Football | 9/29/2022 5:53:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -  The Bloomsburg University football team hosts West Chester on Saturday, October 1. Kick off is slated for 6:00 pm. It is just the sixth night game for the Huskies at Redman Stadium since it was renovated in 2008. The game will be a WHITE OUT and all fans are encouraged to wear white. It will also be the Huskies annual Pink Out Game to support and raise money for breast cancer.
 
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Game Five Notes - PDF (31 pgs)

THE GAME
The Huskies come into today's game after a tough 31-17 loss to Shippensburg to open PSAC East action. The Huskies are playing their fourth home game in the first five weeks of the season. West Chester comes in with a 3-1 record and a 1-0 slate in conference play after rallying for a 26-14 win over Millersville last Saturday.
 
THE SERIES
The Huskies and Golden Rams series dates to 1925. West Chester holds a 52-27 all-time series lead and has won the last three matchups. The Huskies' last win came in 2017 when Bloomsburg visited West Chester, and the Huskies scored with 1:39 to play in regulation to go up 20-19. The BU defense came away with two interceptions on the final two drives to seal the win for the Huskies.
 
SCOUTING WCU
The Golden Rams come into the game with a 3-1 record. WCU opened the year with a narrow 17-16 win over Bentley before dropping a 35-14 decision to Slippery Rock. The Golden Rams went on the road and beat Gannon 29-23 before rallying for a 26-14 win over Millersville last week to open PSAC East action.
 
Desman Johnson has played in all four games so far for West Chester and is 3-for-11 with one interception and one touchdown pass. Shane Dooley has played in two games and has 238 passing yards. He is 16-for-35 with four interceptions and two touchdowns.
 
Rahiem Bowens leads the receiving core with 169 yards on nine catches and is averaging 42.25 yards per game. Thatcher Miller has 120 yards on four catches and a touchdown. Ja'Den McKenzie leads the rushing attack for WCU with 253 yards on 70 carries and a pair of touchdowns. He's averaging 63.25 yards per game and 3.6 yards per carry.
 
Defensively, Jackson Taylor leads the team with 39 tackle and 8.5 tackles for a loss of 29 yards. Oscar Uduma and Sterlen Barr have the Golden Rams' two interceptions on the year.
 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
The Huskies come into the game with a 1-3 record. Bloomsburg fell to Division I FCS Stonehill 33-30 in double overtime to open the season before powering its way to a 42-3 win over Clarion two weeks ago. The Huskies dropped a 23-20 decision in overtime to Edinboro two weeks ago and fell to Shippensburg 31-17 last week.
 
KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) is leading the passing game for the Huskies as he is 34-for-58 with 476 yards, five touchdowns, and three interceptions. Riley has a QBR of 145.66 through the season's first three games. He also has run for 117 yards on 37 carries and has a touchdown. David LePoidevin (Middlesex, N.J./Bound Brook) is 7-for-13 with 145 yards and a touchdown this year.
 
Kaleb Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) leads the rush with 202 yards on 64 carries this season. He has also caught three passes for 74 yards and a TD so far.
 
Matthew Bowes (Somerton, Pa./La Salle College HS) leads the receiving core so far this year with 151 yards on 10 catches and two touchdowns. Tyshaun Pollard (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) has six catches for 118 yards and a touchdown, John Mack (Minisink Valley, N.Y./Minisink Valley) has 92 yards on six catches. Monaco and Nas Jones (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) have the other two touchdown receptions this season.
 
Defensively, Quentin Gaskill (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) leads the Huskies with 37 total tackles and has 2.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks for a loss of 23 yards. He has been a menace for opposing quarterbacks with eight broken-up passes and an interception in the first four games. Ryan D'Ambra (Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Wood) has 22 total tackles and two forced fumbles. Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) has the Huskies' other interception and has broken up five passes. Kenny Yurkonis (Minersville, Pa./Minersville Area) and Joseph Kahn (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) each have a pair of sacks this year.
 
ON THIS DAY - OCTOBER 1
Bloomsburg Football History
Kicker Dan Fisher connected on four fields to set a new school career record and Dan Haverstock (York/West York) had two, drive-stopping interceptions in the fourth quarter to the help the fifth-ranked Bloomsburg Huskies (5-0, 2-0 PSAC East) rally for a 32-20 win over East Stroudsburg (1-4, 0-2 PSAC East) on Saturday, October 1, 2011.
 
Fisher's four field goals gave the sophomore 31 for his career breaking the old mark of 29 held by three players, Bill Beall (1992-95), Mark Weiss (1988-91) and Jon Koenig (2006-09). Fisher finished his career with 57 field goals, a PSAC record.
 
