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MILLERSVILLE - Redshirt sophomore tailback Robert Healy had 100 yards rushing and receiving, redshirt junior quarterback Matt Soltes threw for 354 yards and five touchdowns and East Stroudsburg University overcame a slow start to post a 35-13 win at Millersville in PSAC East football on Saturday at Biemesderfer Stadium.

The victory gives ESU head coach Denny Douds his 250th career win, becoming the 20th coach in NCAA history and the third in Division II history with 250 career wins. Douds tied Bear Bryant for ninth on the all-division list with 425 games coached.

Healy ran for 117 yards on 26 carries and had 115 yards and a TD on seven catches for the Warriors (6-1, 5-1), who have a five-game winning streak for the first time since going 5-0 to open 2008.
 
Healy is the second ESU player with 100+ rushing and receiving yards in 41 years under Douds. Joe Pawloski had 117 rushing yards and 119 receiving yards in a 58-42 loss at Bloomsburg in 1996.
 
Soltes, second in DII with 24 TD passes entering the week, threw for five TD for the second straight game. He was 24-for-39 for 354 yards and added 35 rushing yards for 389 yards of total offense.
 
R-Jr. WR Jon Schnaars had eight catches for 108 yards and three TD, his third 100-yard receiving game of the season and the sixth of his career.
 
ESU led 14-13 at halftime, turning the ball over twice in the opening half as the Marauders (0-7, 0-6) stayed in the game for much longer than Cheyney did last week in ESU's 49-21 victory, when the Warriors led 35-0 at intermission.
 
Millersville capitalized on a sack and fumble on ESU's opening possession and Matt Misley scored on a seven-yard run to give the Marauders a 7-0 lead less than five minutes in. ESU responded with a 13-play, 73-yard drive with Soltes hitting R-Sr. TE Steven Jones for a seven-yard TD - the 20th of his career - to tie the game at 7-7 with 4:31 left in the first quarter.
 
Misley drove Millersville 61 yards on seven plays to take a 13-7 lead early in the second quarter, finding Kevin Wiggins for a 14-yard touchdown.
 
R-Sr. DL Bryan Thomson blocked the extra point and later blocked a 46-yard field goal on Millersville's first possession of the third quarter. Thomson has six blocks this season, 16 in his career (extending his school record) and had multiple blocks for the second time this season.
 
ESU took the lead for good late in the second quarter on a four-yard TD pass from Soltes to Schnaars, the first of their three TD's. The Warriors got the ball back with two minutes left in the half and drove from their three-yard line to the Millersville seven, but Soltes threw an interception in the end zone with 10 seconds left in the period.
 
Thomson blocked a 46-yard field goal by Evan Stahl to open the third quarter and the Warriors drove 56 yards to extend the lead to 21-13. Healy ran for 30 yards on the drive and Soltes found Schnaars for a 29-yard TD.
 
ESU scored on its first three possessions of the second half and marched 93 yards on seven plays to make it 28-13. Soltes scrambled and found Schnaars for an eight-yard gain on third-and-eight, and Healy took a screen pass for a 41-yard TD on the first play of the fourth quarter.
 
ESU finished the scoring with a 13-play, 63-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter capped by a 13-yard TD from Soltes to Schnaars that gave the Warriors a 35-13 lead with 6:35 remaining.
 
The Warriors' defense allowed just 101 yards and five first downs in the second half, and 263 yards and 12 first downs in the game.

Misley was 6-for-8 for 70 yards and ran for 22 yards for Millersville before leaving due to injury at halftime. J.J. Paige was 5-for-13 for 23 yards and ran for 37 yards in the second half.
 
David Coates led the Marauders with 85 rushing yards on 20 carries. Molont'a Patterson had three catches for 50 yards.
 
ESU, seventh in DII in total offense (528.0 ypg), gained 522 yards on 83 plays - including three kneeldowns in the last two minutes.
 
Soltes threw for 300 yards for the 14th time in 25 career starts, and went over 350 yards for the 12th time. He had 4+ TD passes for the sixth time in seven games this year and 5+ TD passes for the seventh time in his career.
 
Healy, the only player in NCAA football with 300 yards both rushing and receiving entering the week, has 618 yards rushing and 496 yards receiving through seven games. He has 1,747 career rushing yards, 11th in school history, through 18 games.
 
ESU hosts Kutztown (3-4, 3-3) next Saturday at 3:05 p.m. on Homecoming Weekend at Eiler-Martin Stadium. The Golden Bears are coming off a 31-13 loss to No. 12 Bloomsburg on Saturday.


