eNewsletter 2012 Season Vol 11

Turnovers Haunt Cardinals in 33-28 Loss to Wildcats

MARQUETTE, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University football team suffered a 33-28 loss on the road to Northern Michigan today (Nov. 3) in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest. Saginaw Valley opened the game scoring when quarterback Jonathon Jennings (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South HS) found a wide open Jeff Janis (Tawas, Mich.) with a perfect pass from 57-yards out to give the Cardinals lead 7-0 with 3:15 left in the first quarter. Jennings finished the day 17-of-30 for 213 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He also added 23 yards and a score on the ground. Northern Michigan looked to steal the momentum right back from the Cardinals with a 98-yard kick off return, only to have it called back by a personal foul penalty. The Wildcats eventually evened the score on the same drive when Cody Scepaniak connected with Christian Jessie for a score with just under a minute left in the first quarter. The Cardinal defense held the Wildcats to a field goal after a punt bounced up off the turf and hit off the helmet of one of the Cardinal blockers. Jennings and Janis connected on a 39-yard strike across the middle to give the Cardinals back the lead, 14-10. Janis, the reigning GLIAC "Player of the Week," finished the game with 11 catches for 186 yards and a pair of scores. Meijer "Player of the Game," Tim Hogue (Inkster, Mich.) put a string of strong runs together for Saginaw Valley to setup a five-yard touchdown run by Jennings to push the lead to 21-10 with 2:20 left in the first half. Hogue finished the game with a career-high 211 yards on 26 carries. Northern Michigan kicker Rockne Belmonte hit on a 55-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. The Cardinal held a 21-13 advantage at the break. The Wildcats got on the scoreboard first in the second half on a 49-yard field goal off the foot of Belmonte after another special teams mishap on a punt gave Northern Michigan the ball back in Cardinal territory.

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The Cardinal defense stepped up big as Jeff Heath (Lake Orion, Mich.) intercepted passes on back-to-back possessions to setup a 48-yard touchdown run up the middle by Hogue to give SVSU a 28-16 lead. Northern Michigan went on to score 17 unanswered points and take a 33-28 lead over the Cardinals late in the fourth quarter. Saginaw Valley possessed the ball with 1:32 remaining in the game and trailing by five points at the Northern Michigan 32 yard line, but were unable to find the endzone as they dropped their third game of the season. Jon Bryant (Detroit, Mich./Oak Park HS) led the defense with 11 tackles on the afternoon. Brian Johnson (Muskegon, Mich./Catholic Central HS) added 10 tackles, while Heath added nine stops to go along with his two interceptions. With the loss SVSU falls to 7-3 overall on the season and 6-3 in the GLIAC, while Northern Michigan improves to 4-6 overall and 3-6 in the conference. The Cardinals will welcome Grand Valley State University to Wickes Stadium for the regular season finale at 1:00 PM. http://www.svsucardinals.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121103z0momq

GLIAC Standings

GLIAC North Division Standings

School Conf All

Grand Valley 7-2 8-2

Saginaw Valley 6-3 7-3

Michigan Tech 6-3 6-3

Hillsdale 6-3 6-4

Ferris 5-4 6-4

Wayne State 5-4 5-4

Northwood 4-5 5-5

N. Michigan 3-6 4-6

GLIAC South Division Standings

School Conf All

Ashland 9-0 10-0

Ohio Dominican 6-3 7-3

Findlay 6-3 6-3

Lake Erie 3-6 3-7

Walsh 2-7 3-7

Notre Dame 2-7 3-7

Tiffin 1-8 2-8

Malone 1-8 1-8

November 3rd Northern Michigan 33, Saginaw Valley 28

Grand Valley 35, Wayne State 13

Ashland 49, Tiffin 21

Michigan Tech 42, Hillsdale 14

Northwood 38, Ferris 33

Ohio Dominican 44, Lake Erie 14

Notre Dame 31, Walsh 28

Findlay 38, Malone 14

GLIAC Schedule for November 10th

Grand Valley at Saginaw Valley

Lake Erie at Tiffin

Malone at Ohio Dominican

Ferris at Northern Michigan

Notre Dame at Ashland

Michigan Tech at Wayne State

Hillsdale at Northwood

Findlay at Walsh

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Recap of Week #9: Northern Michigan

Cardinals 28 Wildcats 33

Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final

Saginaw Valley 7 14 7 0 28

Northern Michigan 7 6 3 17 33

Scoring Summary:

Prd Time Scoring Summary SV - NM

1 3:15 Saginaw Valley- Jeff Janis 57 yd pass from J. Jennings. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

7-0

Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards in 0:44.

1 0:46 Northern Mich.- C. Jessie 41 yd pass from Cody Scepaniak. (Rockne Belmonte kick is good).

7-7

Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards in 2:15.

2 9:11 Northern Mich.- Rockne Belmonte 36 yd field goal.

7-10

Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards in 1:15.

2 6:50 Saginaw Valley- Jeff Janis 39 yd pass from J. Jennings. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

14 - 10

Drive: 6 plays, 79 yards in 2:16.

2 2:20 Saginaw Valley- J. Jennings 9 yd run. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

21 - 10

Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 2:52.

2 0:00 Northern Mich.- Rockne Belmonte 55 yd field goal.

21 - 13

Drive: 9 plays, 49 yards in 2:14.

3 12:02 Northern Mich.- Rockne Belmonte 49 yd field goal.

21 - 16

Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:29.

