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Augustana vs. SUNY-Cortland Preview

8/30/2017 6:47:00 AM

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Junior Zachary Fuller will be behind center Saturday when Augustana
visits SUNY-Cortland for its 2017 season opener.
 
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The 2017 Augustana football season gets under way Saturday, September 2 as Coach Steve Bell's Vikings travel to Cortland, New York to face SUNY-Cortland in a contest scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CDT. Bell welcomes back 41 letter winners and 16 starters from last year's squad.
 
Junior Zachary Fuller (St. Patrick HS, Schiller Park, Ill.) (50%, 1,520 yds, 10 TD last year), who split time with classmate Luke Bleyer (Williamsville HS, Springfield, Ill.) (59.6%, 1,035 yds, 4 TD) at quarterback in 2016, will get the starting nod against the Red Dragons Saturday. He'll be working behind a re-tooled offensive line that includes defensive converts senior Nathan Magiera (Wauconda HS, Island Lake, Ill.) and sophomore Chaz Williams (Princeton HS, Princeton, Ill.). They'll be joined by returning sophomore starters James Cousin (Oak Park & River Forest HS, Oak Park, Ill.) and Andrew Anderson (Marengo HS, Marengo, Ill.), while another sophomore, Tommy Simon (Notre Dame HS, Chicago, Ill.) moves into the starting center role.
 
Fuller will have junior Ryan Pitra (Geneseo HS, Geneseo, Ill.) (433 yds, 4 TD) in the backfield, while his targets will include sophomores Ethan Jennings (Notre Dame HS, Chicago, Ill.) (15 rec, 252 yds) and Nick Karis (Glenbrook North HS, Northbrook, Ill.) (6 rec, 76 yds).
 
Junior safety John Asquini (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) is one of seven returning starters on the defensive side of the ball. He recorded 36 solo and 30 assisted tackles last year and led the Vikings with four interceptions.
 
Seniors Keith King Jr. (Richwoods HS, Peoria, Ill.) (24 tackles, 3.5 TFL) and Lukas Stoutenour (Cascade HS, Coatesville, Ind.) (17 tackles, 1 sack) return on the defensive line. They'll be joined by classmate Grant Burke (Hersey HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) (26 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 4 sacks), who moves from linebacker, and sophomore Daniel Tjaden (Assumption HS, Bettendorf, Iowa) (14 tackles, 2 sacks), last year's Viking Defensive Rookie of the Year.
 
The linebacking corps includes returning starter Cassin Wolfe (Bettendorf HS, Bettendorf, Iowa) (64 tackles, 5 TFL, 2.5 sacks) and senior Travon Aldridge (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) (35 tackles, 1 int, 5 breakups), who moves after three years as a starting cornerback.
 
Senior Jacob Stytz (Minooka HS, Channahon, Ill.), will handle Augustana's kicking and punting duties. He was a first team All-CCIW pick in 2016 after converting all 22 of his extra point attempts and nine of 12 field goal tries with a long of 46 yards. He's got a current streak of 62 consecutive successful point-after attempts and averaged 41.7 yards per punt last year.
 
Saturday's opponent, SUNY-Cortland, finished 5-6 a year ago and 3-5 in the Empire 8 Conference. Dan McNeill is in his 21st season as the Red Dragons' head coach.

Senior Steven Ferreira, one of five signal callers who logged at least one start for Cortland in 2016, assumes the starting role against the Vikings. He completed 40 of 65 (61.5%) passes for 577 yards and four touchdowns last year. Sophomore Brett Segala, who threw for 1,118 yards and 11 touchdowns in just four games last year, is listed as the backup.
 
Juniors Alex Wasserman (17 rec, 188 yds, 1 TD) and Nick Anderson (8-89-0) are the top returning Red Dragon receivers. Cortland's top two running backs, sophomore Zach Tripodi (398 yds, 6.0 ypc, 5 TD) and junior Johnnie Akins (277-3.3-4) return as well.
 
Cortland's top returner on defense is junior linebacker Mark DeLuise, who was second on the team with 72 tackles year ago, including six for loss and two sacks.
 
