WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - With the MAC expanding to 11 teams this season with the addition of Alvernia University, the conference will play an incomplete round robin, meaning that for the first time since 1957, the Lycoming College football team will meet up with Widener University in a non-conference match when the two teams face off on Sept. 8 at Leslie C. Quick Jr. Stadium.

The Warriors (0-1 overall) are coming off a 38-7 loss to Susquehanna, where the team was paced by four catches, 79 yards and a touchdown from senior Nick Costello.

The Pride (0-1 overall) fell to Rowan, 40-34, in overtime in their first game, as Donte Harrell ran for two touchdowns and 93 yards in the game.

Warrior Notes
• Freshman Elijah Shemory's 165 yards passing are the most for a Warrior in his first career start since Tyler Jenny '15 threw for 205 yards against Brockport in the 2012 opener.

• Senior Nick Costello needs one more reception to tie James O'Malley (1984-87) for ninth in school history with 104 career receptions.

• Junior Jamie Fisher needs to hit one more field goal to become the eighth player in school history to hit 15 in a career.

• Senior defensive backs Joe Pinzka and D.J. Boyd are both six tackles from reaching 100 in their careers.

• Sophomore Mike Kalyan is the first Warrior to post an interception in his first career game since Mike Verton did it against Juniata in 1999.

• Freshman Matt Stankiewicz is the first Warrior to post a sack in the season opener since Zach Kovach and A.J. McAleer in 2016.

Seeing Double
Sophomore twin brother linebackers Mike and Matt Kalyan made an impact in their first games as Warriors against Susquehanna. Mike Kalyan had five tackles, an interception and a forced fumble in his first game with the blue and gold after transferring from Mount Union in 2017. Matt Kalyan, who struggled with an injury as a freshman, added two tackles, one for a loss. Both players were all-state selections as seniors at Schuylkill Haven in 2016. They are Lycoming's first set of brothers playing together since Ethan and Jarrett Jeffries in 2015 and the first set of twins since Luke and Andrew McGreevy in 2011. 

EnDuring Returns
The Lycoming kick and punt return had a strong debut in the 2018 opener with Susquehanna, continuing a pattern where the Warriors have ranked second in kickoff returns each of the last three years. Sophomore Tyjah During led the way for the Warriors, averaging 27.0 yards per kick return, including a 59-yard return. During is fourth in the conference in the category, while his 7.3 yards per punt return leads the league. He is 16th in Division III with 130 combined kick return yards. Junior Keith Batkowski is also sixth in the conference in kick returns, averaging 21.0 per kick, after a 49-yard return against Susquehanna.

Shemory's Start
Freshman Elijah Shemory passed for 165 yards and a touchdown in his first career start, marking the first time since 2012 that a Warrior had thrown for that many yards in his debut. Shemory's debut is fifth in yardage tossed for since the turn of the century. He is the first Warrior freshman to start at quarterback since Tim Hook in 2007.