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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After a strong September start the Ohio Dominican football team sets its eyes on Great Midwest Athletic Conference play, beginning Saturday, Oct. 2.
The Panthers will be on the road for the third consecutive week when they travel to face Kentucky Wesleyan at noon (CT), 1 p.m. (ET) on Saturday at Steele Stadium.
OPENING KICKOFF
- Saturday will be the third of what is scheduled to be four straight games away from Panther Stadium for ODU.
- The Black & Gold are currently 2-0 on the road stand and are coming off a 19-16, double overtime win at then No. 19 Indianapolis.
- With the win, ODU handed UIndy back-to-back home losses, marking the first time since 2010 that the Greyhounds had lost consecutive games at home.
- Desdamon Lake (Youngstown, Ohio) made a career-high 16 tackles en route to being named G-MAC Defensive Player of the Week. Lake now has the second most tackles for ODU this fall, 30, while also recording one interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery each.
- After throwing for 276 yards against UIndy, Evan Ernst (Mason, Ohio) leads the G-MAC in passing yards with 1,073. Ernst is completing 63.5 percent of his passes and has seven touchdowns to just one interception.
- Jed Quackenbush (Newark, Ohio) is averaging 52.3 yards per punt attempt, which leads all of Division II and ranks second across all four NCAA football divisions.
- Dauson Dales (Defiance, Ohio) is coming off his second double-digit tackle performance of the fall as he leads ODU with 41 tackles. Dales, with 295 career stops, is five tackles shy of moving into first all-time at ODU and becoming the first Panther to 300 total tackles.
DID YOU KNOW?
- James Morgan (Columbus, Ohio) has caught a touchdown pass in three consecutive games entering play Saturday at Ky. Wesleyan.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 0: The G-MAC is now in its sixth season of sponsoring football, and in the previous five years, the end of season champion has finished with zero conference losses.
- 4: Ohio Dominican is 4-0 all-time against KWC. The Panthers have an average margin of victory of 39.5 points per meeting.
- 8: The Panthers have won eight consecutive road games, which is tied for the third-longest active streak in Division II.
- 23: Ohio Dominican has won 23 of its 28 G-MAC games since joining the conference in 2017, an .821 winning percentage.
KWC AT-A-GLANCE
- Kentucky Wesleyan enters the weekend with a 2-2 overall record.
- Splitting its non-conference slate in September, KWC has wins over in-state rival, Kentucky State, and a common opponent with ODU, William Jewell.
- The Purple Panthers are coming off a 41-21 home triumph over William Jewell last Saturday.
- Ky. Wesleyan is 1-1 at home this fall, but since the start of the 2019 season are just 2-8 at Steele Stadium.
- KWC is averaging 413.0 offensive yards per game, including a conference-high 326.8 yards through the air.
- Defensively, KWC is allowing over 30 points per game, but its 10.0 tackles for loss per game rank fifth in Division II.
UP NEXT
- Ohio Dominican concludes its month-long road stretch with a trip to new G-MAC member, Ashland.
- The former GLIAC members are set to renew their rivalry at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9.
Contact: Tyler Jester
jestert@ohiodominican.edu
