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EAST STROUDSBURG - Redshirt junior quarterback Matt Soltes threw five touchdown passes to four different receivers in the first half as East Stroudsburg University improved to 5-1 (4-1 PSAC) with its fourth straight win, 49-21 over Cheyney in PSAC football on Saturday night at Eiler-Martin Stadium.
 
Soltes was 12-for-18 for 258 yards and five TD and threw for 208 yards in the first half as the Warriors built a 35-0 halftime lead. ESU ran 21 plays for 250 yards in the first half and scored on its first five possessions.
 
He connected with Warriors receivers for TD's on three straight passes in the first quarter, throwing a five-yard TD to R-Jr. WR Jon Schnaars, a 23-yard TD to R-So. TB Robert Healy and a 31-yard TD to R-Sr. TE Steven Jones in a four-minute span.
 
Soltes threw a 30-yard TD to Sr. WR Ray Dominguez and a six-yard TD to Schnaars in the second quarter.

ESU earned its 35 consecutive win over Cheyney, extending an NCAA all-division record for consecutive wins in an uninterrupted series. ESU holds a 58-1 advantage in the all-time series with Cheyney's only win coming in 1979.
 
Healy ran for 98 yards on eight carries, including 65 yards on three carries after ESU received the second-half kickoff. His 12-yard TD run gave the Warriors a 42-0 lead.
 
Cheyney (0-6, 0-5) scored 21 second-half points, including two TD catches for Khalif Dandy (11 catches, 146 yards) from freshman quarterback Michael Campbell (14-for-20, 186 yards, 2 TD, 1 interception).
 
Soltes' pass efficiency rating of 278.7 is the fourth-highest in ESU history. The only returning Harlon Hill candidate in Super Region 1, Soltes has thrown 24 TD passes and is averaging 359.7 yards passing and 404.2 yards of total offense through six games.
 
Healy scored three TD, giving him 10 on the season (six rushing, four receiving). He has more than 140 yards from scrimmage in each of the first six games, including 146 against Cheyney.
 
Jr. WR Joe Welk led ESU with three catches for 92 yards, Schnaars had three catches for 28 yards and two TD and Jones had two catches for 60 yards and a TD.
 
ESU sacked Campbell five times, including 2.5 sacks by R-Sr. DE Brandon Gattelli, who was tied for the PSAC lead with six sacks entering the weekend.
 
ESU gained 410 yards on just 43 offensive plays, tied for the fewest by an ESU team in 424 games under head coach Denny Douds.
 
Douds tied Lou Holtz for 20th on the NCAA all-division wins list with 249 career victories. He can become the 20th coach in NCAA history, and third in Division II history, with 250 career wins next week at Millersville (0-6, 0-5).

GAME NOTES
* Douds improved to 249-172-3 in his 41st season. He has coached 424 games, 10th-most in NCAA football history.
* Douds will tie Bear Bryant for 9th on the NCAA all-division list of games coached (425) next Saturday (Oct. 18) at Millersville.
* Douds tied Lou Holtz for 20th on the NCAA's all-division wins list (249).
* Douds ranks 3rd among active NCAA coaches in career wins, and 3rd in DII history.
* Douds has won 50 games since turning 65 years old in 2006.

* R-Jr. QB Matt Soltes had a career-high 278.7 pass efficiency rating, 4th-highest in school history.
* ESU's record is held by Ray Wagner (321.5 - 2011 vs. Pace - 13-for-20, 375 yards, 6 TD).
* #2 is 294.6 - Barry Kennedy at Clarion (1978 PSAC championship game).
* #3 is 286.1  - Jimmy Terwilliger at C.W. Post (2005).

* Soltes had 271 total yards (258 passing, 13 rushing). He had 300+ yards in each of the first 5 games (ESU record 2,154 total yards through 5 games).
* Soltes had 300+ total yards in each of the first 5 games, an ESU record to start a season.
* Soltes' 5 straight games with 300+ total yards are tied for ESU's most in a single season. Jimmy Terwilliger had 5 straight to finish 2004 (3 straight to open 2005).
* He ranked 2nd in DII in total offense (430.8 ypg) and 3rd in passing (380.0 ypg) entering the week.
* He is averaging 404.2 ypg total offense and 359.7 ypg passing through 6 weeks.

* Soltes entered the PSAC all-time top 10 in career total offense (9,299 yards) in his 24th career start.
* He ranks 17th in PSAC history with 8,024 passing yards and 11th with 79 career passing TD.
* He ranks 2nd in school history in total offense and passing TD and 3rd in passing yards.
* ESU's Jimmy Terwilliger (2003-06) set PSAC records and graduated with DII records in all 3 categories (16,064 total yards - 14,350 passing yards - 148 passing TD).

* Soltes had his 6th career game with 5+ TD passes.
* This is the 2nd time he threw 5 TD passes in the 1st half (also 66-7 W vs Millersville in 2013).

* R-So. TB Robert Healy had 146 yards from scrimmage (98 rushing, 46 receiving). He has 11 consecutive games with 100+ yards from scrimmage, extending his school record (previous record - 6, Harold Strunk, 1977).
* Healy has 501 rushing yards and 381 receiving yards through 6 games.
* He was the only DII player with 300+ rushing yards and receiving yards through 5 games.
* He has 10 TD on 109 touches this season (6 TD rushing, 4 TD receiving).
* He has 1,630 career rushing yards through 17 games (17th in school history).

* R-Jr. WR Jon Schnaars leads ESU with 32 catches, 421 yards and 7 TD.
* He had 14 catches (tied for ESU's school record), 152 yards and 2 TD in last week's 37-33 win at Shippensburg.
* He has 99 career receptions and can become the 23rd player in ESU history with 100 career receptions next week at Millersville.

* R-Sr. TE Steven Jones had his 19th career TD reception, tied for 9th in school history.
* He ranked 3rd in DII with 70.3 receiving ypg entering the week.
* He is averaging 68.8 receiving ypg through 6 games (21 catches, 413 yards, 4 TD).

* Sr. WR Ray Dominguez had his 2nd receiving TD of the season and the 3rd of his career.

* Jr. WR Joe Welk (3 catches, 92 yards) has 11 catches, 288 yards and 1 TD in the last 3 weeks.
* He had career-highs with 5 catches and 129 yards (TD) last week at Shippensburg.

* R-Sr. DE Brandon Gattelli has 22.5 career sacks, tied for 5th in school history with 3-time All-America OLB Matt Freed (2007-10).
* Gattelli has 8.5 sacks through 6 games.
* He was tied for the PSAC lead with 6 sacks entering the week.

* R-Sr. DL Bryan Thomson has 19.5 career sacks, tied for 7th in school history with 3-time All-PSAC DL Greg Thoman (2002-05).
* Thomson has 4.5 sacks this season.

* R-Sr. S Anthony Singlar had his 2nd career interception.
* Singlar leads active ESU players with 262 career tackles.

* ESU scored TD's on 7 of its first 9 possessions.
* 3 of the TD drives covered 31 yards or less (following 2 Cheyney punts, and a Cheyney muffed punt return after an ESU punt).

* ESU had the ball for just 18:44 (Cheyney 41:16).
* ESU's 43 offensive plays are tied for its fewest in 424 games under Denny Douds (since 1974). ESU ran 43 plays in Douds' first career game (47-20 loss to Slippery Rock).