D3FOOTBALL.COM WEEKLY POLL
SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University football team (6-1-0, 3-0-0 in ACFC) remained at No. 17 in the D3football.com top 25 Poll, posted on the website Sunday, following their 41-16 victory over Division I-AA St. Peter’s on Saturday at Sea Gull Field. The Sea Gulls received 209 points in the poll. Conference opponent Wesley, previously No. 22, was bounced from the top 25 following their lopsided loss to Brockport State, 47-0. 

Satchell rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns against the Peacock defense to lead the Sea Gulls to a 41-16 victory. In the previous week, Satchell rushed for 189 yards and five touchdowns in Salisbury’s 66-20 victory over Buffalo State. The five touchdowns against the Bengals tied a conference record. 

Three other Sea Gulls received honorable mentions. Senior defensive back Byron Westbrook (Ft. Washington, MD/Dematha) was recognized for his two interception performance. Sophomore punter Bryan Prichard (Frederick, MD/Thomas Johnson), who averaged 41 yards on three punts, and freshman linebacker Justin Ritter (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna), who had seven tackles, received the other honorable mentions. 

The Sea Gulls will travel to Dover, DE Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff against conference opponent Wesley. The Wolverines are coming off a surprising 47-0 defeat at the hands of Brockport State. The team returns home November 5 to take on Widener University at Sea Gull Stadium. The team will close out the regular season November 12 as they travel to Towson, MD to take on Frostburg State in the annual Regents Cup game.

The visiting Peacocks put the pressure on the Sea Gulls early, as they scored on the first possession of the game. Following a first down run by Sean Mayers, the Sea Gulls halted the drive, highlighted by a sack of quarterback Scott Bonnono by junior Billy Leinemann (Ocean City, MD/Stephen Decatur) that went for 16 yards on second down. The drive was kept alive, however, by a penalty for roughing the kicker on the Sea Gulls. The Peacocks, given new life, scored as Bonnono found wide receiver Jaleel Kindell for a 72 yard strike for the touchdown, giving St. Peter’s the early 7-0 lead. 

On the ensuing drive, the Sea Gulls coughed up the ball at the Peacock’s 47 yard line. The drive was aided again by a penalty, as a personal foul call on the Sea Gulls placed St. Peter’s on the Salisbury 31. The Peacocks drove into field goal range, but was halted by the Salisbury defense as senior defensive back Byron Westbrook (Ft. Washington, MD/DeMatha) intercepted the Bonnono pass at the 27 yard line. 

St. Peter’s again forced a Salisbury turnover on the ensuing drive, as senior Teddy Savage (Owings Mills, MD/Poly) fumbled the ball at the St. Peter’s 26. The defense, however, forced the Peacocks to punt following three plays. 

In the second quarter, the Peacocks again threatened to score another touchdown until Bonnono was picked off again by Westbrook, this time in the end zone. It was Westbrook’s third interception of the season.  In the previous week against Buffalo State, Westbrook broke the school record for most interception return yards, previously held by his head coach Sherman Wood (1980-1983), with a 32 yard interception return. He now has 11 career interceptions and 148 career interception return yards. 

Following this turnover, the Salisbury offense came alive. The Sea Gulls marched down the field and scored as quarterback Travis Peters (La Plata, MD/McDonough) found wide receiver Joseph Early (New Market, MD/Linganore) for a 33 yard touchdown reception to tie the score at seven.

On the next St. Peter’s possession, the Salisbury defense then forced another turnover as a Sean Mayers fumble was recovered at the St. Peter’s 33 by senior Jacquis McCray (Silver Spring, MD/Kennedy). The Salisbury offense then punched in the ball, as Peters used the option around the right end to run into the end zone standing up to give the Sea Gulls the lead, 14-7. 

The Sea Gulls would halt the Peacocks on three plays, and then blocked a punt on special teams. Peters again scored on an option end around for nine yards to extend the Sea Gull lead to 21-7. After forcing St. Peter’s to turn the ball over on downs, Salisbury completed a seven play, 65 yard drive that ended with one of Satchell’s three rushing touchdowns on the day. Boland would miss the extra point, as Salisbury would lead 27-7 at halftime. 

As the third quarter began, St. Peter’s would mount a brief rally to get back into the game. After a Salisbury six play, 53 yard drive ended in a missed field goal by Brock Boland, the Peacocks would cash in with three points, as Vincent Privitelli connected from 26 yards out to make the score 27-10. Salisbury would attempt to get the ball back on the kickoff, but the attempt was muffed by Anthony Johnson (Temple Hills, MD/McNamara) and the Peacocks recovered the ball. The St. Peter’s drive would end in a touchdown for the Peacocks, as running back Shaun Puluse rushed it in from three yards out on the score. The ensuing extra point was blocked, as the score stood at 27-16. 

