Fourth Quarter Drive Falls Short in Team’s First Loss

The SVSU offense and Hillsdale running back Joe Glendening spent Saturday night trading blows in a back-and-forth shootout, but it was Glendening and the Chargers who delivered the knockout punch.

With less than two minutes remaining, the SVSU defense found itself in a familiar position: backed up in its own red zone, trying to hold on to a lead. Unlike last week’s stand against Northwood, the SVSU defense gave way to Glendening, and, three plays later, gave way to a Hillsdale touchdown that would stand as the final score in the 38-35 loss.

“We didn’t do a good job of keeping (Glendening) in check, and he had a great game,” head coach Jim Collins said. “We couldn’t stop him.” Glendening rushed for 245 yards on the ground, adding three touchdowns to bring his GLIAC-leading total to 14 on the season.

The Cardinals had an opportunity to respond to Hillsdale’s late touchdown, but, for the first time this season, couldn’t engineer a late scoring drive to finish the game. After a short kickoff by Hillsdale, SVSU took the field at the Chargers’ 48-yard line with 1:16 remaining; but the Hillsdale defense forced a sack and three incompletions on the drive, batting down sophomore quarterback Jonathon Jennings’s last pass attempt to clinch the game.

“We just missed our opportunity tonight,” Collins said. “We needed to play better in the fourth quarter. We brought that game down to the fourth quarter, and we weren’t able to convert.”

The loss drops the Cardinals to 3-1 overall, bringing them into a three-way tie for the lead in the GLIAC North Division with Michigan Tech and Ferris State, who SVSU beat in their first game of the season.

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Hillsdale outgained SVSU on the ground 254-163 and totaled 464 yards of offense. Their 38 points are the most that the Cardinals have given up to an opposing team this

year.

“We just didn’t make enough plays,” said junior linebacker Grant Caserta, who led the team with 17 total tackles.”You’re not going to win many games when you give up that many points.”

The Cardinals took a 21-17 lead into halftime behind two first-half touchdown passes from Jennings, but Glendening was too much for the SVSU defense. The junior scored his third and final touchdown in the third quarter; he totaled 373 all-purpose yards in the game.

“We knew stopping him was going to be the key,” Caserta said. “He’s a good back, and we just didn’t do enough to slow him down.” SVSU took the lead in the fourth quarter when senior wide receiver Nick Gallina scored on a reverse to give the Cardinals a 35-31 lead, but it wasn’t enough.

“We didn’t make plays when we needed to make plays,” Jennings said. “We had a good night offensively, but we didn’t get it done in the end.” Jennings finished with 183 yards passing; he added 46 yards on the ground and scored three total touchdowns on the night.

Junior running back Ronnie Lark made his return after missing last week’s game with an ankle injury, rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown.

SVSU travels to face Michigan Tech next Saturday, Oct. 8. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Source: http://www.valleyvanguardonline.com/?p=429 By: Justin Brouckaert

Team Captains

Zach Cecich (TE, JR, #89, son of David and Elizabeth), Paul Webb (DL, SR, #58, son of David and Vicki), and Brandon Williams (DE, SR, #8, son of Karen) represented the Cardinals at the pre-game coin toss.

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Recap of Week #4: Hillsdale College

Cardinals 35 Chargers 38

Box Score Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Hillsdale 7 10 7 14 38

Saginaw Valley 7 14 7 7 35

Scoring Summary:

Qtr Time Scoring Summary HC - SV

1 9:43

Saginaw Valley - J. Jennings 1 yd run. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

0 - 7 Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards in 3:54.

1 1:14

Hillsdale - Joe Glendening 3 yd run. (Colin McGreevy kick is good).

7-Jul Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 3:59.

2 9:33

Saginaw Valley - Nick Gallina 12 yd pass from J. Jennings. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

14-Jul Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:01.

2 5:45

Hillsdale - Joe Glendening 41 yd run. (Colin McGreevy kick is good).

14 - 14 Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards in 3:45.

2 3:20

Saginaw Valley - Jeff Janis 19 yd pass from J. Jennings. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

14 - 21 Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:20.

2 0:02 Hillsdale - Colin McGreevy 31 yd field goal. 17 - 21

3 6:59

Hillsdale - Joe Glendening 1 yd run. (Colin McGreevy kick is good).

24 - 21 Drive: 12 plays, 71 yards in 5:02.

3 1:47

Saginaw Valley - Ronnie Lark 1 yd run. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

24 - 28 Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards in 5:06.

4 14:26

Hillsdale - Anthony Mifsud 9 yd run. (Colin McGreevy kick is good).

31 - 28 Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards in 2:11.

4 7:15

Saginaw Valley - Nick Gallina 10 yd run. (Scott Stanford kick is good).