 
2016 AUGUSTANA VIKINGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/SCORE
September 2 Cortland State Cortland, N.Y. 12:00 p.m. EDT 
September 9 Central Pella, Iowa 1:00 p.m.  
September 16 Carroll Waukesha, Wis. 6:00 p.m.
September 23 Carthage Family Weekend HOME 6:00 p.m.
September 30 Elmhurst Elmhurst, Ill. 1:00 p.m.
October 7 Illinois Wesleyan HOME 1:00 p.m.
October 14 Millikin Homecoming HOME 1:00 p.m.
October 21 North Central Naperville, Ill. 2:00 p.m.
October 28  North Park Senior Day HOME      1:00 p.m.
November 4 Wheaton Wheaton, Ill. 1:00 p.m.
* - College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin game


2016 CCIW STANDINGS
School CCIW Overall
North Central 8-0 11-1
Wheaton 7-1 11-2
Illinois Wesleyan 6-2 7-2
Carthage 5-3 7-3
Elmhurst 4-4 5-5
Millikin 3-5 4-6
Augustana 2-6 3-7
Carroll 1-7 1-9
North Park 0-8 1-9

THIS WEEK'S GAMES
 
Thursday, August 31
Greenville at Millikin, 7:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, September 2
AUGUSTANA at SUNY-Cortland, 11:00 p.m. CDT
UW-Whitewater at Illinois Wesleyan, 1:00 p.m.
Loras at Elmhurst, 1:00 p.m.
Carthage at Aurora, 1:00 p.m.
Carroll at Lakeland, 6:00 p.m.
North Park at Anderson, 6:00 p.m.
Wheaton at Benedictine, 7:00 p.m.
Robert Morris-Chicago at North Central, 7:00 p.m.
 

HEAD COACH STEVE BELL
Steve Bell was introduced as the 19th head coach in the storied history of Augustana football on January 9, 2015. In 15 seasons as the head football coach at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, Bell fashioned a 112-44 (.718) overall record. During his tenure at Monmouth, his teams won four Midwest Conference championships (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011) and finished second six times. Augustana has gone 7-13 during Bell's first two seasons. He is a 1992 graduate of Bemidji State University with a degree in physical education.
 

BELL'S RECORD AS HEAD COACH

                                          OVERALL                    CONFERENCE      
YEAR W L PCT W L PCT Finish SCHOOL
2000 3 7 .300 3 6 .333 8th Monmouth
2001 8 2 .800 6 2 .750 3rd Monmouth
2002 5 5 .500 5 4 .556 4th-T Monmouth
2003 8 2 .800 8 1 .889 2nd Monmouth
2004 9 1 .900 8 1 .889 2nd Monmouth
2005 10 1 .909 9 0 1.000 1st Monmouth
2006 7 3 .700 7 2 .778 2nd-T Monmouth
2007 7 3 .700 7 2 .778 2nd-T Monmouth
2008 11 1 .917 9 0 1.000 1st Monmouth
2009 10 1 .909 9 0 1.000 1st Monmouth
2010 6 4 .600 6 3 .667 2nd Monmouth
2011 10 2 .833 9 0 1.000 1st Monmouth
2012 5 5 .500 5 4 .556 5th-T Monmouth
2013 5 5 .500 5 4 .556 6th-T Monmouth
2014 8 2 .800 4 1 .800 2nd (South) Monmouth
Monmouth Totals 112 44 .718 100 30 .769
2015 4 6 .400 3 4 .429 5th Augustana
2016 3 7 .300 2 6 .250 7th Augustana
2017 0 0 - 0 0 - Augustana
Augustana Totals 7 13 .350 5 10 .333
CAREER TOTALS 119 57 .676 105 40 .724
 

STEVE BELL BY THE NUMBERS: Here is a closer look at Steve Bell's record at Augustana

OVERALL CCIW
YR W L PCT W L PCT FINISH SEP OCT NOV H A
2015 4 6 .400 3 4 .429 5th 1-2 2-3 1-1 2-4 2-2
2016 3 7 .300 2 6 .250 7th 2-2 1-4 0-1 1-4 2-3
2017 0 0 - 0 0 - 0-0
CAREER 7 13 .350 5 10 .333 3-4 3-7 1-2 3-8 4-5
 

BELL AGAINST THE OPPOSITION (at Augustana)

