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FROSTBURG STATE (7-3, 6-3 MEC) VS WEST LIBERTY (4-6, 3-6 MEC)

-When: Saturday November 12, 2022
-Where: West Liberty, W. Va.
-Stadium: West Family Stadium (4,000)
-Kickoff: 1 p.m.
-Live Audio: (99.5 DZN Cumberland)
- Live Stats: (West Liberty Live Stats)

SERIES BREAKDOWN

-All-Time Series: FSU 4-3-1
-First Meeting: 1965, WL 26-12
-Last Meeting: 2021, FSU 56-3
-Streak: FSU +3

GAME NOTES

-LAST TIME OUT FOR FROSTBURG STATE  
   -Frostburg State hit the road last week and traveled down to West Virginia Wesleyan as the two Bobcat schools of the MEC faced-off in Buckhannon. Frostburg State's defense would be the story in the matchup, shutting out WVWC 37-0. Frostburg State kept the WVWC rushing attack silent in the matchup, as they registered -10 total rushing yards. In addition to a season low in rushing yards allowed, FSU forced four turnovers, two interceptions coming from senior LB Dylan Culpen, with one being returned for a 37 yard touchdown and two separate fumble recoveries. The win kept the all time series spotless for FSU, as they have never lost to WVWC.  
   
-SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS 
   -West Liberty traveled to West Virginia State to face the Yellow Jackets last Saturday. After a high flying first quarter that ended 14-14, WVSU would begin to create some separation. WVSU would score the next 14 unanswered to go up 28-14, but WL would add a few more point and set the score at 28-24 at the end of the first half. WVSU would come out in the second half and rack up 14 more unanswered points to lead 42-24 in the fourth. A late touchdown for WL would make the score 42-32, but the Hilltoppers would fall in their road finale.

-WEST LIBERTY HEAD COACH 
   -Roger Waialae leads all MEC coaches in victories with 92 in the midst of his 18th season on the hilltop. Waialae spent one year at Dubuque as offensive coordinator before heading overseas for a year as a player-coach with the Munich Rangers of the German-American Football League. He served two years as offensive coordinator at Bethany (W.Va.) College before coming to West Liberty as an assistant coach in 1992. His 92 wins since taking over as Head Coach in 2005 rank second all-time in WL football history, as he is closing in on Joe Bartell's 118 wins from 1933-56. A native of Hawaii, Waialae is one of only three Pacific Islanders working as an NCAA Head Coach and the only one at the Division II level. 

-RELIABLE HANDS 
    - Redshirt freshman Jordan Marcucci currently ranks fifteenth in the country in TD receptions with 9, that same mark sits him in third in the MEC in the same category. Marcucci also ranks fourteenth in the MEC in scoring, racking up 54 points so far this season.  

-RUSHING ATTACK  
    - The RB tandem of senior Josh Maxwell and redshirt freshman Sean Aaron of remains within the top ten of the MEC in rushing. Maxwell ranks ninth with a stat line of (129 car, 643 yards, 5.0 avg, 80.4 apg) and Aaron sits at tenth with a line of (141 car, 747 yards, 5.3 avg, 74.7 apg).

-SPECIAL TEAMS SPECTACULAR  
   - Junior K Dayne Koontz currently ranks first in the country in field goals per game. He also ranks first in the conference in field goals, (20-28, 71.4 PCT and 51 Long) as well as third in the conference in scoring (87 points). 

-NO FLY ZONE
   - Redshirt Freshman S Wylan Harich ranks 34th in the country in interceptions (0.4 per game), Harich also sits fifth in the MEC with his four on the season. 

-HOW SWEET IT IS
    - Junior LT Gottlieb Ayedze was invited to participate in the 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl on Wednesday Afternoon this week. The Reese's Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 73 years.  

-MEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK AT FSU
   - Senior LB Dylan Culpen picked up the week ten MEC Defensive Player of the Week Award. Culpen, a senior linebacker from Staunton, Va., recorded a team-high seven tackles (1.5 TFL), two interceptions and a sack during Frostburg State's 37-0 win over West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday. He returned one of the interceptions for a 37-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

-ADDITIONAL FSU MEC STATS 
   - Seventh in scoring (27.5 PPG)
    - Sixth in Total Offense (382.4 YPG)
    - Second in Total Defense (319.4 YPG Allowed)
    - Second in Offensive Rushing Yards (189.2 PG)
    - First in Defensive Rushing Yards Allowed (103.2 YPG)
    - Ninth in Passing Yards (193.2 YPG)
    - Sixth in Passing Yards Allowed (216.2 YPG)
    - Fifth in Sacks Against (16)
    - Fourth in Interceptions (15 for 105 yards, 7.0 Avg Return, 1 TD)
    - Fifth in 3rd Down Conversion (56-148, 37.8%)
    - Ninth in Opponent 3rd Down Conversion (60-151, 39.7%)
    - Third in Fourth Down Conversion (6-11, 54.5%)
    - Second in Penalties (76 for 633 yards)
    - Sixth in Red Zone Offense (31-41, 75.6%, 22 TDs, 13-17 FG), Second in Red Zone Defense (17-25, 68%, 13 TD, 2 INT, 1 FUM)
    - Third in Time of Possession (32:21 Per Game)

-ADDITIONAL HILLTOPPER MEC STATS 
    - Tenth in scoring (21.6 PPG)
    - Ninth in Total Offense (335.8 YPG)
    - Fifth in Total Defense (358.4 YPG Allowed)
    - Ninth in Offensive Rushing Yards (131.0 PG)
    - Sixth in Defensive Rushing Yards Allowed (138.2 YPG)
    - Eighth in Passing Yards (204.8 YPG)
    - Seventh in Passing Yards Allowed (220.2 YPG)
    - Sixth in Sacks Against (20)
    - Fifth in Sacks By (20)
    - Sixth in Interceptions (12 for 168 yards, 2 TDs)
    - Eighth in 3rd Down Conversion (60-166, 36.1%)
    - Third in Opponent 3rd Down Conversion (41-131, 31.3%)
    - Fifth in Fourth Down Conversion (13-25, 52%)
    - Fifth in Penalties (78 for 665 yards)
    - Tenth in Red Zone Offense (22-29, 75.9%, 16 TDs, 6-7 FGs), Tenth in Red Zone Defense (29-35, 24 TDs, 2 INT, 2 FUM)
    - First in Time of Possession (32:52 Per Game)