the type of kid he is. I love him. He’s great at teaching and working with our young guys and having him on the field makes me, as a coach, a lot more comfortable.” Davidson heads into his senior season with 60 total tackles, 43 of which are solo stops. He also has three career interceptions and eight pass breakups. “I can hardly believe it’s my senior season already,” said Davidson. “I’m looking for good things from both myself and our team this year.
“I’ve had a great three years here and am looking forward to a fourth. I’m going to miss a lot of things about here – my teammates and the coaching staff. I’ve learned so much. The coaches have been great. They make you laugh and they make you cry, but at the end of the day they teach you something about football and life and I’ve tried to learn and apply as much of what I’ve been taught as possible.” And as for his “Phantom” persona? “In life you have to have a couple of different personas,” said Davidson with a laugh. “You can’t just be you all of the time. Off the field I’m definitely Scott Davidson. I’m a fun guy who is easy to get along with. On the field I’m more business-like. When you play this game you’ve got to have a certain confidence or swagger. Hence the phantom. “At first in high school the guys used to call me Master Lock. That was nice but I couldn’t get anywhere with that. I tried to play it in my head and it just went no where. We had this thing in high school called super hero day and I told everyone I was going to come as the Phantom. They were like ‘What, no way.’ I dressed up in all black tights with black shoes, a cape and a mask and called myself the Phantom. From that point on it stuck and I ran with it. I tried to do different things on the field which would make me seem like a phantom. I remember quarterbacks telling me a lot that it seemed like I came out of no where. I liked that.” Davidson will graduate in May with two degrees from FSU. In the future he says he wouldn’t mind parlaying his internship at Enterprise into a full-time position. “Hopefully after I graduate and pass my skills and grills test with Enterprise they’ll hire me as a full-time management assistant,” said Davidson. “After that I can pretty much go wherever there’s an opening. “I kind of have a knack for public relations, marketing, sales and things like that. In sales you have to have a strategy. It’s just like football. Every game isn’t the same and every customer isn’t the same. I like it there (at Enterprise) because it’s not a scam. Everything is real, down to earth and legit. You explain everything up front and you don’t have to worry about people coming back and saying I didn’t know this or that. “I’m ready for life and ready to get things started. I’ve pretty much had my life planned out since I was about 15. I know where I want to be and what steps I have to take to get there.”
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Fairmont State Fairmont State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games Team Statistics SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rus hing Pas sing Penal ty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Com p- Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONESCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Fairmont State Opponents
FSU 122 20.3 101 32 56 13 529 788 259 187 2.8 88.2 1 1390 116-231-8 6.0 12.0 231.7 11 1919 418 4.6 319.8 24-647 17-250 7-97 27.0 14.7 13.9 7-5 53-515 85.8 31-1052 33.9 31.1 31:0 0 28/95 29% 5/14 36% 11-69 91 15 6-10 0-0 (14-19) 74% (8-19) 42% (12-12) 100% 2485 2/1242
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
OT
25 31
20 53
35 38
42 25
0 7
Total 122 154
OPP 154 25.7 113 46 55 12 904 1047 143 220 4.1 150.7 6 1311 107-188-7 7.0 12.3 218.5 12 2215 408 5.4 369.2 24-553 6-37 8-69 23.0 6.2 8.6 8-4 50-502 83.7 32-1115 34.8 27.0 31:2 8 28/85 33% 4/10 40% 22-161 -8 20 4-10 0-0 (11-17) 65% (8-17) 47% (18-19) 95% 7596 4/1899 0/0
Fairmont State Fairmont State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games Rushing
Daniel Monroe Collin Alford Shad Alexander Ryland Newman Matt Wilmer Matt Griffin Brandon Ashenfelter TEAM Bobby Vega Total Opponents Passing
Bobby Vega TEAM Total Opponents Receiving
Chris St. Hilaire Matt Wilmer Mark Sampson Charaun Goodwin Kenrick Washington Daniel Monroe Sean Marion Collin Alford Ryland Newman Shad Alexander C.J. Sanders Matt Griffin Total Opponents
gp
att
gain loss
5 90 488 55 4 20 98 11 3 15 78 7 6 10 35 6 6 7 23 2 6 4 9 0 3 2 5 0 6 4 0 17 6 35 52 161 6 187 788 259 6 220 1047 143 gp
effic comp-att-int
6 110.03 116-230-8 6 0.00 0-1-0 6 109.55 116-231-8 6 129.11 107-188-7 gp
net avg
433 87 71 29 21 9 5 -17 -109 529 904
no.