TEAM GAMES W L FIRST MEETING LAST MEETING
Albion 1 0 1 2015 – L, 49-60
Carroll 1 1 0 2016 – W, 41-14
Carthage 2 0 2 2015 – L, 27-39 2016 – L, 24-27
Central 1 0 1 2016 – L, 17-45
Elmhurst 2 1 1 2015 – W, 9-3 2016 – L, 3-14
Illinois Wesleyan 2 0 2 2015 – L, 7-21 2016 – L, 6-42
Loras 1 0 1 2015 – L, 52-56
Millikin 2 1 1 2015 – W, 42-10 2016 – L, 35-43
Mount St. Joseph 2 2 0 2015 – W, 42-39 2016 – W, 21-10
North Central 2 0 2 2015 – L, 10-27 2016 – L, 21-42
North Park 2 2 0 2015 – W, 45-7 2016 – W, 13-7
SUNY-Cortland 0 0 0
Wheaton 1 0 1 2015 – L, 14-31 2016 – L, 14-37
 
 
2017 AUGUSTANA FOOTBALL TWO DEEP
POS NO NAME HT WT YR HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
OFFENSE
WR 7 Ethan Jennings 6-1 195 So Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame College Prep
86 Max Uranich 6-1 180 Fr La Salle, Ill./La Salle Peru
TE 17 Danny Oliger 6-2 232 Sr Davenport, Iowa/Central
89 Brandon Leggett 6-3 230 Sr San Antonio, Texas/San Juan Hills
LT 58 Andrew Anderson 6-4 263 So Marengo, Ill./ Marengo
77 Dan Foley 6-6 300 Jr Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport
LG 55 Nathan Magiera 6-3 245 Sr Island Lake, Ill./Wauconda
57 Chris Gort 6-2 270 Sr Spring Grove, Ill./Richmond Burton
OC 73 Tommy Simon 5-10 235 So Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame College Prep
70 Michael Reid 6-0 260 So Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington
RG 72 James Cousin 6-0 260 So Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park River Forest
71 Matt McKay 6-0 280 So Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel
RT 74 Chaz Williams 6-5 272 So Princeton, Ill./Princeton
76 Cameron Lundquist 6-3 270 Fr Loves Park, Ill./Belvidere North
WR 10 Nick Karis 5-11 180 So Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North
19 Riley Donald 5-10 195 Sr Morton, Ill./Morton
QB 12 Zachary Fuller 6-5 228 Jr Glen Ellyn, Ill./St. Patrick
9 Luke Bleyer 6-2 210 Jr Springfield, Ill./Williamsville
FB 30 Ryan Black 5-7 195 Jr Tampa, Fla./Tampa Jesuit
32 Austin Chausse 5-11 220 Sr Nokomis, Ill./Nokomis
RB 34 Ryan Pitra 5-10 195 Jr Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo
15 Bobby Jarosz 5-8 183 So Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect
DEFENSE
DE 94 Daniel Tjaden 6-2 235 So Bettendorf, Iowa/Assumption
1 Austin Nice 6-2 235 Jr Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community
DT 45 Kegan North 6-3 250 So Fulton, Ill./Fulton
97 Ike McGuire 5-11 230 So Wonder Lake, Ill./Marian Central Catholic
NT 99 Lukas Stoutenour 6-3 280 Sr Coatesville, Ind./Cascade
91 Kyle Connor 6-3 230 So Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic
DE 25 Grant Burke 5-11 232 Sr Arlington Heights, Ill./Hersey
92 Xavier Holley 6-2 215 So Davenport, Iowa/Bettendorf
LB 39 Cassin Wolfe 6-1 210 Jr Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf
48 Grant McFadden 5-11 225 Sr Orlando, Fla./Colonial
LB 47 Travon Aldridge 5-11 187 Sr Rock Island, Ill./Rock Island
35 Danny Giffels 5-11 233 Sr Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge
LB 59 Sam Francis 5-11 210 So River Forest, Ill./Oak Park River Forest
52 Luke Sawicki 6-0 212 So Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley
CB 27 Zach Stewart 5-11 170 Fr Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point
21 Luke Phelan 5-10 170 So Shorewood, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy
S 33 Devin Haxby 5-8 185 So Colona, Ill./Geneseo
22 Bryson Adcock 6-0 175 So North Liberty, Iowa/ Iowa City West
S 2 John Asquini 5-10 190 Jr Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove
29 John Kappel 5-11 176 Fr Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling
CB 3 Dario Ingardona 5-11 189 Jr Cherry Valley, Ill./Rockford Lutheran
6 J.J. Cervino 6-0 190 So Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville
SPECIAL
KO 20 Jacob Stytz 5-10 175 Sr Channahon,Ill./Minooka
PK 20 Jacob Stytz 5-10 175 Sr Channahon,Ill./Minooka
P 20 Jacob Stytz 5-10 175 Sr Channahon,Ill./Minooka
SNAP 89 Brandon Leggett 6-3 230 Sr San Antonio, Texas/San Juan Hills
HOLD 19 Riley Donald 5-10 195 Sr Morton, Ill./Morton
 

