WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - After both teams suffered tough, close losses in their Middle Atlantic Conference openers, the Lycoming College football team and Albright College will be out to even their conference records on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17, at Shirk Stadium.

The Warriors (1-1 overall, 0-1 MAC) dropped a 41-28 decision to King's. The Warriors pulled within six points late in the third quarter and had a drive reach the 22-yard line early in the fourth quarter, but could not break through against the Monarchs.

The Lions (0-2 overall, 0-1 MAC) fell 31-26 to 24th-ranked Stevenson. Stevenson scored 31 straight points in the second and third quarters and held off a late 13-point run from Albright.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are heading to Albright for its Pretzel Bowl for the third straight trip.  Lycoming won the Pretzel Bowl, 29-14, in 2012 and 26-0 in 2014.

• Senior Blake Bowman needs three more rushing touchdowns to tie Brian Thompson (1995-98) and Joe Parsnik (1982-85) for third in school history with 28.

• Through two games, Bowman is tied for the Division III lead with six rushing touchdowns.

• Bowman is 50 yards shy of becoming the 10th player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career.

• The Warriors are second in the MAC in both rushing offense (185.5) and rushing defense (114.5).

• Sophomore D.J. Boyd is one pass breakup shy of 10 in his career and junior Johnathan Zedar needs two.

The Bowman Watch
As has seemingly been custom for running backs in the Mike Clark era, senior Blake Bowman is looking to leave a large impact on the college's record book. Some milestones that Bowman, who set a school single-season record with 18 rushing touchdowns is approaching include:
- 50 rushing yards from becoming 10th running back in school history to reach 2,000 in a career
- 1 touchdown from tying Josh Kleinfelter (2007-10) for fifth in school history with 26 rushing touchdowns
- 1 100-yard rushing game from tying Troy Erdman for fifth in school history with nine
- 85 all-purpose yards from becoming 12th player in program history to post 2,500 in a career
- 3 touchdowns from becoming the fifth Warrior to find the endzone 30 times in a career

Whiteman finds his stride
Senior quarterback Chase Whiteman has been dependable during his 12 career starts, racking up a resume that is consistently growing in stature. Some of his approaching milestones include:
- 227 yards shy of becoming the 13th quarterback in program history to throw for 2,500 in a career
- 8 completions from reaching the top 15 in program history, where Steve Miller (1967-69) sits with 172
- 59.2 completion percentage is second in program history
- 138.06 passing efficiency currently sits fourth in program history

Sophomore's shine
Sophomore wide receivers Nick Costello and Kyle Slivka-Fralin are both featured in the top 10 in the MAC in most receiving categories. The 6-5 Costello, thanks to his first 100-yard game against King's, is fourth in the league with 155 receiving yards and eighth in receptions per game (5.5). Slivka-Fralin, a 5-11 receiver with great hands, is sixth in the league with 115 yards and tied for eighth with 5.5 receptions per game.

Comfort in the pocket
In his last four starts, senior quarterback Chase Whiteman has hit his stride, completing 75-of-115 passes (65.2 percent) for 1,082 yards and two touchdowns while not being intercepted once. He tossed for more than 300 yards twice, against Delaware Valley and Misericordia in 2015, and added a 259-yard game against King's last week.

Safety
The Warrior defense got out to an auspicious start against King's College in week two, as sophomore Nick Kovalick tackled Matt Demarco in the end zone on the first offensive play for the Monarchs for the team's first safety since the College at Brockport had a bad snap on a punt fly through the end zone in 2013.