4.8 4.3 4.7 2.9 3.0 2.2 2.5 -4.2 -3.1 2.8 4.1
pct
td
lg avg/g
Punt Returns
no.
yds avg td
lg
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
73 86.6 38 21.8 12 23.7 14 4.8 8 3.5 4 1.5 5 1.7 0 -2.8 11 -18.2 73 88.2 84 150.7
Matt Wilmer Ryland Newman Total Opponents
15 2 17 6
183 12.2 67 33.5 250 14.7 37 6.2
39 38 39 12
Interceptions
no.
yds avg td
yds td
lg avg/g
50.4 1390 11 0.0 0 0 50.2 1390 11 56.9 1311 12
83 231.7 0 0.0 83 231.7 59 218.5
yds
avg
td
lg avg/g
5 29 341 6 20 356 5 15 179 6 14 234 6 9 77 5 7 45 6 6 73 4 5 23 6 5 18 3 3 24 6 2 22 6 1 -2 6 116 1390 6 107 1311
11.8 17.8 11.9 16.7 8.6 6.4 12.2 4.6 3.6 8.0 11.0 -2.0 12.0 12.3
2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 12
36 68.2 47 59.3 44 35.8 83 39.0 17 12.8 23 9.0 38 12.2 13 5.8 8 3.0 17 8.0 15 3.7 0 -0.3 83 231.7 59 218.5
Ryland Newman Scott Davidson Bryan Wilson Trevor Malnick Daniel Strosnider Total Opponents
2 2 1 1 1 7 8
39 8 0 37 13 97 69
19.5 4.0 0.0 37.0 13.0 13.9 8.6
0 1 1 0
39 10 0 37 13 39 27 lg
Kick Returns
no.
yds avg td
Matt Wilmer Kenrick Washington Ryland Newman Jordan Armstrong C.J. Sanders Total Opponents
11 8 3 1 1 24 24
302 189 144 2 10 647 553
Fumble Returns
no.
yds avg td
Ryland Newman Total Opponents
0 0 2
27.5 23.6 48.0 2.0 10.0 27.0 23.0
0 0.0 0 0.0 46 23.0
lg
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 100 0 42 0 87 0 2 0 10 1 100 0 50
1 1 2
lg
0 0 24
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Scoring
td
Johnny Dearstine Matt Wilmer Charaun Goodwin Chris St. Hilaire Ryland Newman Daniel Monroe Mark Sampson Collin Alford Anthony Domico Bobby Vega Total Opponents
- 6-10 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 - - 15 6-10 20 4-10
Field Goals
Johnny Dearstine
fg
fg
kick
12-12 12-12 18-19
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf pts
0-1 0-1 1-1
- - - - - - - - - - 0-2 - 0-2 - -
-
- 30 - 30 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 1 2 0 1 122 1 154
pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99
6-10 60.0 0-0
2-3
4-6
0-1
FG Sequence
Fairmont State
Opponents
Clarion University Glenville State Bowie State West Liberty Charleston WVWC
42 (22),38,29 (36) (31) (21),(35),(38),39
29 (37),(34) 44,35,41,(24) 31 39,(44)
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
0-0
Total Offense
g plays
rush
Bobby Vega Daniel Monroe Collin Alford Shad Alexander Ryland Newman Matt Wilmer Matt Griffin Brandon Ashenfelter TEAM Total Opponents
6 5 4 3 6 6 6 3 6 6 6
-109 1390 1281 213.5 433 0 433 86.6 87 0 87 21.8 71 0 71 23.7 29 0 29 4.8 21 0 21 3.5 9 0 9 1.5 5 0 5 1.7 -17 0 -17 -2.8 529 1390 1919 319.8 904 1311 2215 369.2
265 90 20 15 10 7 4 2 5 418 408
lg blk
Punting
no.