2017 SUNY-CORTLAND FOOTBALL TWO DEEP
POS NO NAME HT WT YR HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
OFFENSE
WR 82 Josh Ramirez 6-2 200 So Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse
80 Jason Carlock 6-2 210 Fr Babylon, N.Y./Babylon
TE 45 Dave Stegemann 6-3 240 So Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius
13 Robert Keith 6-2 210 Fr White Plains, N.Y./Scarsdale
LT 73 Thomas Cornelius 6-5 285 Sr Brooktondale, N.Y./Ithaca
64 Jake Smith 6-2 280 Fr Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush
LG 79 Russell Howard 6-2 280 So New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield
74 Bobby Christ 6-2 250 Fr Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai
OC 66 Dan Bach 6-1 270 Sr Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley
78 Nolan Foley 6-0 275 Fr Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh
RG 63 Russell Lugbauer 6-1 270 So Poughkeepsie, N.Y./
68 Eugene Stumme 6-2 270 Jr Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford
RT 72 Travis Alvarez 6-8 270 So Keport, N.J./Keyport
70 David Aaronson 6-4 265 So Roslyn, N.Y./Herricks
WR 6 Angelo Foster 5-10 150 So Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy
88 Ethan Dumetz-Evans 6-3 180 Fr Troy, N.Y./Troy
WR 10 Nick Anderson 6-2 200 Jr Jacksonville, Fla./Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)
26 Alex Wasserman 5-8 180 Jr Closter, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest
QB 12 Steven Ferreira 6-1 205 Sr West Sayville, N.Y./Sayville
9 Brett Segala 6-0 195 So Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder
TB 3 Johnnie Akins 5-9 200 Jr Roosevelt, N.Y./ Roosevelt
7 Zach Tripodi 5-10 195 So New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield
DEFENSE
DE 99 Dan Appley 6-2 265 Jr Herkimer, N.Y./Herkimer
58 J.J. Pasqualone 6-2 210 So Valhalla, N.Y./Valhalla
DT 90 Cory McArthur 6-0 265 So Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs
44 Tanner Olson 6-3 240 Jr Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa
DE 52 Dylan Ferrari 6-1 250 So Port Jefferson, N.Y./Newfield
93 Brendan Maloney 6-2 220 So Schenectady, N.Y./Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons
OLB 39 Gregory Alfieri 5-11 205 So Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake
37 Paul Imperiale 6-3 230 Fr East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow
ILB 50 Miles Kearns 5-10 215 So Alexandria Bay, N.Y./Alexandria
51 Ifeanyi Emeh 5-11 205 Fr Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier
ILB 33 Mark DeLuise 6-0 215 Jr Wayne, N.J./Wayne Valley
49 Darrius Bryant 5-9 195 Jr Fort Drum, N.Y./Indian River
OLB 28 Dylan Studer 5-10 190 So Chenango Forks, N.Y./Chenango Forks
32 Ben Tietjen 6-1 205 So Bethlehem, N.Y./Bethlehem
CB 5 Max Jean 5-9 175 Jr Lakeview, N.Y./Malverne
20 Dezmund Hunter 5-10 155 So Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic
FS 11 Isaac Hicks 6-3 190 Jr Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis
24 Brandon Stevenson 5-9 195 Sr Batavia, N.Y./Batavia
SS 2 Brandon Lewis 5-9 170 Jr Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury
29 Myles Christian 5-8 175 So Landover, Md./Friendly
CB 8 D'monte Woody 5-9 180 So Freeport, N.Y./Freeport
21 Taj Anderson 5-9 170 Jr New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle
SPECIAL
KO 25 Nick Mongelli 6-0 200 So Marlboro, N.Y./Marlboro
PK 87 William Holscher 6-2 195 Sr Commack, N.Y./Commack
P 25 Nick Mongelli 6-0 200 So Marlboro, N.Y./Marlboro
KR 26 Alex Wasserman 5-8 180 Jr Closter, N.J./Northern Valley Demarest
6 Angelo Foster 5-10 150 So Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy
PR 2 Brandon Lewis 5-9 170 Jr Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury
SNAP 57 Joe Pellizzari 6-3 220 Sr Solvay, N.Y./Solvay
HOLD 9 Brett Segala 6-0 195 So Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder
 
