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September 22, 2008

For Immediate Release

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Northeast-10 Offensive Player of the Week

Rob Parent, American International (So., QB, West Warwick, R.I.) - Completed 16-of-23 passes for 331 yards and six touchdowns in the 49-20 win over Bentley. Tied the school-record for passing touchdowns in a game, a mark that he also tied in the season-opening 45-19 win at C.W. Post.

Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Week

Brian Schuster, Pace (Sr., LB, Miller Place, N.Y.) - Recorded a game-high 11 tackles (eight solo), including a pair of pass breakups in a win over Saint Anselm

Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week

Anthony Smalls, Merrimack (Fr., RB, Natick, Mass.) - Rushed 25 times for 135 yards and one touchdown in a 30-28 win over Assumption.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Kertis Hussey, American International (Jr., WR, Paterson, N.J.) - Caught six passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns in the 49-20 win over Bentley. Had scores of 37 and 28 yards.

Travis Poole, American International (Gr., WR, Brooklyn, N.Y.) - Caught six passes for 111 yards and four touchdowns in the 49-20 win over Bentley. Had scoring receptions of 6, 46, 14 and 15 yards, respectively.

Herbert Woodard, Assumption (So., RB, Salem, N.J.) - Totaled 213 yards of all purpose offense, had 16 rushes for 95 yards and two touchdowns, had a long rush of 53 yards and averaged 5.9 yards per rush versus Merrimack. Also had four receptions for 33 yards and returned a punt for 85 yards.

Michael Duffy, Bentley (Jr., LB, Plymouth, Mass.) - Was in on a dozen tackles, including three solos, and also recorded an interception in the Falcons’ loss to American International.

Kurt Leone, Merrimack (So., QB, Marshfield, Mass.) - Completed 21-for-35 passes for 364 yards and two touchdowns in the 30-28 win over Assumption this past weekend. Also rushed for 20 yards.

Jeremiah Watts, Merrimack (Jr., WR, Clovis, Calif.) - Caught 12 passes for 184 yards and one touchdown in a 30-28 win over Assumption.

Chris Roberts, Southern Connecticut (Sr., QB, New Britain, Conn.) – In his first career start, finished 14-of-22 for 230 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Stonehill.

John Wiechman, Southern Connecticut (So., RB, Buxton, Maine) - Rushed for 180 yards and one touchdown in the win over Stonehill. Had a career-long 85-yard run (a touchdown) in the game.

Weekly Notes:

AMERICAN INTERNTIONAL: AIC's 49-20 win over Bentley was its ninth in a row, a streak that began with a 44-21 win over Merrimack on October 6, 2007. The win was also the Yellow Jackets' 11th consecutive home victory, which dates back to November 5, 2005 when AIC recorded a 51-28 win over Saint Anselm. AIC's seven touchdown passes against the Falcons set a school record for touchdown passes in a single game.

ASSUMPTION: Sophomore Herbert Woodard returned a punt for 85 yards versus Merrimack on Friday night, which is a new school record for longest punt return.

MERRIMACK: Senior WR Chris Laham tied the school record with 23 career touchdown receptions, tying Elfren Quiles with that mark with a 69 yard touchdown pass in the first quarter on Friday night.

STONEHILL: Michael Greene (Plainview, N.Y.) returned a fumble recovery 91 yards for a touchdown which turned out to be the longest play in the history of W.B. Mason Stadium in the loss to Southern Connecticut. Senior Jeff Payne (West Haven, Conn.) cracked the 1,000 career rushing yardage mark in the loss to the Owls and George Whetstone (Westwood, Mass.) already has three sacks this season in just three contests. Last year's team leader Tony Camarota had 3.5 sacks in 10 contests.