10-26-08

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming College placekicker Scott Erikson and the Warrior football team earned weekly recognition after an upset victory against No. 22 Delaware Valley on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Erikson, a senior from New Providence, N.J., was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week.

With constant rain, winds over 20 miles-per-hour and messy field conditions that contributed to 11 total fumbles, Erikson was able to connect on a game-winning 18-yard field goal midway through the third-quarter to propel the Warriors past the Aggies, 10-7.

Lycoming, which hasn’t been nationally ranked since the preseason poll in 2004, earned eight points in the latest D3Football.com top-25 poll. The Warriors are the only MAC team in the poll after Delaware Valley dropped out of the rankings this week.

Lycoming travels to Madison, N.J. for a 1 p.m. kickoff at FDU-Florham on Saturday, Nov. 1.

D3Football.com Top-25 Poll – Week 8

#             School

1             Mount Union 

2             North Central (Ill.)

3             Wabash 

4             Muhlenberg

5             Millsaps 

6             UW-Whitewater

7             Cortland State 

8             Mary Hardin-Baylor

9             Washington and Jefferson

10           Wesley

11           Willamette

12           Hardin-Simmons 

13           Case Western Reserve

14           Trinity (Texas)

15           Wheaton (Ill.)

16           Salisbury

17           UW-Stevens Point

18           Otterbein

19           UW-Eau Claire

20           Occidental 

21           Ithaca

22           RPI

23           Montclair State

24           Franklin

25           Trine

Others receiving votes: Monmouth 35, Concordia-Moorhead 33, Hampden-Sydney 26, Hartwick 17, Rowan 14, Redlands 14, St. John's 11, Christopher Newport 11, Catholic 8, Linfield 8, Lycoming 8, Wartburg 5, Curry 5, St. John Fisher 4, Carleton 4, Thomas More 2, Trinity (Conn.) 2, Worcester Polytech 2