31 - 35 Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards in 3:42.

4 1:18

Hillsdale - Nick Hixson 8 yd pass from Anthony Mifsud. (Colin McGreevy kick is good).

38 - 35 Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 5:57.

Source: http://athletics.svsu.edu/sports/fball/2011-12/boxscores/20111001_mwqi.xml

SVSU vs. Hillsdale

Nick Gallina (WR, SR, #17, son of Dave and Mary Ann) gains huge yardage after the catch.

Nate Snyder (DE, JR, #94, son of Jack and Leslie), Ryan Busch (DL, SO, #98, son of Jim and Kelly), Jordan Maccoux (DL, SO, #52, son of John and Maria), and Brandon Williams (DE, SR, #8, son of Karen) get ready to stop the Hillsdale offense.

Offensive line gets ready for the snap against the Hillsdale D.

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Team Statistics:

Hillsdale Statistics Saginaw Valley

26 FIRST DOWNS 22

13 Passing 9

11 Rushing 12

2 Penalty 1

69% (11 of 16) THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 62% (8 of 13)

50% (1 of 2) FOURTH DOWN

EFFICIENCY 0% (0 of 2)

210 NET YARDS PASSING 183

16-25 Completions-Attempts 20-28

8.4 Net yards per pass play 6.5

1 for 10 Sacked:Number-Yards 1 for 7

0 Had intercepted 0

254 NET YARDS RUSHING 163

50 Rushing Attempts 42

5.1 Average gain per rush 3.9

2 for 47 PUNTS: Number-Yards 3 for 104

23.5 Average 34.7

140 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 66

0 for 0 Punt Returns:No-Yards 0 for 0

5 for 140 Kickof Returns:No-Yards 6 for 66

0 for 0 Int. Returns:No-Yards 0 for 0

2 for 30 PENALTIES: #-Yards 4 for 34

1-1 FUMBLES: #-Lost 0-0

1 for 7 SACKS: #-Yards 1 for 10

0 for 0 INTERCEPTIONS: #-Yards 0 for 0

33:20:00 TIME OF POSSESSION 26:40:00

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D looks to get ready - L to R is Paul Webb (DL, SR, #58, son of David and Vicki), Nate Snyder (DE, JR, #94, son of Jack and Leslie), Murtada Jabbie (DE, RFR, #40), Grant Caserta (LB, JR, #47, son of Jim and Deb), and Jeff Heath (DB, JR, #5, son of Mike and Dianne).

Christian Babini (OL, SO, #65, son of Christian and Jackie) and Zach Cecich (TE, JR, #89, son of David and Elizabeth) celebrate in the end zone after a Cardinal TD.

Scott Stanford (K, FR, #38, son of Steve and Kris) gets ready to kick off while Isaac Zimmer (DB, JR, #24, son of Rick and Renee) gets ready to defend on the kick return.

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Individual Statistics:

Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT

J. Jennings 20-28 183 2 0

Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD

Ronnie Lark 21 76 3.6 23 1

J. Jennings 10 39 3.9 12 1

Tim Hogue 7 25 3.6 8 0

Nick Gallina 2 21 10.5 11 1

Jeff Janis 1 3 3 3 0

Team 1 -1 -1 0 0

Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD

Jeff Janis 7 70 10 19 1

Nick Gallina 6 57 9.5 21 1

Ronnie Lark 4 25 6.2 8 0

Mike Peterson 2 19 9.5 14 0

Tim Hogue 1 12 12 12 0

Kicking FG LG XP PTS

Scott Stanford 5-5 5

Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20

Alec Smith 3 104 34.7 43 0 1

Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB

Scott Stanford 6 374 62.3 1 0

Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD

Tim Hogue 1 20 20 20 0

David Pardun 1 7 7 7 0

Adrian Baker 3 37 12.3 18 0

Ryan Busch 1 2 2 2 0 http://athletics.svsu.edu/sports/fball/2011-12/boxscores/20111001_mwqi.xml