38
Chris Kish TEAM Total Opponents
31 1020 32.9 63 0 32 0.0 17 31 1052 33.9 63 32 1115 34.8 57
Kickoffs
no.
Johnny Dearstine Chris Kish Total Opponents
26 1479 56.9 2 80 40.0 28 1559 55.7 30 1664 55.5
0
yds avg
pass
yds avg
lg tb
total avg/g
fc i20 50+ blk
2 10 12 0 0 0 2 10 12 0 1 4
tb ob retn
3 0 3 4
1 0 1 1
3 0 3 0
net ydln
0 1 1 23.0 33.2 2 27.0 30.6
31 34
Fairmont State Fairmont State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games All Purpose
g
rcv
pr
kr
Matt Wilmer Daniel Monroe Chris St. Hilaire Ryland Newman Kenrick Washing Charaun Goodwi Mark Sampson Collin Alford Shad Alexander Sean Marion Trevor Malnick C.J. Sanders Daniel Strosnide Scott Davidson Matt Griffin Brandon Ashenf Jordan Armstron TEAM Bobby Vega Total Opponents
6 21 356 5 433 45 5 0 341 6 29 18 6 0 77 6 0 234 5 0 179 4 87 23 3 71 24 6 0 73 5 0 0 6 0 22 6 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 -2 3 5 0 5 0 0 6 -17 0 6 -109 0 6 529 1390 6 904 1311
rush
183 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 37
302 0 0 144 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 647 553
ir
total avg/g
0 862 143.7 0 478 95.6 0 341 68.2 39 297 49.5 0 266 44.3 0 234 39.0 0 179 35.8 0 110 27.5 0 95 31.7 0 73 12.2 37 37 7.4 0 32 5.3 13 13 2.2 8 8 1.6 0 7 1.2 0 5 1.7 0 2 0.4 0 -17 -2.8 0 -109 -18.2 97 2913 485.5 69 2874 479.0
Fairmont State Fairmont State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games ## 5 55 23 3 37 52 29 33 58 53 49 16 6 97 66 90 41 92 10 45 40 26 20 18 89 38 1 74 43 11 17 22 7 27 4
DefensiveLeaders
Garrett Davis Jephte Leveille Ryland Newman Ronnie Lockhart Daniel Strosnider Matt Larrubia Bryan Wilson Scott Davidson Ryan Watts Jake Kelly Lance Fullwood Trevor Malnick Quincy Casmir Andre Revere Jarick Gee Jordan Greathouse Dominik Mensah Anthony Domico Leatis Jones Chris Stanton Wolf Shaw Steve Marriott Jordan Armstrong Chris St. Hilaire Sean Marion Johnny Dearstine Bobby Vega Tyler Thompson Dylan Tandy Brandon Ashenfelter C.J. Collins Collin Alford Kenrick Washington Matt Wilmer Charaun Goodwin Total Opponents
gp
ua
a
Tackles tot
4 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 6 6 2 4 6 1 6 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 1 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 6
26 24 24 22 19 14 21 20 14 11 15 14 13 7 11 4 8 5 6 5 5 3 3 2 1 2 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 305 284
8 9 5 6 7 11 4 5 8 10 6 5 2 7 1 6 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 . 1 . 2 1 . . . . . . . 114 93
34 33 29 28 26 25 25 25 22 21 21 19 15 14 12 10 9 8 7 7 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 419 377
tfl/yds
Sacks no-yds
3-3 5-15 . 3-4 5-25 1-8 1-2 . 6-19 2-15 3-11 5-20 . 1-6 . . 1-1 4-7 . . 2-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-141 53-255
. 3-11 . . 1-9 . . . 2-12 1-10 1-7 1-10 . 1-6 . . 1-1 1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-69 22-161
Pass defense int-yds brup
. . 2-39 . 1-13 . 1-0 2-8 . . . 1-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97 8-69
3 1 4 3 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 35
qbh
4 1 . . . 2 . . 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4
Fumbles rcv-yds
. . . . . 1-0 1-0 . . . . 1-0 . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0 5-46
ff
blkd kick
saf
. . . 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4
. . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Fairmont State Fairmont State Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games
* * * *
Date Aug 30, 2012 Sep 06, 2012 Sep 15, 2012 Sep 22, 2012 Sep 29, 2012 Oct 13, 2012
Opponent at Clarion University at Glenville State at Bowie State WEST LIBERTY at Charleston WVWC
Rushing
Daniel Monroe Collin Alford Shad Alexander Ryland Newman Matt Wilmer Matt Griffin Brandon Ashenfelter TEAM Bobby Vega Total Opponents Passing
Bobby Vega TEAM Total Opponents Receiving
Chris St. Hilaire Matt Wilmer Mark Sampson Charaun Goodwin Kenrick Washington Daniel Monroe Sean Marion Collin Alford Ryland Newman Shad Alexander C.J. Sanders Matt Griffin Total Opponents Field Goals
Johnny Dearstine
gp
att
gain loss
433 87 71 29 21 9 5 -17 -109 529 904
effic comp-att-int
gp
no.
