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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A week after shutting down the Middle Atlantic Conference’s top rushing offense in Wilkes, the Lycoming College football team will have to shut down the MAC’s top rusher in Stevenson’s K.K. Smith in order to stay in the race for its 15th conference title on Senior Day at David Person Field.

The Warriors (6-2 overall, 6-1 MAC) held Wilkes to just 158 yards of total offense while posting a 38-7 win. Offensively, the team was led by three touchdown passes by sophomore Tyler Jenny and two touchdown receptions by senior Jarrin Campman.

The Mustangs (1-7 overall, 1-6 MAC) racked up 447 yards of total offense, including 226 rushing yards, but couldn’t overcome a 20-point second quarter deficit, falling at King’s (Pa.), 34-21, in their last outing.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors need a win today to secure the 35th winning home slate in 51 years at David Person Field.

• Senior Jarrin Campman has 10 receiving touchdowns and is three shy of the single-season school record of 13 set by James O’Malley in 1986.

• Senior Parker Showers needs 54 more kick return yards to surpass the single-season school record of 462 set by Dre Purdy in 2009.

• Campman leads the MAC in punt return average at 17.36 and Showers leads the MAC in kick return average at 25.50.

• With 9.5 sacks this season, senior Nate Oropollo needs half a sack to become the 23rd Warrior in school history to reach 10 in a season.

• Sophomore Tyler Jenny had a career-high four completions for more than 20 yards against Wilkes.

• The Warriors have finished in the top 25 in turnover margin the last two years. They are currently 15th at +1.25.

Scouting Lycoming
Offense: Multiple/Pro-Style
Having scored 20 or more points in seven straight games, the Warriors have one of the most reliable offenses that the program has had in the past decade, accounting for an average of 26.5 points and 326.9 yards per game.

Senior Parker Showers leads the Warrior ground game, averaging 62.4 yards per game, which is eighth in the league, while sophomore Craig Needhammer is 10th at 55.2 yards per game.

Sophomore quarterback Tyler Jenny has put together a historic run, completing more than 60 percent of his passes in a school record seven straight games. His 140.5 pass efficiency rating is fifth in the league.

Jenny’s favorite target has been senior Jarrin Campman, who is seventh in the league with 4.1 receptions, eighth with 59.1 yards and fifth in scoring at 8.2 points per game. Sophomore John Sibel is ninth in the league at 3.9 receptions per game.

Defense: 4-3
With the league’s top rushing defense (101.0 yards per game), the Warriors will try to hold down the top-ranked rusher in the MAC.

The Warriors are paced by an athletic line, which features one of the best pass rushers in the nation in senior Nate Oropollo, who is tied for 10th with 1.19 sacks per game and tied for 23rd with 1.75 tackles for loss. Junior Dwight Hentz is second in the league with 0.81 sacks per contest.

The team also has two players in the top 10 in the MAC in interceptions in sophomore Tanner Troutman, who is first with five, and junior Kabongo Bukasa, who is tied for fifth with three. Bukasa is also fourth in the league with an average of 8.4 tackles per game.

Scouting Stevenson
Offense: Multiple
With three losses by three points or less, the Stevenson offense is used to playing in close games. It is also averaging 23.38 points per game, sixth in the MAC, and rolling up 352.38 yards per game of total offense.
 
Sophomore K.K. Smith has developed into the top running back in the league, leading the way with 1,040 yards, an average of 130.0 per game, which is 12th-best in Division III.

Sophomore quarterback John Gasparovic is fifth in the league with a 130.04 passing efficiency rating and averages 110.86 yards of total offense per game.

The receiving corps is led by Jeromie Miller, who averages 3.62 receptions and 54.75 yards per game, which is 10th in the league. Anthony Smith reels in 2.5 catches per contest for 35.0 yards per game.

Defense: 4-4
Stevenson allows 31.88 points per game and 416.0 yards of total offense, which is eighth in the league. The Mustangs allow 233.25 yards per game on the ground and 182.75 yards through the air, which is third in the MAC.

The team is led by two inside linebackers who rank in the top 10 in the league in tackles, as sophomore Tim Campbell is sixth with 7.50 per game and freshman Razonte Dunn is ninth with 7.0. Dunn has also found a nitch at getting behind the line of scrimmage, as he is second in the MAC with an average of 1.44 tackles for loss per game.

In the secondary, two players are in the top 15 in the league in pickoffs, as sophomore Tyren Pinkett is tied for fifth with three and freshman Chris Coffie is tied for 11th with two.

Czapped again
Thanks to hitting a season-long 37-yard field goal against WIlkes, junior Zack Czap earned his sixth career Special Teams Player of the Week award. Czap converted all five of his extra point attempts as well and also served as the team’s punter, averaging 29.0 yards per punt and drawing a roughing the punter call to get the Warriors a first down. Czap earned the MAC’s special teams award twice as a freshman en route to first-team all-conference honors as a punter, winning the award on Oct. 10 and Oct. 17 and he also picked up the award on Oct. 9, Oct. 23 and Nov. 13, 2011 for his dual role as a punter and kicker for the Warriors.

Topping 20
The Warriors have scored more than 20 points in each of the last seven games, the longest stretch for a Lycoming team since the 2003 team did it in nine straight games. During the stretch, the Warriors are averaging 30.0 points per game and have outscored opponents in each quarter during the stretch, including a 90-31 advantage in the second quarter.

Camping in the endzone
With two games left in the regular season, senior Jarrin Campman is chasing down a pair of long-standing records. With 10 receiving touchdowns, he is just three away from the school record of 13 set by James O’Malley in 1986. Campman, who also has a punt return for a touchdown, is just 20 points away from the school record of 86 set by Tim Deasey in 2001, who scored 14 touchdowns (13 rushing) and added a two-point conversion during that campaign.

Still in it
With the 28-23 loss to No. 14 Widener on Oct. 20, the Warriors moved one game behind the Pride into a tie with Delaware Valley for second place in the conference. However, the Warriors’ last two games (Stevenson, Misericordia) come against teams with below .500 records. Widener’s last two games are  against FDU-Florham and Delaware Valley, which has to face Wilkes this week. If Widener and Delaware Valley win this week, and the Aggies defeat the Pride on Nov. 10, the Warriors will claim at least a piece of its 15th straight MAC title. If all three teams finish with identical 8-1 conference records, the tiebreaking procedures employer would lead to point differential in the games between the three teams deciding the league’s NCAA automatic qualifier. In that situation, Lycoming would earn the bid if Delaware Valley beats Widener by 15 points or less.