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Defensive Statistics

# Saginaw Valley Solo Ast Total Sacks-

Yds TFL-Yds

FF FR-Yds

BrUp

47 Grant Caserta 3 14 17 - 0.5 - 1 -

27 Dex Teen 2 12 14 - - -

4 DeAngelo Parris 5 4 9 - - -

20 D. Middlebrooks 5 3 8 - - - 1

41 Brian Johnson 2 6 8 - - - 1

58 Paul Webb 3 5 8 - - -

94 Nate Snyder 5 3 8 1-10 1.5 - 10 -

8 B. Williams 1 3 4 - - -

37 Rodney Gallon 1 2 3 - - - 1

44 Esham Farha 1 2 3 - - -

98 Ryan Busch 2 1 3 - - -

2 David Toussaint 1 1 2 - - 1 -

5 Jeff Heath 1 1 2 - - -

15 Jesse Siwek 1 0 1 - - -

19 Vai Peko 1 0 1 - - -

24 Isaac Zimmer 0 1 1 - - -

38 Scott Stanford 0 1 1 - - -

40 Murtada Jabbie 0 1 1 - - -

42 Adrian Baker 0 1 1 - - -

90 Daniel Ward 0 1 1 - - -

TM Team - - 1-0

TOTALS 34 62 96 1-10 2-11 1 1-0 3

GLIAC Standings

GLIAC Scoreboard – October 1st GLIAC Schedule – October 8th

Hillsdale 38, Saginaw Valley 35 Saginaw Valley at Michigan Tech Michigan Tech 35, Ohio Dominican 13 Lake Erie at Wayne State Ashland 6, Northwood 3 Indianapolis at Northwood Wayne State 30, Northern Michigan 28 Ferris State at Findlay Indianapolis 45, Findlay 28 Grand Valley at Northern Michigan Ferris State 38, Lake Erie 14 Ohio Dominican at Hillsdale Grand Valley 70, Tiffin 7 Ashland at Tiffin

GLIAC North Division Standings

School Conf

Games All

Games

Ferris State 3-1 4-1

Michigan Tech 3-1 4-1

Saginaw Valley 3-1 3-1

Indianapolis 2-2 3-2

N. Michigan 2-2 3-2

Grand Valley 1-3 2-3

Northwood 0-4 1-4

GLIAC South Division Standings

School Conf

Games All

Games

Wayne State 4-0 5-0

Hillsdale 4-0 4-1

Ashland 3-1 3-2

Findlay 2-2 2-3

Ohio Dominican 1-3 2-3

Lake Erie 0-4 1-4

Tiffin 0-4 0-5

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Photo Recap of the Hillsdale Game <<<Pre-Game Instructions

Grant Caserta (LB, JR, #47, son of Jim and Deb), David Pardun (RB, JR, #31, son of Dave and Robyn), and Major Metcalf (DB, RFR, #26, son of Major and JoAnn) get words of coaching wisdom on the sideline before the game.

Below: The offense gets ready to run a play near the Hillsdale goal line.

<<<Result of the play is a Cardinal Touchdown!

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Defense Recovers the Fumble Brian Johnson (LB, SO, #41, son of Brian and Karen), Jeff Heath (DB, JR, #5, son of Mike and Dianne), Adrian Baker (DE, SO, #42), Ryan Busch (DL, SO, #98, son of Jim and Kelly) and Brandon Williams (DE, SR, #8, son of Karen) all signal that the Cardinals recovered the Charger fumble.

<<<Jonathon Jennings (QB, SO, #11, son of Calvin and Brenda) barks out the signals while Kaleb Forr (OL, SO, #62, son of Kirk and Charlotte) gets ready to snap the ball.

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Upcoming Game of the Week: Michigan Tech

Saginaw Valley State University at Michigan Tech

Cardinals Huskies

2010 Ranking: Not Ranked 2010 Ranking: 21-D2Football.com 2011 Record: 3-1-0 2011 Record: 4-1-0 2010 Record: 4-7-0 2010 Record: 8-2-0 Conference: GLIAC Conference: GLIAC Head Coach: Jim Collins Head Coach: Tom Kearly

2010 Game Score: SVSU 43, Michigan Tech 31 (October 9th)

Lou’s Prediction: SVSU 42 – Michigan Tech 17; Lou says “SVSU will get back on track with a big win in the U.P.” (By Lou Toarmina - father of Frank Toarmina, OL, SR, #60).

Driving Directions to Michigan Tech

“Every Game is a Home Game” Support the Cardinal Football team on the road!

October 8th at Michigan Tech Stadium: Sherman Field School’s Main Campus Address: 1400 Townsend Dr Houghton, MI 49931-1200 Driving Directions Start out going NORTH on BAY RD/MI-84 N toward COLLEGE DR W. Continue to follow MI-84 N. 3.6 miles Merge onto I-75 N (Portions toll). 184.6 miles Merge onto US-2 via EXIT 344B toward MANISTIQUE/ESCANABA. 65.6 miles Turn RIGHT onto MI-77. 17.3 miles Turn LEFT onto MI-28. 35.2 miles Turn LEFT onto E MUNISING AVE/MI-28. Continue to follow MI-28. 37.9 miles Turn RIGHT onto US-41/MI-28. 4.3 miles Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto US-41 W/MI-28 W. Continue to follow US-41 W. 98.9 miles End at 1400 Townsend Dr Houghton, MI 49931-1200

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Published from the 2011 Official SVSU Travel Guide

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