GAME NOTES
* Douds improved to 250-172-3 in his 41st season. He has coached 425 games, t-9th in NCAA football history with Bear Bryant.
* Douds is the 20th coach in NCAA football history, and 3rd in Division II history, with 250 career wins.
* Douds entered the day tied for 20th on the all-division list with Lou Holtz.
* Douds ranks 3rd among active NCAA coaches in career wins: Ken Sparks, Carson-Newman (323) and Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech (270) are the only 2 coaches with more.
* The only DII coaches (all-time) who have more wins than Douds are Sparks (323) and Jim Malosky, Minn.-Duluth (255) who coached from 1958-97.
* Douds has won 51 games since turning 65 years old in 2006.

* Soltes moved into 9th in PSAC history in career total offense (9,688 yards), 16th in career passing (8,378 yards) and t-10th in career TD passes (84).
* He ranks 2nd on ESU's career list in total offense and TD passes, and 3rd in passing yards.
* ESU's Jimmy Terwilliger holds PSAC records in all 3 categories (16,064 total yards - 14,350 passing yards - 148 passing TD).

* Soltes ranked 3rd in DII in total offense (404.2 ypg) and passing (359.7 ypg) entering the week.
* He ranked 2nd in TD passes (24) and t-1st in TD responsible for (26).
* He is averaging 402.0 ypg total offense and 358.9 ypg passing through 7 weeks.
* When updated NCAA rankings are released Sunday, he is expected to be the DII leader in TD responsible for (31) and t-1st in passing TD (29).

* Soltes has started 25 career games at ESU.
* He has 18 games with 300+ yards total offense and 14 games with 350+ yards total offense.
* He has 14 games with 300+ yards passing and 12 games with 350+ yards passing.

* Soltes had his 7th career game with 5+ TD passes.

* R-So. TB Robert Healy had a career-high 232 yards from scrimmage (117 rushing, 115 receiving).
* He is the 2nd player at ESU under Douds (425 games) to record 100+ yards rushing and receiving in a game.
* In 1996, Joe Pawloski had 117 rushing yards on 24 carries, and 119 receiving yards on 6 catches, in a 58-42 loss at Bloomsburg.
* Healy has 100+ yards from scrimmage in 12 consecutive games, an ESU record (previous record was 6 - Harold Strunk, 1977)
* He has 100+ yards from scrimmage in 16 of his 18 career games.

* Healy's previous career-high in yards from scrimmage was 226 (ESU freshman record) with 189 rushing yards and 37 receiving yards at Shippensburg in 2013.
* Healy's 117 rushing yards are tied for his season-high. He had his 7th career 100-yard rushing game, t-3rd in school history.
* Healy's 115 receiving yards are a career-high. He had his 2nd career 100-yard receiving game.

* Healy was the only player in NCAA football with 300+ rushing and receiving yards through 6 games.
* He ranked 3rd in the PSAC and 13th in DII in yards from scrimmage (147.0 ypg) entering the week.
* He has 618 rushing yards and 496 receiving yards for an average of 159.1 yards from scrimmage through 7 games.

* Healy moved from 17th to 11th on ESU's career rushing list.
* He has 1,747 career rushing yards (18 games) and is 44 yards from entering the top 10.

* R-Jr. WR Jon Schnaars (8 catches, 108 yards, 3 TD) had his 3rd 100-yard receiving game of the season and the 6th of his career.
* His 3 receiving TD tie a career-high that he set in 2013 against Millersville.
* He leads ESU with 40 catches, 529 yards and 10 TD in 2014.
* He became the 23rd player in ESU history with 100 career receptions (107 catches, 1,559 yards, 19 TD).

* R-Sr. TE Steven Jones had his 20th career TD reception, tied for 7th in school history.
* He ranked 4th among DII tight ends with 68.8 receiving ypg entering the week.
* He is averaging 65.4 receiving ypg through 7 games (24 catches, 248 yards, 5 TD.

* Schnaars (10), Healy (5) and Jones (5) have combined for 20 of Soltes' 29 TD passes.
* Sr. WR Dusty Reed (15 catches, 328 yards, 6 TD) has not played the last 3 weeks due to injury.

* Jr. WR Joe Welk (3 catches, 56 yards) is averaging 24.6 yards per catch this season (14 catches, 344 yards, 1 TD) - all in the last 4 weeks.

* R-Sr. DL Bryan Thomson has 6 blocked kicks this season (3 PAT, 3 FG) and 16 in his career (10 PAT, 6 FG) after blocking 2 kicks on Saturday.
* ESU opponents are 0-for-4 on FG attempts this season (Thomson has 3 blocks).
* ESU opponents are 10-for-23 on FG attempts since start of 2012 season (Thomson has 6 blocks).
* ESU's previous career record for blocked kicks was 8 (Matt Delancey, 1993-96).

* ESU's veteran defense has 5 players who have made 26+ career starts:
36 (31 straight) - R-Sr. DE Brandon Gattelli
33 (30 straight) - R-Sr. S Anthony Singlar
29 (28 straight) - R-Sr. DL Bryan Thomson
27 (27 straight) - Sr. LB Cody Simcox
26 (26 straight) - Jr. CB Teron Dobbs