Springfield, Mass. -- November 15, 2010 -- Matt Ramos of Springfield College has been named the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week for the week of games ending last Saturday (Nov. 13). The Pride defeated Union College, 26-15, to up its record to 8-2, with Ramos providing perhaps the play of the game.Ramos, a junior outside linebacker from Milford, Conn., led Springfield College with a team-high nine tackles, including five solos, and three-for-loss (for six yards). But his biggest play came very late when the game was still in doubt.
Springfield had just taken a lead, 20-15 with 4:08 remaining when junior halfback Mark Safer (St. Johns, Fla.) ran around left end for a six-yard TD. But there was still time remaining for Union to mount one more drive.
Then with 2:43 left, Ramos picked off a pass on the left sideline, ultimately reversed his field, and proceded to run it all the way back to the right corner of the end zone to seal the deal. The TD gave SC its final 26-15 margin.
This was the second time Ramos has been named an Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week this year. It was also the ninth time overall that a Springfield College player has been named an Empire 8 Player of the Week. SC had a defensive player named six times, and a special teams player named three times.
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 31st season as a head football coach in the fall of 2012. He enters his 29th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 28 years, he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980. Read more.
