LHU Closes Season at Home vs. Cal

LOCK HAVEN – The Lock Haven University football team will honor its graduating seniors on Saturday at 1 p.m. when the Bald Eagles host California (Pa.) University in the 2015 season finale at Hubert Jack Stadium.

Gameday Central:
California (Pa.) Vulcans (7-3, 5-2 PSAC West) at Lock Haven Bald Eagles (2-8, 2-5 PSAC East)
Saturday, November 14 | 1 p.m. kickoff | Hubert Jack Stadium
Quick Hits:

• Saturday (Nov. 14) marks Lock Haven’s final game of the 2015 season.
• On Saturday, LHU will honor 15 graduating senior players and two senior student-assistant coaches, who are playing and coaching in their final game with the Bald Eagles.
• Last Saturday (Week 10, Nov. 7), LHU’s bid for an upset came up short as PSAC East preseason favorite-Bloomsburg slipped by Lock Haven 31-28 in double-OT.
• It marked Lock Haven’s first OT game since the 2007 season finale (LHU won at Clarion).
• The 2015 Bald Eagles need just 7 points to break the all-time single season record for points scored (2015, 253 points | 1993, 259 points).
• R-Jr. QB sensation Caleb Walton continues on his record-breaking path. Needing just 1 TD pass last Saturday to break the school’s single-season record for passing TDs, he threw 3. His school record is now 21.
• Walton also surpassed the 2000-yard passing mark for the second consecutive. So far this season, he has 2,219 yards, already the fourth-most ever recorded in a single season.

The Series with California:

• Saturday marks the 69^th all-time meeting between Lock Haven & California.
• California leads the all-time series 41-26-1.
• First Meeting: 1926; California won, 28-0.
• Last Meeting: 2014 (last season), California won, 45-31.
• Streak: Bloomsburg has won 10 straight over Lock Haven. LHU’s last win was 2003, 3-25.

Haven Streaks:

• LHU center Luke Erdman started his 40^th career/consecutive game last week vs. Bloomsburg (Week 10); he’s started every game since Week 4 of his freshman year in 2012.
• QB Caleb Walton (R-Jr.) had his streak of 23 consecutive starts snapped in Week 8 against Millersville, but returned to the starting lineup a week later (Week 9) vs. Kutztown.

Where LHU ranks in the PSAC stats:

• Malyk Harris, 9^th – rushing yards per game – 77.6
• Caleb Walton, 7^th – passing yards per game – 126.8
• Walton, 8^th – passing yards – 2,219
• Walton, 6^th – passing TDs, 21
• Dan Krupko, 13^th – receiving TDs – 7
• Tony Ballon, 2^nd – tackles per game – 9.9
• Ballon, 2^nd – total tackles – 99
• Daniel Strawbridge, 2^nd – solo tackles – 61

Where LHU ranks in the NCAA stats:

• Strawbridge is ranked 15^th in solo tackles with 61.
• Dan Krupko’s 214 receiving yards against Shippensburg are the 15^th most yards in Division II this season for a single game.

Last time out:
Week 10 at Bloomsburg (Saturday, November 7)

The LHU football team got another sensational performance from quarterback Caleb Walton and the Bald Eagles pushed perennial PSAC East power Bloomsburg University to the brink, but in the end, the Huskies won the double-overtime thriller, 31-28.– FULL RECAP

Week 10 Leaders:
QB Caleb Walton: 24-43, 312 YDS., 3TDs
RB Malyk Harris: 23 CAR., 63 YDS.
WR: Shawn Seif: 11 REC., 158 YDS., 1TD
TE: Del’Vaughn Dennis: 9 REC., 135 YDS., 1 TD
LB: Tony Ballon: 11 TACKLES (4 solo & 7 ast.)

OT for the first time in a long time:
When LHU and Bloomsburg went to overtime last Saturday (Nov. 7, Week 10), it marked Lock Haven’s first OT game since the 2007 season finale, that LHU won at Clarion.

Winning ways:
LHU entered week 10 having won two of its previous three games.  The Bald Eagles defeated Cheyney on Homecoming in Week 7 and followed that up with a last-second win at Millersville in Week 8.  The Bald Eagles fell to Kutztown in a hard fought battle in Week 9. LHU was looking for its third straight win, something the Bald Eagles haven’t done since starting the 1981 season at 4-0.

Walton does it again:
Last week at Bloomsburg Walton threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns. He completed 24 of 43 passes. Entering the game, Walton needed just one TD pass to break the all-time single-season record for touchdown passes. He now has 21 on the season. It marked Walton’s 14th career game with 200-plus passing yards and his third career game over 300. His 312 passing yards pushed him over 2,000 for the second the consecutive season and surpass his career-mark of 2,164 set last season. Walton’s 2,219 yards are the fourth-most in school history for a single season. Walton threw TD-passes to three different players including Shawn Seif, Del’Vaughn Dennis and Dan Krupko.

Harris goes over 200 twice:
In Week 8 (Saturday, Oct. 24) junior running back Malyk Harris made his first career start and rushed for 200 yards on 28 carries. Two of his 28 carries went for TDs. The very next week (Week 9, October 31) vs. Kutztown, Harris rushed for 224 yards on 24 carries.