3 2:19 Saginaw Valley- Tim Hogue 48 yd run. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

28 - 16

Drive: 1 plays, 48 yards in 0:08.

4 13:49 Northern Mich.- Cody Scepaniak 9 yd run. (Rockne Belmonte kick is good).

28 - 23

Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 3:30.

4 11:00 Northern Mich.- Rockne Belmonte 46 yd field goal.

28 - 26

Drive: 6 plays, 19 yards in 2:47.

4 5:03 Northern Mich.- Jace Daniels 0 yd fumble return. (Rockne Belmonte kick is good).

28 - 33

SVSU at Northern Michigan

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Team Statistics:

Saginaw Valley Statistics Northern Mich.

18 FIRST DOWNS 13

8 Passing 4

10 Rushing 9

0 Penalty 0

46% (6 of 13) 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY 28% (5 of 18)

0% (0 of 1) 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY 100% (1 of 1)

208 NET YARDS PASSING 112

17-30 Completions-Attempts 11-23

6.9 Net yards per pass play 4.9

0-0 Sacked: #-Yards 2-8

1 Had intercepted 2

229 NET YARDS RUSHING 229

33 Rushing Attempts 48

6.9 Average gain per rush 4.8

6-247 PUNTS: #-Yards 7-226

41.2 Average 32.3

85 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 101

4--5 Punt Returns: #-Yards 4-34

5-90 Kickoff Rets: #-Yards 2-67

2-0 Int. Rets: #-Yards 1-0

3-5 PENALTIES: #-Yards 3-25

4-4 FUMBLES: #-Lost 2-0

2-8 SACKS: #-Yards 0 0

2-0 INT: #-Yards 1-0

27:06:00 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:54:00

Individual Statistics:

Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT

J. Jennings 17-30 208 2 1

Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD

Tim Hogue 26 206 7.9 48 1

J. Jennings 7 23 3.3 9 1

Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD

Jeff Janis 11 181 16.5 57 2

Tim Hogue 2 12 6 6 0

Nathan Hoyle 1 9 9 9 0

Mark Thrash 1 3 3 3 0

Deon Jobe 2 3 1.5 2 0

Kicking FG LG XP PTS

Scott Stanford 0/1 0 4/4 4

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Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20

Branko Hamilton 6 247 41.2 55 0 2

Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB

Scott Stanford 5 340 68 3 0

Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD

David Drummond 3 71 23.7 28 0

David Toussaint 1 19 19 19 0

Team 1 0 0 0 0

Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD

Travon Hamilton 1 2 2 1 0

David Toussaint 1 -1 -1 0 0

Mark Thrash 2 -6 -3 0 0

Int Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD

Jeff Heath 2 0 0 0 0

Fumbles NO LOST

Mark Thrash 1 1

David Toussaint 1 1

Travon Hamilton 1 1

Team 1 1

Defensive Statistics

# Saginaw Valley Solo Ast Total Sacks-

Yds TFL-Yds

FF Int-Yds BrUp

21 Jon Bryant 3 8 11 - - -

41 Brian Johnson 3 7 10 - - -

5 Jeff Heath 6 3 9 - - 2-0

47 Grant Caserta 5 4 9 - - 1 -

97 Mason Duke 3 5 8 - 1-2 -

98 Ryan Busch 4 3 7 1-2 1-2 - 2

35 Zane Brugger 3 1 4 - 1-3 -

40 Murtada Jabbie 2 2 4 - - -

4 Deangelo Parris 2 1 3 - - - 1

46 Lawrence Brown 2 1 3 - - -

52 Jordan Maccoux 1 2 3 0.5 - 3 1.5 - 7 -

2 David Toussaint 1 1 2 - - -

43 Will Schwarz 1 1 2 0.5 - 3 0.5 - 3 -

51 Daniel Ward 0 2 2 - - - 1

1 Mark Thrash 1 0 1 - - -

19 Sean Wren 0 1 1 - - -

23 Caleb Higbie 1 0 1 - - -

36 Ben Jean 1 0 1 - - -

84 Chris Hurst 1 0 1 - - -

TM Team 1 0 1 - - 1 -

TOTALS 41 42 83 2-8 5-17 2 2-0 4

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Super Region 4

Rank Team Region Overall

1 CSU-Pueblo 10-0 10-0

2 Ashland 10-0 10-0

3 Chadron State 8-1 8-2

4 Midwestern State 8-1 8-1

5 Indianapolis 8-1 8-2

6 West Texas A&M 8-2 8-2

7 Missouri S&T 9-1 9-1

8 Grand Valley 8-2 8-2

9 New Mexico High. 7-2 7-2

10 Saginaw Valley 7-3 7-3

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2012 Ranking: 10 – Regional Ranking 2012 Ranking: 8 - Regional 15,17 –AFCA, D2FB 2012 Record: 7-3-0 2012 Record: 8-2-0 2011 Record: 8-4-0 2011 Record: 8-3 Conference: GLIAC Conference: GLIAC Head Coach: Jim Collins Head Coach: Matt Mitchell

2011 Game Score: GVSU 49, SVSU 24 (November 12, 2011) Saginaw Swami’s Prediction: SVSU 40 – GVSU 30; Swami says “SVSU will rebound the loss and will get the win in the game and in the battle of the valleys.”

Saginaw Valley Ranked 10th in Super Region 4 The top 6 teams in each region at the end of the regular season qualify for a berth in the NCAA DII Playoffs.

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