The No. 12-ranked UW-River Falls soccer staff hits the highway to face UW-Stevens Point this Saturday, Oct. 18.
UW-RIVER FALLS (4-1, 1-1 WIAC) AT UW-STEVENS POINT (3-2, 0-2 WIAC)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 18
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Stevens Point, Wis. // Community Stadium at Goerke Park
THE SERIES
Saturday’s recreation marks the 92nd all-time assembly between UW-River Falls and UW-Stevens Point, with the Falcons holding a 50-38-3.
The Falcons are winners of 4 consecutive matchups over the Pointers, together with a 45-17 win final season in River Falls.
IN THE RANKINGS
UWRF improved to No. 12 in each of this week’s D3football.com and AFCA Coaches nationall rankings.
LAST TIME OUT
UWRF is coming off a 31-21 win over No. 6-ranked UW-Platteville throughout Homecoming at Ramer Field on Oct. 11. The Falcons bounced again from a tricky highway loss at UW-Oshkosh within the convention opener with a season-high 476 passing yards whereas forcing 4 Pioneer turnovers.
Senior quarterback Kaleb Blaha, who in final recreation broke the UWRF program file for all-time passing yards, adopted up with a single-game career-high with 443 passing yards whereas including a speeding rating because the Falcons racked up 631 yards of whole offense.
Junior huge receiver Blake Rohrer additionally had a profession day, highlighting the offense with a career-high 167 receiving yards together with an 84-yard landing on the sport’s very first play to set the tone for the Falcons.
The Falcons’ protection pressured 4 turnovers on the day, together with three interceptions (two from Andre Hall, one from Peter Ladu) together with three sacks and a fumble restoration.
FALCON NOTES
UWRF maintains the highest offense NCAA Division III with a median of 591.2 yards of whole offense per recreation with essentially the most first downs (165).
In addition, the Falcons ranks sixth with 360.4 passing yards per recreation and rank twelfth with 43.4 factors per recreation.
After accumulating a pair of interceptions through the win over UW-Platteville, junior defensive again Andre Hall was chosen to the D3football.com Team of the Week.
Fifth-year senior quarterback Kaleb Blaha, a D3football.com Preseason First Team All-American, was named the WIAC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after totaling a career-high 443 passing yards versus UW-Platteville.
Against Coe College, Blaha broke his personal program file with 569 yards of whole offense.
At UW-Oshkosh, Blaha turned the UWRF all-time chief with over 7,200 profession passing yards.
Blaha is the DIII chief with 439.6 yards of whole offense per recreation, and leads the WIAC in completions per recreation (29), passing touchdowns (11), passing yards per recreation (338.4), speeding yards (506), and extra.
Wide receiver Austin Rush leads the WIAC with 32 receptions, whereas Blake Rohrer’s 361 receiving yards ranks third.
Justin Scheberl’s 29 made PATs leads the WIAC.
Defensively, senior linebacker Gage Timm leads the Falcons and ranks tenth within the WIAC with 35 whole tackles.
Peter Ladu shares the WIAC lead with three interceptions.
Noah Nusbaum ranks fifth within the league with 5 tackles for loss.