IUP junior tailback Kareem Dutrieuille and senior free safety Corey Sample
were both named recipients of the PSAC West weekly awards after their
performance in a 27-7 win over Edinboro on Saturday at Miller Stadium.
Dutrieuille (Braddock/Woodland Hills) was selected the PSAC West Offensive
Player of the Week after setting career highs with 28 rushing attempts and
100 yards. He scored two touchdowns, both on one-yard runs in the second
half as IUP pulled away from what was just a 13-7 halftime lead.
Dutrieuille (right) added a pair of receptions for 12 yards, with both catches
converting third downs and leading to first quarter scoring drives that gave
the Crimson Hawks an early 10-0 lead.
Sample (Philadelphia/North East) was chosen the PSAC West Defensive Player
of the Week. He had seven tackles, including four solo stops, and broke up
two passes to lead the IUP defensive effort that held Edinboro to 36 points
below its season scoring average.
Sample
(left) also turned in the biggest defensive play of the game for the Crimson
Hawks. Trailing by six, Edinboro drove to the IUP 10 at the start of the
third quarter when Trevor Harris connected with Denayne Dixon. As Dixon was
heading into the end zone, Sample forced a fumble that Quinton Cobb
recovered to prevent Edinboro from taking the lead.
Dutrieuille’s previous highs were 20 carries for 91 yards in the 2006 season
opener at Cheyney. For the season, he has carried 91 times for 352 yards
and has a team-leading seven touchdowns. Dutrieuille is tied for seventh in
the PSAC with an average of 7.0 points per game.
In 20 career games at IUP, Dutrieuille has carried 204 times for 794 yards
and 12 touchdowns.
Sample is in his second season at IUP after transferring from Tuskegee.
This season he is fourth on the team in tackles with 30, adding two tackles
for loss and four pass breakups to go along with his forced fumble against
Edinboro. He has 74 tackles and has broken up eight passes in his two
seasons at IUP.
The win over Edinboro improved the Crimson Hawks to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in
the PSAC West heading into a road swing at Lock Haven and Clarion the next
two weeks.
IUP entered the game against the Fighting Scots ranked third in the NCAA
Division II Northeast Region and 24th nationally in the American
Football Coaches Association poll.
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