Box Score

CHEYNEY - Redshirt senior quarterback Matt Soltes threw for 419 yards and seven touchdowns and redshirt senior wide receiver Jon Schnaars had 11 catches for 148 yards and three TD, leading East Stroudsburg University to a 69-7 win at Cheyney in PSAC East football on Saturday afternoon at O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium.

Soltes was 27-for-39 and gained 435 total yards one week after posting 594 passing yards, 616 total yards and nine TD in a 69-67 (5OT) loss vs. Shippensburg. Schnaars, DII's leading receiver with 51 catches, 754 yards and 11 TD through five games, set PSAC records for catches (20) and TD (7) last week.

Senior wide receiver Gerard Wendowski had five catches, 118 yards and a TD for his second straight game with 100+ receiving yards after notching 10 catches, 222 yards and two TD vs. Ship.

Senior wide receiver Joe Welk had three catches for 24 yards and two TD and redshirt junior tailback Robert Healy gained 119 yards from scrimmage with 10 carries for 66 yards and four catches for 53 yards.

Redshirt senior tailback Gerald Van De Cruz had 19 carries for 96 yards and three TD, the first two from the one-yard line.

ESU gained 583 total yards, including 348 in the first half.

The Warriors' defense held Cheyney to 188 yards on 53 plays and did not allow a touchdown. Cheyney's scoring play was a 55-yard fumble return for a TD by defensive lineman Joseph Bryant early in the second quarter.

ESU had a 4-1 turnover margin, getting interceptions from redshirt sophomore cornerback Wesley Pierce and redshirt sophomore middle linebacker Mike Wiand, along with two fumble recoveries.

Soltes was 19-for-27 for 276 yards and five TD in the first half, finishing the half with a 38-yard TD to redshirt sophomore wide receiver Tommy House on a tipped ball in the end zone.

He hit Wendowski for a 56-yard TD on a slant pass on his first completion of the third quarter, and hit Welk for a six-yard TD later in the period.

ESU led 41-7 at intermission. Soltes' first three TD passes went to Schnaars (17, 20 and four yards), and he later hit Welk for a 12-yard TD in the second quarter before the "hail mary" pass to House.

Soltes had his ninth career game with 400+ passing yards and 13th with 400+ total yards, extending both school records. He entered the week as the DII leader in passing (385.8 ypg), ranked second in total offense (415.6 ypg) and tied for second in pass TD (20).

Schnaars has 62 catches for 902 yards and 14 TD through six games. He has 37 career receiving TD, breaking a tie with Tim Strenfel (34) for second-most in school history.


GAME NOTES
* Aided by last week's 5OT game (69-67 loss vs. Shippensburg), ESU has scored 60+ points in consecutive games for the first time in program history.

* ESU won its 36th consecutive game vs. Cheyney, extending its NCAA all-division record for an uninterrupted series.

* Head coach Denny Douds improves to 253-179-3 in his 42nd season. Douds holds the PSAC record for career wins, ranks 3rd among active coaches, 3rd in DII history and 20th in NCAA history.
* Douds coached his 435th career game, a DII record and 9th in NCAA history.

* Soltes moved into 3rd in PSAC history in career total offense (12,441 yards), 4th in passing (10,992), 4th in pass TD (112) and 4th in TD responsible for (118).
* Soltes led active DII QB's in career total offense (12,006), total offense per game (353.1 ypg), passing yards per game (311.0) and pass TD (105) entering the week.
* Soltes is currently averaging 355.5 ypg in total offense, 2nd in DII history.

* Soltes moved into 17th in DII in career total offense, 24th in career passing yards and t-13th in career pass TD.

* Soltes had his 11th career game with 5+ TD passes. The DII record is 12 held by Curt Anes (Grand Valley State, 1999-02).

* In 32 career starts (35 games total), Soltes has:
passing yards - 300+ (19) ... 400+ (9) ... 500+ (3 - PSAC record)
total offense - 300+ (23) ... 400+ (13) ... 500+ (6 - DII record)

* Soltes has 400+ yards total offense in 4 straight games (previous school record - 2)
* Soltes has 5+ pass TD in 4 straight games (previous school record - 2)
* Soltes has 7+ pass TD in 2 straight games (2nd PSAC QB - ESU's Damian Poalucci, 7 in consecutive games in 1996)
* Soltes has 6+ pass TD in 4 career games (ties Poalucci for the most in PSAC history)
* Soltes has 16 pass TD in the last 2 games, the most in a 2-game stretch in PSAC history.

* Schnaars moved into 3rd at ESU in career receptions (187), 4th in yards (2,739) and 2nd in TD (37).
* Schnaars moved into the top 25 in PSAC history in career receptions and yards, and ranks 8th in career TD.
* Schnaars had his 12th career 100-yard receiving game, 3rd-most in school history.

* Schnaars has 10 receiving TD in the last 2 games, the most in a 2-game stretch in PSAC history.

* Schnaars has surpassed his 2014 season totals (51 catches, 754 yards, 14 TD) in the first 6 games of 2015 (62 catches, 902 yards, 14 TD).
* Schnaars has 9+ catches in 4 straight games (previous school record - 2)
* Schnaars has 10+ catches in 2 straight games (first Warrior with consecutive games)

* Healy moved into 3rd at ESU in career rushing yards (2,424) - 155 from the school record of 2,579 set by Rick Sterner (1988-92).
* Healy moved into 4th at ESU in career yards from scrimmage (3,694).
* Healy had his 23rd career game with 100+ yards from scrimmage (of 28 career games), the most in program history. Evan Prall had 22 career games (all receiving) from 2003-06.

* Van De Cruz has 21 career rushing TD (7th in school history). 14 of his 21 rush TD have been scored from the 1-yard line (6-yard TD in 4th quarter was his first from outside 5 yards).