4.8 4.3 4.7 2.9 3.0 2.2 2.5 -4.2 -3.1 2.8 4.1
pct
6 110.03 116-230-8 6 0.00 0-1-0 6 109.55 116-231-8 6 129.11 107-188-7
Att. 4227 1000 1041 1212 1328 1273
Record: All games Conference Non-Conference
td
lg avg/g
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
73 86.6 38 21.8 12 23.7 14 4.8 8 3.5 4 1.5 5 1.7 0 -2.8 11 -18.2 73 88.2 84 150.7
yds td
lg avg/g
50.4 1390 11 0.0 0 0 50.2 1390 11 56.9 1311 12
83 231.7 0 0.0 83 231.7 59 218.5
yds
avg
td
lg avg/g
5 29 341 6 20 356 5 15 179 6 14 234 6 9 77 5 7 45 6 6 73 4 5 23 6 5 18 3 3 24 6 2 22 6 1 -2 6 116 1390 6 107 1311
11.8 17.8 11.9 16.7 8.6 6.4 12.2 4.6 3.6 8.0 11.0 -2.0 12.0 12.3
2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 12
36 68.2 47 59.3 44 35.8 83 39.0 17 12.8 23 9.0 38 12.2 13 5.8 8 3.0 17 8.0 15 3.7 0 -0.3 83 231.7 59 218.5
Interceptions
30-39
40-49
50-99
lg blk
6-10
60.0 0-0
2-3
4-6
0-1
0-0
38
5 - 6-10 3 2 2 1 1 1 - - 15 6-10 20 4-10
fg
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf
kick
12-12 12-12 18-19
0-1 0-1 1-1
- - - - - - - - - - 0-2 - 0-2 - -
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
OT
25 31
20 53
35 38
42 25
0 7
2 2 1 1 1
Punting
20-29
td
no.
Ryland Newman Scott Davidson Daniel Strosnider Trevor Malnick Bryan Wilson
pct. 01-19
Matt Wilmer Johnny Dearstine Charaun Goodwin Chris St. Hilaire Ryland Newman Mark Sampson Collin Alford Daniel Monroe Anthony Domico Bobby Vega Total Opponents
Overall 2-4 2-2 0-2
Total 122 154
-
pts
- 30 - 30 - 18 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 1 2 0 1 122 1 154
Home 2-0 2-0 0-0
Team Statistics FIRST DOWNS Rushi ng P assing P enalty RUSHINGYARDAGE Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSINGYARDAGE C omp-A tt-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTALOFFENSE Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards PUNTS-AVG TIMEOFPOSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 4TH-DOWN Conversions
fg
Scoring
Score by Quarters Fairmont State Opponents
net avg
5 90 488 55 4 20 98 11 3 15 78 7 6 10 35 6 6 7 23 2 6 4 9 0 3 2 5 0 6 4 0 17 6 35 52 161 6 187 788 259 6 220 1047 143 gp
Score 0-7 21-41 17-24 25-20 10-30 49-32
L L L W L W
Away 0-4 0-2 0-2
Neutral 0-0 0-0 0-0
FSU 101 32 56 13 529 187 2.8 88.2 1 1390 116-231-8 6.0 12.0 231.7 11 1919 4.6 319.8 24-647 17-250 7-97 7-5 53-515 31-33.9 31: 00 28/95 5/14 yds avg td
39 19.5 8 4.0 13 13.0 37 37.0 0 0.0
lg
0 0 0 0 0
39 10 13 37 0
no. yds avg lg tb
Chris Kish TEAM
31 1020 32.9 63 0 32 0.0 17
PuntReturns
no.