 
2016 AUGUSTANA VIKINGS STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS 
CATEGORY NUMBER OPPONENT DATE
Individual Offense
Most Points 12 – Ryan Hennessy Central 09/10/16
12 – Bobby Jarosz Carroll 09/17/16
12 – Ryan Pitra Carroll 09/17/16
12 – Danny Lattner Millikin 10/15/16
12 – Ryan Hennessy North Central 10/22/16
Most Points Kicking 11 – Jacob Stytz Carroll 09/17/16
Most Touchdowns 2 – Ryan Hennessy Central 09/10/16
2 – Bobby Jarosz Carroll 09/17/16
2 – Ryan Pitra Carroll 09/17/16
2 – Danny Lattner Millikin 10/15/16
2 – Ryan Hennessy North Central 10/22/16
Most Extra Points 5 – Jacob Stytz Carroll 09/17/16
Most Yards Total Offense 285 – Zachary Fuller Carroll 09/17/16
Most Yards Rushing 85 – Ryan Pitra North Park 10/29/16
Most Rushing Attempts 26 – Ryan Pitra North Park 10/29/16
Most Yards Passing 316 – Zachary Fuller Carroll 09/17/16
Most Pass Attempts 42 – Zachary Fuller Carthage 09/24/16
Most Pass Completions 22 – Luke Bleyer North Central 10/22/16
Most Yards Receiving 147 – Danny Lattner Millikin 10/15/16
Most Pass Receptions 10 – Danny Lattner Millikin 10/15/16
Team Offense
Most Points 41 Carroll 09/17/16
Most Touchdowns 5 Carroll 09/17/16
5 Millikin 10/15/16
Most Total Yards 470 Carroll 09/17/16
Most Yards Rushing 151 Carroll 09/17/16
Most Yards Passing 363 Millikin 10/15/16
Most Passing Attempts 57 North Central 10/22/16
Most Completions 30 Millikin 10/15/16
30 North Central 10/22/16
Most First Downs Total 27 Millikin 10/15/16
Most First Downs Rushing 8 Carroll 09/17/16
8 Millikin 10/15/16
Most First Downs Passing 19 Millikin 10/15/16
Most First Downs Penalty 4 Carthage 09/24/16
Most Rushes 45 North Park 10/29/16
Most Plays 87 North Central 10/22/16
Individual Defense
Most Total Tackles 14 – Jack Asquini Elmhurst 10/01/16
14 – Jack Asquini Central 09/10/16
Most Solo Tackles 9 – Frank Kalble Carthage 09/24/16
Most Assisted Tackles 9 – Jack Asquini Elmhurst 10/01/16
Most Interceptions 1 – 9 times
Most Fumble Recoveries 1 – 6 times
Most Quarterback Sacks 2 – Jack Asquini Mount St. Joseph 09/03/16
2 – Daniel Tjaden Carroll 09/17/16
2 – Jack Asquini North Park 10/29/16
Most Tackles for Loss 4.5 – Jack Asquini Mount St. Joseph 09/03/16
Team Defense
Fewest Points 7 North Park 10/29/16
Fewest Plays 56 North Park 10/29/16
Fewest Rushing Attempts 28 North Park 10/29/16
Fewest Total Yards 221 Carroll 09/17/16
Fewest Rushing Yards 38 Mount St. Joseph 09/03/16
Fewest Passing Yards 137 Carroll 09/17/16
Fewest Pass Completions 10 Carroll 09/17/16
10 North Park 10/29/16
Most Interceptions 3 Mount St. Joseph 09/03/16
3 North Park 10/29/16
Most Fumble Recoveries 2 North Central 10/22/16
Fewest Total First Downs 12 North Park 10/29/16
Fewest Rushing First Downs 2 North Park 10/29/16
Fewest Passing First Downs 4 Carroll 09/17/16
Fewest Penalty First Downs 0 Elmhurst 10/01/16
 
 
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