US History
"The Thrilla in Manila"; Muhammad Ali stops Joe Frazier in 14 rounds in Quezon City, the Philippines to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight title in 1975
 
SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Since Redman Stadium was renovated in 2008, Saturday's 6:00 pm kick off is the sixth time the Huskies are playing under the lights in Bloomsburg. Night games have been favorable to Bloomsburg as the Huskies are 4-1 going into Saturday's game. Most recently, the Huskies defeated Shippensburg on September 22, 2018 28-24.
 
Under the Lights at Redman
Thursday, August 27, 2009 • Ashland - W. 10-7 (6:00 pm)
Saturday, October 3, 2009 • Millersville - W, 45-10 (5:00 pm)
Thursday, September 1, 2011 • Ashland - W, 27-20 (6:00 pm)
Saturday, October 31, 2013 • Shippensburg - L, 18-34 (8:00 pm)
Saturday, September 22, 2018 • Shippensburg – W, 28-24 (6:00 pm)
 
QUITE THE STREAK
Bloomsburg has scored at least one point in 210 consecutive games dating back to a 21-0 home loss against Shippensburg on September 13, 2003. Bloomsburg is 115-3 all-time when scoring at least 40 points in a game. However, the Huskies have only reached the 40-point plateau seven times in the last 49 contests. The Huskies defeated Clarion 42-3 three weeks ago at home.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN(S)
The Huskies named a group of 10 leaders as captains for the 2022 season - Aaron Trumino (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley), Tyshaun Pollard (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East), Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West), Adam Burkhart (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), Jack Riley (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East), Quentin Gaskill (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro), Billy Martin, Ky Seesholtz (Mifflinville, Pa./Central Columbia), John Ayres (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Mt. Carmel), and Tom Goetz (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway Regional).
 
RED(ZONE) HOT OFFENSE
The Bloomsburg offense was firing on all cylinders two weeks ago against Clarion and has been red hot in the red zone all season. Against Clarion, the Huskies made two trips into the red zone, and both times came away with seven points (thanks to a couple of PATs from Brendan McGonigle (Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City)). Two weeks again against Stonehill, the Huskies were 5-for-5 in the red zone with touchdowns and a pair of field goals. Last week against Edinboro, the Huskies made one trip to the redzone and walked away with seven points.
 
For the season, the Huskies are 10-11 in the red zone and are ranked 22nd in DII with a 90.9 red zone percentage. The Huskies have scored six touchdowns in 11 trips to the red zone.
 
THE RILEY FILE
Freshman QB KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) is off to a strong start for the Huskies. Riley has thrown for 476 yards and five touchdowns in his first four games. He is 34-58-3 and has rushed for 117 yards on 37 attempts and one touchdown. Riley is averaging 3.2 yards per carrying this year. After throwing a limited number of times during the opening week, Riley was the poster child for efficiency against Clarion, completing 11 of his 13 passes for 258 yards and four scores. He ran the ball six times for 64 yards and a touchdown.
 
ONE LAST RIDE
The Huskies may be young this season but boast a wealth of leadership from crucial upperclassmen. Samuel Darrell III (Plainfield, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional), a transfer, Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West), Tyshaun Pollard (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East), and Aaron Trumino (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) are playing in their final season as graduate students, while Jamir Redd (Chester, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) is suiting up for the Maroon & Gold as a senior this season
 
THE TOWN OF BROTHERLY LOVE
The Huskies boast a pair of brothers on their roster again this season. Senior Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) came back to make up for the lost season to due to COVID to join his brother, Kaleb, in Bloomsburg Maroon & Gold for the second-straight season. Sophomore quarter David LePoidevin (Middlesex, N.J./Bound Brook) welcomes his little brother, Patrick, to a strong group of signal callers for the Huskies this season.
 
This season, the Monaco brothers are making an impact on both sides of the ball. Younger brother, Kaleb, is the team's leading rusher with 202 yards on the ground on 64 carries. He ihas 74 receiving yards on three catches and has one touchdown. 62 of his yards in the air came off a touchdown pass from KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) against Clarion two weeks ago. Monaco leads the team with 485 all purpose yards with 209 kick return yards. He racked up 127 yards on the kick return last week against Shippensburg.
 
Older brother, Chris, has made his presence known to opposing quarterbacks this season. He has 16 tackles, 12 solo, and five broken up passes. Chris picked off Edinboro's Isaac Bernard and returned it for 23 yards to set up a short field for the Huskies. KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) threw a 25-yard TD pass to Matthew Bowes (Somerton, Pa./La Salle College HS) on the next play.
 
FRESH OUTLOOK
The Huskies boast one of the youngest starting lineups in all of Division II college football. On opening day, Bloomsburg looks to started 19 freshmen or sophomores  and had 39 underclassmen total listed on the depth chart.
 
