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Harasymiak Among Nation's Leaders in Interceptions with Eight
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – November 6, 2006 - Springfield College’s Joe Harasymiak leads the Springfield College football team, and for that matter the entire Empire 8 Conference, with eight interceptions for 118 yards this season.
In fact, he is only two shy of tying the school single-season interception record of 10, held by Keith Sweeney back in 1992.
Joe is one of the nation’s leaders in interceptions. He was fourth in the nation in Division III with a 0.9 interceptions-per-game rate entering last Saturday’s game. Joe emerged from last Saturday’s action still averaging 0.9 picks per game.
As a starting defensive back, Harasymiak added to his interception total last weekend with a big pick against Hartwick College. He turned into a 54 yard return. Springfield won that contest, 44-20, and is now 8-1 overall this season, 4-1 in the Empire 8.
Harasymiak, who stands 5-11 and weighs 185, hails from Waldwick, N.J., and graduated from Waldwick High School.
On the Springfield College campus, Joe is a junior majoring in Physical Education.
Springfield’s next game is a conference game at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. this Saturday (Nov. 11) at 1 pm. This will be the final regular-season game for Springfield College this season. If SC can win, it would clinch the Empire 8 title and an automatic NCAA post-season tournament berth.
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Head Coach Mike DeLong
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 27th season as a head football coach in the fall of 2008. He enters his 25th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 24 years (1984 through 2007, inclusive), 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.