Salisbury began the fourth quarter with a score, as Satchell ran in from three yards out for his second touchdown on the afternoon to extend the lead to 34-16, completing a nine play, 51 yard drive. The Sea Gulls then limited the Peacocks to a three and out. On the ensuing drive, Peters and Satchell marched the Sea Gulls down the field. Satchell would score his third touchdown on the day, behind tackles Spencer Henderson (Bethesda, MD/Georgetown Prep.) and Kristos Miliotis (Odenton, MD/Arundel) to make the final score, 41-16. 

Along with Satchell’s rushing heroics, Peters contributed 68 yards on the ground in 11 attempts, followed by Francis Bryant (Bryans Road, MD/Lackey) with 43 yards on four attempts, and Antwoine Jackson (Waldorf, MD/Westlake) with 41 yards on seven attempts. Peters led the Sea Gull passing attack with 75 yards on 5-of-7 attempts. Joseph Early had 61 yards receiving on three receptions. The team as a whole had 482 yards of total offense, including 407 yards on the ground. 

The Peacocks were led on the ground by Sean Mayers, who had 27 net yards rushing on six attempts. Quaterback Scott Bonnono passed for 304 yards and a touchdown on 28 of 46 passing attempts. The team had two players reach 100 yards receiving, as Jaleel Kindell had 114 yards on nine receptions and a touchdown and John Bond had 126 yards on five receptions. The Peacocks finished with 354 total yards, including 304 in the air. 

Defensively, the Sea Gulls were led by Leinemann, who had 11 total tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery, followed by Justin Ritter (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna) with seven tackles and a sack, and senior captain Andrew Deming (Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills) with six tackles and a sack for a 15 yard loss. 

St. Peter’s John Hartenfels contributed 12 total tackles, 10 unassisted. Terrance Wright followed with nine. The Peacocks recorded four sacks, one apiece by Will Mitchell, Sydney Murray, Jahma Reynolds, and John Robinson. 

The Sea Gulls return to action next weekend, as they travel to Dover, DE for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff against ACFC conference opponent Wesley College. The Wolverines, who came into the game ranked No. 25 in the Division III football, are coming off a shocking 47-0 loss to Brockport St in New York.

Salisbury senior running back Leroy Satchell (Baltimore, Md./Waynesboro) carried the ball 16 times for 189 yards (11.5 avg.) and came within one touchdown of the SU school record as he crossed the goal line five times. Satchell now has 739 yards rushing on the year and has scored 13 touchdown. The Sea Gull offense also came close to breaking a school mark, finishing the day with 627 total yards. The school mark was set in 1988 against Frostburg State when the Gulls recorded 633 yards of offense.

The turning point of the contest came late in the second quarter as Salisbury (5-1, 3-0 ACFC) led 21-14 and was trying to make a play to put the Bengals (1-4, 0-3 ACFC) away. Buffalo State had taken over on its own six yard line and had moved to into Salisbury territory. Senior quarterback Mike Mikolaichik (Hilton, NY/Hilton) had just hit senior Jeff Shostak (E. Smethport, Pa./Smethport Area) with a 21-yard completion to set up a fourth-and-two situation at the Sea Gull 40. But senior Andrew Deming (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) and senior Nick Good-Malloy (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) stuffed Bob Vesona (Depew, NY/Depew) for no gain on fourth down, giving the ball back to SU.

Salisbury’s offense then drove 60 yards in six plays as Satchell scored his third touchdown of the day. He went off right tackle and scored standing up and Brock Boland’s (Newfield, NJ/Delsea Regional) point after gave the Gulls a 28-14 halftime lead that appeared to take the bite out of the Bengals. The Sea Gulls, who entered the day as the NCAA Division III No.1 rushing team (384.0 ypg) and the No.5 scoring team (46.2 ppg), ran for 259 yards in the second half to finish with 448 on the ground. SU scored 38 of its 66 points in the final 30 minutes.

Sea Gull senior quarterback Travis Peters (LaPlata, Md./McDonough) improved to 6-0 as a starter, completing 6-of-9 passes for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Senior Joseph Early (New Market, Md./Linganore) hauled in two aerials for 100 yards and a touchdown and Chris Newton (Pasadena, Md./Glen Burnie) pulled in two for 22 yards. Junior Francis Bryant (Bryans Road, Md./Lackey) caught a 54-yard touchdown pass as well.

