WILKES-BARRE, PA (October 24, 2019) -- The Monarchs head back out on the road for their third Middle Atlantic Conference road contest this season, looking for their first win on the road in conference play Saturday in Owings Mills. King's is coming off a 35-28 win over Alvernia University last weekend, holding a 28-7 lead at the break before hanging on for the victory. Stevenson is 4-2 overall as well like King's, but has a 3-1 record in MAC action, including a 55-7 drubbing of Albright College last weekend. Albright and Stevenson were tied at the half 7-7, but the Mustangs poured things on late in the game. This is the ninth meeting between these two teams, as King's won the first three while Stevenson has a five-game win streak going including winning last year's game in Wilkes-Barre, 38-17. 

Event Details
Opponent: at Stevenson University (4-2, 3-1 MAC)
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2019
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Owings Mills, MD – Mustang Stadium (Directions)
Tickets: Adults - $8 (Tickets Online)
Live Coverage: (Live Video) (Live Stats)

Things To Know:
King's vs. Stevenson Game Notes
Tailgating Policy



The Coaches: Jeff Knarr is in his 10th season with the Monarchs, as he is only the second coach of King's College football since 1991. Knarr took over for Rich Mannello, who was the head coach since football was reinstated at King's in 1993. Ed Hottle is in his ninth season as the head coach at Stevenson, as he was the program's first-ever coach named back in 2009. Hottle has led the Mustangs to five consecutive winning seasons and five straight postseason appearances. Led the Mustangs to their first-ever conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016, just the sixth season in program history. In 2016 was named the ECAC Division III South and MAC Coach of the Year.

Looking at Stevenson: The Mustangs of Stevenson come in with the league's highest-scoring offense, averaging 36.2 points per game along with the second-best scoring defense at just 16.2 point a contest. Quarterback Ryan Sedgwick has been solid this season, throwing for 17 touchdowns and just three interceptions, while Chaz Lyles has five touchdown catches and is averaging 94.5 yards per game receiving. Getting Stevenson off the field will be key this week for King's, as SU is converting 54.5 percent of third downs. That rate is sixth-best in Division III. Also, Stevenson has a big play defense, scoring four defensive touchdowns, most in D-III. 

Preseason Poll: The Monarchs were picked to finish tied for sixth this season with crosstown rival Wilkes University. Stevenson was picked to finish second with two first-place votes, earning 90 votes. 

All In White: King's will be in white pants with white jerseys and gold helmets Saturday afternoon at Stevenson University.

Single Digit Tough: The Monarchs award single digits based on merit, and recently named two more as Single Digit players. So far this season, three players (Gabe Boccella, Joe Damiano, Elijah Demosthene) have earned single digits, including most recently Elijah Demosthene, who will now wear No. 6. Due to NCAA regulations, linemen can not wear single digits, but Joe Damiano will wear a single digit in practice. With those three, King's now has eight Single Digit Tough players: Sallavanti (1), Horn (2), Downes (3), McCall (4), Shelton (5), Demosthene (6), Boccella (8), Damiano (66), Swartz (67). 

Captains This Weekend: The Monarchs will send out sophomore Tyler Moore, along with juniors Gabe Boccella, Charles McCall and Elijah Demosthene as captains this weekend at Stevenson. 

A Look At The Monarchs: 

• Senior tailback Jordan Downes continues to be a threat in all aspects of the game, as he ranks second in Division III in all-purpose yards with 208.67 per game. 
• Downes has posted over 100 yards per game rushing in five of the six games in 2019, with the lone exception coming against Delaware Valley University. He ranks 11th nationally with 785 rushing yards coming into the weekend. 
• King's continues to hold teams from getting first downs, ranking first in the Middle Atlantic Conference in total first downs allowed with just 87 all season. 
• The Monarchs are allowing 93.3 yards per game on the ground, which ranks second  in the MAC. King's is one of just three teams (DVU, Wilkes) that are surrendering on average less than 100 yards per game on the ground. 
• The defensive unit for the Monarchs have allowed teams to pick up third downs at a 30 percent rate this season, which ranks second in the conference. Teams have gone 24 of 80 on third downs this campaign. 
• King's has seen teams go for it on fourth down 17 times this season, and teams have gotten the first down or scored on 11 of those attempts, the most of any team in the MAC. 
• Junior Jaret Horn picked off another pass against Alvernia University, and his five this season leads the MAC, and his 0.8 picks per game is third-most in NCAA Division III. 
• Junior Myles Shelton was named as a D3football.com Team of the Week honoree this week, following his three sack, five tackle, two hurry performance against Alvernia. He now is sixth in the MAC with four sacks this season. 
• Sophomore Tyler Moore continues to work at a high percentage, completing 64.2 percent of his passes, which ranks second in the MAC. Moore has thrown for 1,306 yards this season, posting 11 touchdowns and also ran for his first career score last week against Alvernia. 
• Freshman Joe Carchio continued to have a strong first season at punter for King's, downing three punts last week inside the five yard line. He has seven punts downed inside the 20 this year after taking over as full-time punter in Week 3. He added three pass breakups last week at safety.
• Freshman Jake Weatherspool picked up his first career sack last weekend, sharing the sack with fellow freshman Dallas Solomon. 
• King's has won the time of possession battle in five of the six games this season, while also out gaining opposition in five of six contest as well. 
• The Monarchs are 4-0 this season when averaging more yards per play on offense then their opponents. 
• King's has picked up seven or more first downs in five of its six games, including going 9-for-20 against Misericordia. 
• The Monarch defensive unit has 14 players this season with 10 or more tackles, led by the 40 tackles from Charles McCall and 37 total stops by fellow junior Mando Sallavanti. 
• Freshman Kyle Prescavage hit his first career extra-point last weekend, and also added a touchback. 
• The 4-2 start through six games is the best start to a King's football season since KC started 5-1 in 2006 on the way to a 6-5 record that year.

A Look Ahead: King's returns home to battle Albright College next weekend, November 2, in McCarthy Stadium for Friends and Family Weekend. Stevenson is at Lebanon Valley College in Annvile, PA next week.