OPP 113 46 55 12 904 220 4.1 150.7 6 1311 107-188-7 7.0 12.3 218.5 12 2215 5.4 369.2 24-553 6-37 8-69 8-4 50-502 32-34.8 31 :28 28/85 4/10
fc i20 50+ blk
2 10 12 0 0 0
1 0
3 0
0 Matt Wilmer Ryland Newman Total Opponents
15 2 17 6
KickReturns
no.
Matt Wilmer Kenrick Washington Ryland Newman C.J. Sanders Jordan Armstrong Total Opponents
11 8 3 1 1 24 24
AllPurpose
g
Matt Wilmer Daniel Monroe Chris St. Hilaire Ryland Newman Kenrick Washingt Total Opponents
6 5 5 6 6 6 6
rush
yds avg td
lg
183 67 250 37
0 1 1 0
39 38 39 12
yds avg td
lg
302 189 144 10 2 647 553 rcv
12.2 33.5 14.7 6.2 27.5 23.6 48.0 10.0 2.0 27.0 23.0 pr
1 100 0 42 0 87 0 10 0 2 1 100 0 50 kr
21 356 183 302 433 45 0 0 0 341 0 0 29 18 67 144 0 77 0 189 529 1390 250 647 904 1311 37 553
total avg/g
0 862 143.7 0 478 95.6 0 341 68.2 39 297 49.5 0 266 44.3 97 2913 485.5 69 2874 479.0
TotalOffense
g plays
rush
Bobby Vega Daniel Monroe Collin Alford Shad Alexander Ryland Newman Total Opponents
6 5 4 3 6 6 6
-109 1390 1281 213.5 433 0 433 86.6 87 0 87 21.8 71 0 71 23.7 29 0 29 4.8 529 1390 1919 319.8 904 1311 2215 369.2
265 90 20 15 10 418 408
pass
ir
total avg/g
Fairmont State Fairmont State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games TEAMSTATISTICS
Date
Opponent
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Fairmont State Opponents
no.
Rushing yds td
30 30 34 28 26 39 187 220
34 109 142 25 63 156 529 904
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
lg no.
Receiving yds td
Passing lg cmp-att-int yds td
12 27 321 0 36 38 13 87 2 20 33 14 170 1 44 14 34 361 3 83 49 13 176 0 31 73 15 275 5 47 73 116 1390 11 83 84 107 1311 12 59
27-47-2 321 0 13-27-0 87 2 14-27-2 170 1 34-68-3 361 3 13-32-1 176 0 15-30-0 275 5 116-231-8 1390 11 107-188-7 1311 12
KickReturns lg no. yds td lg
36 20 44 83 31 47 83 59
2 7 4 5 2 4 24 24
54 235 81 74 33 170 647 553
PuntReturns no. yds td lg
0 30 1 100 0 27 0 24 0 19 0 87 1 100 0 50
0 0 3 25 2 41 6 69 3 70 3 45 17 250 6 37
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
tot off
0 355 11 196 39 312 24 386 38 239 29 431 39 1919 12 2215
Games played: 6 Avg per rush: 2.8 Avg per catch: 12.0 Pass efficiency: 109.55 Kick ret avg: 27.0 Punt ret avg: 14.7 All purpose avg/game: 485.5 Total offense avg/gm: 319.8 Date
Tackles a total
tfl-yds
Sacks no-yds
1-1 4-12 9-30 12-42 5-27 11-29 42-141 53-255
0-0 0-0 2-15 4-25 2-13 3-16 12-69 25-161
Fumble ff fr-yds
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
Opponent
ua
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Fairmont State Opponents
30 51 59 49 56 60 305 284
Date
no.