Four other SU players rushed for more than 40 yards. Newton ran seven times for 63 yards (9.0 avg.), junior Teddy Savage (Owings Mills, Md./Poly) rushed for 53 yards on five carries (10.6 avg.) and freshman Ronnie Shockley (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) had a 48-yard scoring run.

Buffalo State had its share of big offensive plays during the game. Mikolaichik connected on 18-of-34 passes for 242 yards, a pair of touchdowns and one interception. Greg Meyer (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) was his favorite target, pulling in seven for 135 yards and two scores.

Vesona was the leading ground gainer for the Bengals – who ran for 237 as a team while finishing with 498 total yards. Vesona hauled the pigskin 15 times for 156 yards and a touchdown, averaging 10.4 yards per carry.

Salisbury, which leads the ACFC in third down conversions allowed, giving up first downs on only 16.4 percent of the opportunities, held the Bengals to 6-of-19 (31.6%), while the SU offense converted 4-of-9 offensively.

The Sea Gulls took advantage of a Justin Ritter (Smyrna, De./Smyrna) fumble recovery in the opening quarter to go up 7-0. SU only had to drive 16 yards for the touchdown and Satchell slipped three tackles and scored standing up with 6:39 remaining in the period. Boland’s extra point was good and the Gulls led 7-0.

A short time later, Peters hit Bryant racing down the middle of the field for a 54-yard scoring toss with 5:15 left in the opening period. Boland gave SU a 14-0 lead with the PAT.

After stopping the Bengals again, Satchell completed a five-play, 66-yard drive with a 19-yard scoring run to boost the Salisbury lead to 21-0 with 1:52 left in the first quarter.

Buffalo State cut the lead to 21-14 with an 11- and a 44-yard touchdown pass from Mikolaaichik to Greg Meyer (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster). Eric Buchanan (Hamburg, NY/Frontier) tacked on the point after both times to pull the Bengals to within 21-14 with 11:18 left in the half.

After scoring a late touchdown in the second quarter, Satchell took up in the second half where he left off in the first. After a 38-yard kickoff return by Byron Westbrook (Fort Washington, Md./DeMatha) to start the half, Satchell went off right  tackle, broke into the secondary and sprinted into the endzone to give SU a 35-14 lead.

Bolland extended the lead to 45-20 with a 39-yard field goal and Satchell answered a touchdown by the Bengals with a 65-yard scoring run.

Peters and Early teamed up for an 86-yard scoring pass 55 seconds into the fourth quarter to boost the SU lead to 52-50, and Bryant had a 17-yard score and Shockley scored from 48-yards out to close the scoring.

Ritter led the Sea Gull defensive charge in his first start. The freshman tallied four solo tackles and led the team with eight total. He also had one tackle behind the line of scrimmage for a six-yard loss and recovered a fumble. Andrew Deming (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) secured six tackles, one for a six-yard loss. He also forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and had a quarterback sack. Five of Matt Feiser’s (Hagerstown, Md./Smithburg) five tackles were behind the line of scrimmage for nine yards in losses. James Jones (Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern) also tallied five tackles.

Matt Tarasek (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech) led all tacklers with seven unassisted tackles and 10 total. He also recovered a pair of fumbles.

The road ahead for Salisbury won’t get much easier as the Sea Gulls host Division I-AA St. Peter’s College next Saturday at 1 p.m.

Boland won Special Teams Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. He converted 10 out of 10 extra points to set both a school record and a conference record in Salisbury’s 77-13 victory over Newport News Apprentice. 

Boland shared the award with Frostburg State defensive end Ryan Cutsail. Cutsail returned a block punt 23 yards for a touchdown and contributed to stop a key drive in the Bobcats’ 27-26 victory over Buffalo State. 

Curley won Rookie of the Week honors after leading the Sea Gulls in rushing on Saturday. He ran for 74 yards and scored two touchdowns on eight carriers. He was also a perfect three for three in passing for 22 yards. 

Freshman linebacker Justin Ritter (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna) received honorable mentions for the Defensive Player of the Week award. Ritter had five tackles, three for a loss. 

Junior slot back Francis Bryant (Bryans Road, MD/Lackey) received a honorable mention for the Offensive Player of the Week award. Bryant led the Sea Gulls in receiving with 116 yards on four receptions. He also had 17 yards rushing on three carries. 

The Sea Gulls football team enjoys a bye week in week five. They return to action Saturday, October 15, as they host conference opponent Buffalo State. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

Senior Brock Boland Earns Conference Recognition
September 26, 2005 

SALISBURY, Md. - Salisbury senior kicker Brock Boland (Newfield, NJ/Delsea Regional) was named ACFC Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday following his flawless performance in Salisbury’s 31-27 loss to Montclair State. 

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