Under center, KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) has started the first three games for the Huskies and is the projected starter today. This season, Riley is 34-for-57 with five TDs and three INTs. He has 476 yards in the air. Riley is second on the team with 117 rushing yards and a touchdown. Number two behind him is sophomore David LePoidevin (Middlesex, N.J./Bound Brook), who played in 10 games last season and threw for 1,423 yards and 16 touchdowns. LePoidevin is 7-for-13 with one touchdown and one interception and 145 yards this year.
 
Protecting the two QBs will be a mix of red shirt juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Marlon Wescott, Nelly Fain (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy), and Aaron Bensinger (New Ringgold, Pa./Blue Mountain) look to bring leadership to the young group of o-linemen.
 
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
Coach Sheptock did not have to go far for talent to fill this year's roster. The 2022 Huskies boast 27 players from Columbia and surroundings counties. The Huskies have three players from local Danville Area High School and another from Southern Columbia and Berwick.
 
The local talent made an immediate impact on the field for the Huskies this season. KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area), from Danville, Pa., has started every game under center and is responsible for six of the Huskies touchdowns this year, either passing or rushing.
 
Kaleb Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West), a Pocono Pines native, has rushed for 202 yards and caught three passes for another 74 and a touchdown. He has 209 yards on kick returns as well.
 
John Ayres (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Mt. Carmel), a running back from Mt. Carmel, has a pair of rushing touchdowns this season and Nas Jones (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area), from Williamsport, Pa. has 34 receiving yards.
 
Jake Davis (Elysburg, Pa./Southern Columbia), a Elysburg, Pa. native and product of Southern Columbia, has eight tackles and five broken up passes after breaking up three last week against Shippensburg.
 
I'LL TAKE THAT
The Huskies dominated the turnover battle against Stonehill and picked up right where they left off in 2021. Bloomsburg forced one fumble and recovered a pair of fumbles as Stonehill muffed a punt early in the second quarter that Deeko Kofa (Philadelphia, Pa./Samuel Fels) jumped on to get the ball back to the Huskies with a short field. The Huskies needed just 25 yards to get into the end zone on a run by Zane Janiszewski (Hollisterville, Pa./Western Wayne) and a fumble recovery by John Ayres (Mt. Carmel, Pa./Mt. Carmel). Quentin Gaskill (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) had his first pick of the season late in the fourth quarter as he intercepted a pass in the end zone by Stonehill.
 
The Huskies did not turn the ball over against Clarion and are currently ranked 43rd in the NCAA with a +0.50 turnover margin.
 
Two weeks against Edinboro, the Huskies had one interception which set up a touchdown drive and Tom Goetz (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway Regional) returned a fumble for a score at the end of the third quarter.
 
SHEPTOCK ERA
Sheptock was named the 28th head football coach in Bloomsburg University as he returns to his alma mater to take over the Huskies' program. Sheptock was at Division III Wilkes University as the defensive coordinator from 1990-95 and then took over the Colonels' program and served as head coach from 1996-2014. While at Wilkes, Sheptock went 107-81 overall and established the program record for most wins in a season (11) and career (107) while leading the Colonels to nine postseason appearances.
 
A member of the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century (1973-97), Sheptock played linebacker for head coach George Landis and holds the school records for tackles in a career (537), single-season (159), and single-game (23), as well as career fumble recoveries (12). His program record for tackles in a single game, in fact, occurred during the national semifinal contest at North Alabama.
 
HUDDLE WITH THE HUSKIES
For the second-straight year, head coach Frank Sheptock will host "Huddle with the Huskies" at Quaker Steak & Lube in Buckhorn, Pa. on three select Thursdays this season. The next "Huddle with the Huskies" is set for Thursday, October 20 ahead of the Huskies Homecoming game against East Stroudsburg on Saturday, October 22. The final Huddle will take place on November 3, just before the Huskies' final home game of the season against Millersville.
 
The events are open to the public with dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. and a short program to follow. A buffet dinner will be held each night with the cost of the meal being $14 per person - including a non-alcoholic beverage. Following the dinner, Coach Sheptock will speak about the season, preview the upcoming game(s), and introduce members of the coaching staff and players from this year's roster.
 
KJ Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) and Ky Seesholtz (Mifflinville, Pa./Central Columbia) headlined the first Huddle with the Huskies and were joined by Joseph Kahn (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove). The three talked about their time so far at Bloomsburg, what brought them to the Huskies, and what to expect this season.
 
HALL OF FAME REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The Bloomsburg Department of Athletics has announced the 40th Hall of Fame induction class is set to be enshrined on Sunday, October 23 during Homecoming and Parents & Family Weekend. Among the six inductees in this year's class are a pair of football standouts, and brothers, Michael ('01) and Ronald ('98) Lelko. Also being inducted are Christine (Basalyga) Zalewski (field hockey) '96, Rebecca Creedon (women's soccer) '98, Joel Melitski (wrestling) '64, and Michael Wenrich (men's basketball and track & field) '82. To register for the brunch induction ceremony, visit www.buhuskies.com/HOFregistration.