yds
avg
long
blkd
tb
fc
50+
i20
md-att
4 6 4 5 7 5 31 32
127 234 57 216 224 194 1052 1115
31.8 39.0 14.2 43.2 32.0 38.8 33.9 34.8
37 44 27 63 42 49 63 57
0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 4 1 1 1 2 10 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
2 1 1 3 3 2 12 4
0-1 0-0 1-3 1-1 1-1 3-4 6-10 4-10
36 20 21 10 14 13 114 93
66 71 80 59 70 73 419 377
0 0 2 1 1 1 5 4
0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 5-46
1-13 0-0 1-10 2-37 1--2 2-39 7-97 8-69
Punting Opponent
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Fairmont State Opponents
0 0 1 3 5 1 10 4
1 4 4 4 0 6 19 35
Blkd kick
1 0 2 0 0 0 3 3
PATAttempts kick rush rcv
0-0 3-3 2-2 2-2 1-1 4-4 12-12 18-19
Field Goals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
saf
pts
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
0 21 17 25 10 49 122 154
Kickoffs
long blkd
0 0 22 36 31 38 38 44
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
no.
yds
avg
tb
ob
1 65 4 230 4 249 5 312 4 193 10 510 28 1559 30 1664
65.0 57.5 62.2 62.4 48.2 51.0 55.7 55.5
0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Fairmont State Fairmont State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games OPPONENTSTATISTICS
Date
Opponent
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Opponents Fairmont State
no.
Rushing yds td
36 38 39 26 51 30 220 187
155 254 124 16 264 91 904 529
0 2 0 2 2 0 6 1
lg no.
Receiving yds td
Passing lg cmp-att-int yds td
21 14 136 1 28 84 14 273 3 59 14 23 329 3 39 16 21 145 0 12 71 10 172 2 56 28 25 256 3 30 84 107 1311 12 59 73 116 1390 11 83
14-21-1 136 1 14-21-0 273 3 23-38-1 329 3 21-45-2 145 0 10-18-1 172 2 25-45-2 256 3 107-188-7 1311 12 116-231-8 1390 11
KickReturns lg no. yds td lg
28 59 39 12 56 30 59 83
1 17 4 90 4 94 4 59 3 66 8 227 24 553 24 647
PuntReturns no. yds td lg
0 17 0 30 0 43 0 28 0 29 0 50 0 50 1 100
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 20 2 15 6 37 17 250
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
tot off
0 291 0 527 0 453 2 161 10 436 12 347 12 2215 39 1919
Games played: 6 Avg per rush: 4.1 Avg per catch: 12.3 Pass efficiency: 129.11 Kick ret avg: 23.0 Punt ret avg: 6.2 All purpose avg/game: 479.0 Total offense avg/gm: 369.2 Date
Tackles a total
tfl-yds
Sacks no-yds
10-53 7-40 7-20 9-52 8-43 12-47 53-255 42-141
2-16 4-36 2-10 5-41 6-38 3-20 25-161 12-69
Fumble ff fr-yds
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
Opponent
ua
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Opponents Fairmont State
33 50 48 63 41 49 284 305
Date
no.
yds
avg
long
blkd
tb
fc
50+
i20
md-att
5 3 3 11 4 6 32 31
145 103 98 434 115 220 1115 1052
29.0 34.3 32.7 39.5 28.8 36.7 34.8 33.9
44 37 35 57 44 47 57 63
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
1 0 0 1 0 2 4 12
0-1 2-2 1-4 0-0 0-1 1-2 4-10 6-10
40 15 18 12 6 2 93 114
73 65 66 75 47 51 377 419
1 0 1 1 0 1 4 5
1-0 0-0 1-0 1-22 1-0 1-24 5-46 4-0
2-32 0-0 2-18 3-19 1-0 0-0 8-69 7-97
Punting Opponent
Aug 30 at Clarion University Sep 06 at Glenville State Sep 15 at Bowie State Sep 22 WEST LIBERTY Sep 29 at Charleston Oct 13 WVWC Opponents Fairmont State
0 0 1 0 3 0 4 10
8 10 4 6 4 3 35 19
Blkd kick
0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3
PATAttempts kick rush rcv
1-1 5-5 3-3 2-3 4-4 3-3 18-19 12-12
Field Goals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
saf
pts
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
7 41 24 20 30 32 154 122
Kickoffs
long blkd
0 37 24 0 0 44 44 38
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
no.
