Football
Football Players of the Week: (for the week ending September 27, 2009)
Division I - Championship Subdivision
Offensive Player of the Week
David Sinisi - Monmouth University
Senior, Running Back, Cedar Grove, N.J.
Sinisi was responsible for three touchdowns (two rushing, one passing) while contributing to a 31-28 road victory over Old Dominion last Saturday. Sinisi rushed a career-high 41 times for 216 yards, 109 of which came as the Hawks held the ball for nearly 90 percent of the fourth quarter. Sinisi converted four third-down situations in the final quarter alone. The 200-pound tailback averaged 5.3 yards per carry for the game including a 6.4 yards-per-carry clip in the final 15:00 minutes. After rushing for a pair of first-half touchdowns, Sinisi erased a 21-17 third-quarter deficit by throwing a 24-yard touchdown strike.
Defensive Player of the Week
Anthony Ambrosi - Cornell University
Junior, Safety, Newton, Mass.
Ambrosi recorded four tackles, all in the second half, including two for a loss, three pass breakups and a 20-yard interception return for a touchdown that provided the winning points in the Big Red's 14-12 win at Yale. Making his first career start, Ambrosi's pick with 6:18 left in the third quarter was Cornell's first defensive score since 2007. A converted running back, he forced a second-half punt by knocking down a pass, scored on the interception on the next possession, and forced another punt with a fourth-quarter pass breakup. He led a defense that allowed less than 300 yards of offense to the Bulldogs and hounded the Yale quarterback into a 21-of-54 passing day that included 11 Cornell pass breakups in the secondary and three interceptions.
Division III - Northeast Region
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Jeff St. Onge - Salve Regina University
Senior, Quarterback, Kingston, N.H.
St. Onge completed 20-of-26 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 87 yards and another score to lead the Seahawks to a 43-20 win over Endicott College. St. Onge established a new single-game record with his .769 completion percentage and tied his own school record for passing touchdowns in one game (four) which he set in the season opener last year. He threw touchdown passes of 75, 68, 8, and 2 yards, and rushed for a two-yard score.
Oliver Kell - Bowdoin College
Senior, Quarterback, Westford, Mass.
Kell completed 25-of-42 passes for 374 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions (165.8 rating) in the Polar Bears' 50-35 win against Middlebury. It was the second-most touchdowns and yards in a game in program history. Additionally, Kell also became Bowdoin's all-time leader in career passing yards as he eclipsed the 4,000 yard mark.
Co- Defensive Players of the Week
Walter Fallas - Trinity College
Sophomore, Inside Linebacker, Everett, Mass.
Fallas made a game-and-career-high 18 tackles (seven solo) to anchor a Bantam defense that held Bates to 30 rushing yards on 29 attempts in Saturday's 35-14 win in Lewiston, Maine. Fallas also had an interception and two tackles for a loss of four yards as Trinity won its 11th straight game along with their 16th in a row over the Bobcats.
Scott Driscoll - Curry College
Senior, Linebacker, North Andover, Mass.
Driscoll established a school record with four interceptions, the first of which came just 53 seconds into the game and was returned 22 yards for a touchdown. In all, he had 134 total return yards on his four picks. In addition, he led the team in solo tackles with eight, including one TFL (-2 yards).
Division III - Northwest
Offensive Player of the Week
Andrew Connolly - Union College
Sophomore, Quarterback, Foxboro, Mass.
Connolly passed for a career best 325 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning strike with 10 seconds remaining in regulation, to lift Union to a 28-21 league opening win at Rochester. Connolly was 16 for 27 (and had a 68-yard pass). In just 43 seconds, he drove the Dutchmen 85 yards on six plays and hit Justin Gallo for the eventual game-winning score.
Defensive Player of the Week
Mike Conti - Ithaca College
Sophomore, Cornerback, Branford, Conn.
Conti set up a fourth quarter field goal and the game-winning touchdown with his first two career interceptions as No. 20 Ithaca rallied for a 27-24 win at Utica. He finished with 10 tackles and a tackle for loss on a Utica punt return.
Division III - Southeast
Offensive Player of the Week
Tom Fischer - Montclair State University
Sophomore, Quarterback, Livingston, N.J
Fischer lead the Red Hawks to a come-from-behind 41-39 road win at Brockport. In the victory, he completed 23-of-39 passes for 363 yards and two touchdowns (4 and 14 yards apiece). He also garnered 13 yards rushing on four carries, including a nine-yard touchdown run. Trailing 39-35 with just 48 seconds remaining, he engineered a game-winning 57-yard scoring drive through the air, culminating in a 14-yard touchdown pass with just 10 seconds remaining.
Defensive Player of the Week
Tim Lombreglia - Wilkes University
Junior, Defensive Line, Sparta, N.J.
Lombreglia picked up a career-high 10 tackles as well as two-and-a-half sacks for a loss of 14 yards to lead the Colonel defense. The defensive lineman also intercepted a pass and returned it 38 yards which led to the go-ahead touchdown for Wilkes.
Division III - Southwest
Offensive Player of the Week
Sean Kelly - Salisbury University
Junior, Quarterback, Fallston, Md.
Kelly did not make the start Saturday, but was called upon quickly due to injury and guided the Salisbury offense to near perfection during its 38-20 win against St. John Fisher. His ten completions, two touchdowns, and 144 passing yards were all career-high marks. Kelly's 20-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter gave the Gulls a 10-6 lead, sparking a 28-0 run by Salisbury. For the game he was 10-for-12 for 144 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran 13 times for 46 yards and one touchdown.
Defensive Player of the Week
Brandon Hudson - Salisbury University
Senior, Defensive Back, Delmar, Md.
Hudson was all over the field for the Sea Gulls on Saturday. Among his three interceptions was a key pick at the end of the second quarter. With St. John Fisher up 6-3 and threatening to make it a two-score game at the half, Hudson came up with an interception in the end zone with 18 seconds left in the half. He also broke up a pair of passes with a couple of huge hits. On the game he had five tackles (four solo, one assisted) and three interceptions, two pass breakups and returned two kickoffs for 35 yards.
