KING'S FOOTBALL HOSTING ALBRIGHT ON HOMECOMING

WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College football team will return to Middle Atlantic Conference action on Saturday when the Monarchs host Albright College at 1:00 p.m. at McCarthy Stadium in the Betzler Athletic Complex. The game will serve as King's Homecoming Game for the 2011 season.

Kings is in its second year under head coach Jeff Knarr who continues the rebuilding process. The Monarchs, who finished with a 1-9 record last season, look to continue the momentum gained from its 51-26 victory over Stevenson University last week. The Monarchs dropped a 13-6 decision to William Paterson at home on September 3, but saw its second game against Bethany on September 10 postponed due to the flooding in Northeastern Pennsylvania in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

The team responded to the unexpected heavy rains, abbreviated practices, and lost time on the field with a solid effort against Stevenson. King's will now face a difficult stretch with three straight games against top MAC programs Albright, Widener, and Lycoming before  a scheduled bye week on October 15.

DIRECTIONS
Please note the Robert L. Betzler Athletic Complex IS NOT on the King's College campus. The complex is located two miles off campus. Click here for Directions to the Betzler Athletic Complex

TICKETS:
Tickets will be available at the ticket booth at $4 for adults and $2 for students. King's employees and students must present college I.D. to be admitted free.

GAME PROGRAMS
The King's-Albright game program, as well as the latest edition of Touchdown Illustrated Magazine, will be available at the ticket booth.

ON THE AIR:                
King's student radio station WRKC 88.5 FM will broadcast the game, which will also be voice streamed over the Internet at the following link: http://wrkc.kings.edu/list/current.html

The game will also be available on the Internet via LiveStats at the following link:          
http://www.sidearmstats.com/kings/football/index.htm

ABOUT THE GAME:    
Today's game marks the second week of Middle Atlantic Conference play. King's enters the contest with a 1-1 overall record while standing 1-0 in the MAC. The Monarchs saw their week-two contest at Bethany College postponed due to flooding throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. Albright, meanwhile, has been the hottest team in the MAC and stands at 3-0 and 1-0 in the MAC    

ABOUT THE SERIES:    
This is the 17th all-time meeting between the programs with Albright holding an 10-5-1 advantage after posting a 38-14 victory over the Monarchs a year ago in Reading. Albright has a four-game win streak in the series with King's last triumph coming by way of a 38-14 decision in 2006.            

THE COACHES:       
Monarch mentor Jeff Knarr is in his second season of rebuilding the program at King's and owns a 2-10 career record. Albright coach  John Marzka is in his fifth year with the Lions and stands at 34-14.        

LAST WEEK:
A week ago King's shook off its unexpected off week by traveling to Owings Mills, MD to post a 51-26 victory over MAC newcomer Stevenson University in the first week of conference play. Albright, meanwhile, set numerous school offensive records in a 65-26 dismantling of Wilkes.

KING'S ON OFFENSE:    MULTIPLE-I
The Monarchs offense is averaging 309.5 total yards per-game after a  549-yard performance against Stevenson. King's  is averaging 98.5 rushing yards and  211.0 passing yards each game. Senior quarterback Joe Kirchon directs the offense and has completed 38-of-68 passes for 422 yards with three touchdowns without an interception.  Kirchon completed 25-of-39 passes for a career-high 320 yards and three scores against Stevenson last week. Sophomore tailback Eric Ofcharsky rushed for 82 yards on 20 carries last week, upping his season totals to 120 yards on 34 attempts while catching six passes out of the backfield.  Senior fullback Jordan Haddock has rushed for 71 yards on nine carries while catching nine passes for 44 yards. Senior tailback Matt Spencer adds 69 yards on 12 attempts. Top the receivers is  senior Jay Torres with 10 catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Senior tight end Glen Ford adds six receptions for 59 yards while  sophomore split end Tommy Armellino chips in with four catches for 106 yards.

ALBRIGHT ON OFFENSE:    MULTIPLE    
The potent Albright offense has been in full gear all season thus far, averaging 491.0 total yards per-game. The Lions, who come off a school-record  675 yards of total offense against Wilkes, including 545 passing yards. The output enabled Albright to up its season average to 346.7 passing yards and 144.3 rushing yards per-game. Leading the offensive attack is junior quarterback Adam Galczynski who has completed 33-of-45 (73.3 percent) of his passes for 673 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. Sophomore T.J. Luddy also sees action and has been nearly as effective, completing 22-of-29 (75.9 percent) of his passes for 341 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Senior tailback Josan Holmes tops the rushing game with 229 yards on 57 carries with four touchdowns while junior Zach Groff contributes with 102 yards on 11 carries, averaging 9.3 yards each attempt. The receivers are paced by senior Scott Pillar who has 15 catches for 365 yards and four touchdowns while senior Josh Bakala has 11 receptions for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Junior Caleb Shilko chips in with nine catches for 120 yards.       

KING'S ON DEFENSE:    MULTIPLE 3-4
King's defense has yielded an average of 297.5 yards per-game, allowing just 60.5 rushing yards and 237.0 passing yards. The unit held Stevenson to just 46 yards on the ground a week ago.  Junior inside linebacker Ryan Kelly tops the squad with 16 total tackles and one sack.  Junior outside linebacker Ryan Cordingly follows with 11 total tackles while  Jake Ksiaziewicz, another junior inside linebacker, adds 10 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss.  King's fourth junior linebacker, Matt Henry, also contributes 10 tackles from his outside position. Senior safety Jim McHugh has nine tackles with an interception while sophomore safety Chris Shuster also has nine tackles. Senior quarterback Mike Schifalacqua has posted seven tackles; junior defensive end Jake Lehnowsky secured seven tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss; while junior cornerback Andrew Yablonsky has six tackles with an interception  
         
ALBRIGHT ON DEFENSE:    MULTIPLE
Albright 's defense has allowed 332.7 yards of total offense to its opponents, including 110.7 rushing yards and 222.0 passing yards. The Lions did surrender  472 total yards to Wilkes. Leading the defense is senior linebacker Ryan Ott who has 20 total tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss. Senior cornerback Mark Bergery follows with 19 tackles, four passes broken up and an interception. Senior linebacker Nelson Delgado has posted 17 tackles while sophomore safety Drew Peterson adds 13 tackles with an interception. Sophomore linebacker Matt Filosa  has registered 11 tackles with a sack while senior Darren  Barnett also has 11 tackles. Senior safety totals 10 tackles while sophomore linebacker Paul Hobbs has made seven tackles. Junior end Don Gould has contributed six tackles with 2.0 sacks while senior end Francis Hall tallies six tackles and 1.5 sacks. Senior safeties Keith Bruno and Zach Kenny chip in with six tackles each.

King's vs. Albright All-Time (AC Leads 10-5-1)   
1993 - L 31-12
1994 - T 13-13
1995 - L 42-24
1996 - L 33-0
1997 - L 38-20
1998 - L 27-14
1999 - W 37-33
2000 - W 34-14
2001 - W 35-32 (4 OT)
2002 - W 35-7
2005 - L 29-27
2006 - W 38-14
2007 - L 24-21
2008 - L 16-0
2009 - L 34-16
2010 – L 38-14