yds
avg
tb
ob
2 118 8 464 4 238 5 235 5 312 6 297 30 1664 28 1559
59.0 58.0 59.5 47.0 62.4 49.5 55.5 55.7
0 1 0 0 2 1 4 3
0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Fairmont State Fairmont State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks
Tackles For Loss Interceptions
25 147 1 73 67 34 361 5 83 12 163 3 83 3 38 7 39.8 63 3 3 39 100 11 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2
Daniel Monroe vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Daniel Monroe vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Daniel Monroe vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Daniel Monroe vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Bobby Vega vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Bobby Vega vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Bobby Vega vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Bobby Vega vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Bobby Vega vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Chris St. Hilaire vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Matt Wilmer vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Matt Wilmer vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Charaun Goodwin vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Johnny Dearstine vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Johnny Dearstine vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Chris Kish at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Chris Kish vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Chris Kish vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Chris Kish vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Chris Kish at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Matt Wilmer at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Matt Wilmer at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) GarrettDavis vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Daniel Strosnider at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Andre Revere at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Trevor Malnick vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Lance Fullwood vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Jephte Leveille vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Ryan Watts vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Anthony Domico vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Jephte Leveille at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Ryan Watts at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Dominik Mensah vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Jake Kelly vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) JephteLeveille vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Anthony Domico vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Ryland Newman vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012)
Fairmont State Fairmont State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return
39 156 4.2 1 68 34 361 9.2 5 96 431 6.2 49 4 24 11 130 4 2 2 7 43.2 63 3 3 39
vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) at Clarion University (Aug 30, 2012) at Clarion University (Aug 30, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012)
Fairmont State Fairmont State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes
Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes
Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions
Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks
Tackles For Loss Interceptions
26 148 1 1 1 1 1 1 84 44 25 329 3 3 3 59 11 142 2 2 2 59 2 44 11 39.5 57 2 12 50 11 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ACKER,Corwin, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Jordan Roberts, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Rahmann Lee, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Quin Thornton,at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Isiah Moody, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) LD Crow, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Jordan Roberts, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) John Knox, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Rahmann Lee, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) J. Musselman, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) J. Musselman, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) REID,Tyrae, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Darold Hughes, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) REID,Tyrae, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) J. Musselman, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Darold Hughes, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Lavaughn Hughes, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Robert Jiles, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Robert Jiles, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) ACKER,Corwin, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Lavaughn Hughes, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Robert Jiles, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Colston Bayless, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Kasper Bernild, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Griff Yocum, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Griff Yocum, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Griff Yocum, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Kasper Bernild, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Lavaughn Hughes, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) StephenKnox, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Anthony Stimac, at Clarion University (Aug 30, 2012) J. Washington, at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) Brian Spruill, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Matt Betz, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Nathaniel Berry, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Jeff Green, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) Jonas Celian, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Jonas Celian, vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) Adam Bostick, at Clarion University (Aug 30, 2012) Andrew Paronish, at Clarion University (Aug 30, 2012) PUMPHREY,Curtis, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) CLAIR,Darius, at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) Marco Ricchetti, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Rod White, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Jov. Johnson, vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) Demetri Reddick, at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012)
Fairmont State Fairmont State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2012) All games OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes
Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes
Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return
51 264 6.7 2 2 2 45 45 25 329 13.0 3 3 3 77 527 8.9 41 6 23 10 98 3 3 3 11 39.5 57 2 12
at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Glenville State (Sep 06, 2012) at Charleston (Sep 29, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) at Bowie State (Sep 15, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs West Liberty (Sep 22, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012) vs WVWC (Oct 13, 2012)