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GAME INFORMATION
Series: 63rd Meeting (WCU leads 51-10-1)
First Meeting: 1937 (WCU def. KU, 19-6)
Last Meeting: 2016 (KU def. WCU, 20-14)
Last WCU Win: 2015 (WCU def. KU, 44-14)
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BEAR BITES
• Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) ranks third Division II at 230.75 all-purpose yards per game and 10 total TDs.
• Reynolds was named this week's PSAC East Special Teams Athlete of the Week.
• Reynolds has scored 2+ touchdowns in each of KU's four games this season.
• Kutztown defeated West Chester last year for the first time since 2011.
• KU has committed two turnovers this season, the fewest in PSAC and 1-of-5 with two in Division II.
• Dean Krcic (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley) leads the PSAC and ranks second in Division II in punting average at 45.6 yards.
• Kutztown holds an 11-game PSAC East winning streak.
• Kutztown has lost one fumble this year, tied for the fewest in the PSAC.
• Kutztown (3-1) is off to its best start since 2011, when KU went 11-2.
• Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) ranks second in the PSAC in completion percentage at 64.9 percent.

Complete Game Notes

SERIES HISTORY: Saturday marks the 63rd meeting between the Golden Bears and Golden Rams, dating back to 1937. Kutztown won last year's meeting, snapping a streak of four straight West Chester wins. KU's last win at John A. Farrell Stadium came in the snow in 2011.
 
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kutztown has earned PSAC Athlete of the Week honors the last two weeks, most recently Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) named the East's Special Teams Athlete of the Week this week for his 53-yard punt return touchdown vs. Millersville - KU's first punt return TD since Kendall Coleman in 2010.
 
35-POINT QUARTER: Kutztown scored 35 points in the second quarter last week against Millersville, the first time KU scored 35+ in a quarter since 2012.
 
WINNING STREAK: Kutztown has won 11-straight PSAC East games, dating back to the final three games of 2015.
 
SATURDAY NIGHT TRICKERY: Wide receiver Nate Harka (Hellertown, Pa./Saucon Valley) threw a touchdown pass on a trick play Saturday night vs. Millersville - the first KU receiver to throw a TD pass since Kellen Williams (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) in 2015.
 
PICK CITY: KU had four interceptions earlier this year vs. Seton Hill - the most for KU since 2011.
 
DAY OF FIRSTS: Six Golden Bears scored their first career touchdowns two weeks ago vs. Seton Hill, including Evan Culver (Hellertown, Pa./Saucon Valley), Andrew Garbarino (Peckville, Pa./Valley View), Amadou Barry (Upper Darby, Pa./West Catholic Prep), Diego Torres (York, Pa./West York Area), Josh Lee (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington (Thaddeus Stevens)) and Chris Kane (Maple Glen, Pa./La Salle College).
 
60-POINT MARK: KU surpassed the 60-point mark earlier this year vs. Seton Hill for the first time since 2015. KU has never scored 60+ in back-to-back weeks.
 
ALL-PURPOSE BACK: Craig Reynolds (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) ranks third in Division II at 230.75 all-purpose yards per game, highlighted by a 335-yard performance in the season-opener against Assumption. He holds the single-game record of 345, set last season. For his career, he ranks sixth in school history with 3,398 career all-purpose yards.
 
EYEING THE ENDZONE: Reynolds ranks third in the PSAC and Division II with 10 touchdowns this season - five rushing, four receiving and one punt return.
 
PROTECT THE FOOTBALL: Kutztown has committed two turnovers this year, the fewest in the PSAC and tied for the fewest in Division II. KU's turnover margin of +2.0 leads the PSAC and ranks fourth in Division II.
 
DON'T RUN AT RONNY: Ronny Tomasetti (Dickson City, Pa./Mid-Valley), a team captain, earned All-PSAC and All-Region honors last year. He has two sacks this season and 17 for his career, ninth in school history.
 
TACKLING TJ: Tajier Jefferson (East Orange, N.J./Queen of Peace) had a career-high 15 tackles in the opener against Assumption with an interception and a forced fumble. He is a two-year All-PSAC starting linebacker and a 2017 team captain with 184 career tackles and 28 tackles-for-loss. He has only missed one game in his career.
 
LEADING TACKLER: Jalen Nieves (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) has played in 31 career games with 203 tackles and four interceptions.
 
PRIMETIME PUNTER: Freshman punter Dean Krcic (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley) leads the PSAC and ranks second in Division II with an average of 45.6 yards-per-punt. The school-record for a season is 43.02 by KU All-Time Team punter Jon Corson in 2003.
 
MAGIC NUMBER = 24: KU head coach Jim Clements is 17-1 in his Kutztown career when holding opponents to 24 or fewer points. His only loss was to Mercyhurst in 2016 (23-19).
 
WINNING QUARTERBACK: Collin DiGalbo (Secane, Pa./Monsignor Bonner) holds a record of 9-2 as a starting quarterback.
 
ACCURATE PASSER: DiGalbo ranks second in the PSAC in completion percentage at 64.9 percent. He is also off to a 10/1 touchdown/interception ratio.
  
RETURN MAN: Reynolds ranks second in the PSAC and 11th in Division II at 17.0 yards per punt return. The school-record is 16.4 by KU All-Time Teamer Mark Steinmeyer in 1988.
 
STARTING LINEBACKER: Tajier Jefferson (East Orange, N.J./Queen of Peace) has made 24 consecutive starts at linebacker, the longest streak on the team.
 
INTERCEPTION LEADER: Jake Perry (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) leads KU with six career interceptions, including five last season in his All-PSAC East First Team season.
 
BALL HAWK: Sophomore cornerback Ahkee Cox-Cowan (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg) leads the PSAC and ranks fourth in Division II in passes defended at 2.3 per game.
 
RETURNING KICKER: Alec Rosenfeld (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) was an All-PSAC and All-Region kicker his freshman campaign in 2014, when he set school-records for field goal percentage in a season and field goals in a game. He kicked two field goals last week vs. Millersville, moving into fourth all-time at KU with 18 career field goals.
 
STOPPING THE RUN: KU's success under second-year head coach Jim Clements has stood true with its defensive ability to stop the run. Under Clements, KU is 10-1 when holding its opponent to less than 100 yards rushing. His only loss was to Mercyhurst in 2016.
 
PSAC EAST CHAMPS: Kutztown won its third PSAC East title in program history last year, joining previous title teams from 1980 and 2011. KU went 7-0 in the PSAC East, its first perfect PSAC season in school history.
 
PASS ATTACK: Dating back to 2011, Kutztown has thrown 30 or more pass attempts in 43 of its last 58 games (74.1 percent). Kutztown has thrown less than 30 pass attempts in three-straight games for the first time since 2015. KU has not thrown less than 30 in four-straight since 2009.
 
PSAC PRESEASON POLL: Kutztown was picked second in the East.

Eastern Division
1) West Chester (8)
2) Kutztown
3) Shippensburg
4) Bloomsburg
5) East Stroudsburg
6) Lock Haven
7) Millersville
8) Cheyney
 
Western Division
1) IUP (6)
2) California (2)
3) Slippery Rock
4) Edinboro
5) Gannon
6) Seton Hill
7) Clarion
8) Mercyhurst