On Tap
The Scots (7-1 overall, 4-0 MWC North) will look to wrap up the Midwest Conference North Division title, when they travel to St. Norbert (5-3 overall, 3-1 MWC North) for a 1 p.m. game Saturday at Schneider Field in De Pere, Wis.
 
League coaches had tapped St. Norbert as the favorite to win the North Division in the league's preseason poll while Macalester was picked fourth.
 
The Series
In the 121 seasons Macalester has fielded a football team, this will be the first time the Scots and Green Knights have met.
 
Last Week
For the first time in school history, Macalester beat a nationally-ranked opponent as the Scots took sole possession of first place in the division with a 34-17 win over 24th-ranked Carroll.
 
Macalester went right after the Pioneers on their first play from scrimmage as Samson Bialostok connected with Victor Bordo for an 82-yard touchdown.
 
Bialostok, the MWC Offensive Performer of the Week, would go onto rush for 122 yards and three touchdowns on the day while also passing for 172 yards.
 
On a day where Macalester racked up a season-high 302 rushing yards, Zandy Stowell had a career-high 34 carries for 176 yards and the offensive line of center Djoser Ramsey, guards Austin Pauly and Spencer Weckwerth, and tackles John Stephens  and Vincent Stierman III were named to the D3football.com Team of the Week.
 
The Macalester defense, led by Konnor Fleming's nine tackles, limited the conference's leading rushing attack to a season-low 144 yards.
 
Following the Scots
This week, fans can follow the Scots via live video and stats, courtesy of St. Norbert, at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/snc/.
 
Go "Mid"West Young Men
Horace Greeley may have said "Go west, young man," but Macalester has chosen to go to the Midwest, the Midwest Conference, for football.
 
After 12 seasons as an independent, following their departure from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in football, the Scots are back in a football conference, competing in the MWC's North Division along with Beloit, Carroll, Lawrence, Ripon and St. Norbert. The South Division features Cornell, Grinnell, Illinois College, Knox, Lake Forest and Monmouth.
 
Macalester was picked fourth in North Division by the MWC Coaches' in the league's preseason poll. St. Norbert, which won the MWC title last season, was picked first in the North while Illinois College was picked to win the South Division.
 
He's the Boss
The 28th head coach in the 128-year history of Macalester football, Tony Jennison, is in his seventh season as the Scots' mentor. His six-plus seasons have seen his teams put together a 33-33 record, including a 27-19 mark over the last four-plus seasons.

A 1997 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, he was a part of four conference championship teams and two NCAA Division III championship teams as a collegian.
 
Jennison began his collegiate coaching career in 1998 at UW-Eau Claire as the defensive backs coach. In 2002, he took the defensive coordinator position at Marietta College before coming to coming to Macalester in 2005 in the same coaching position. He became the Scots' head coach in 2008.
 

Two-Deep Lineup (as of Nov. 3)
	Starters		Backups
OFFENSE	No.	Name	No.	Name
WR	28	Victor Bordo	88	Bradley Cox
WR	13	Ben Hillmann	18	Garrett Eichhorn
WR	19	Tre Nowaczynski	87	Sam Bordo
TE	81	Joe Walker	45	Liam Peebles
QB	1	Samson Bialostok	4	Benny Goldman
RB	2	Zandy Stowell	11	Ethan Carpenter
RT	78	Matt Kania	79	Vincent Stierman III
RG	75	Spencer Weckwerth	63	Eric Conner III
C	66	Djoser Ramsey	68	Christian Stewart
LG	74	Austin Pauly	77	David McNichols
LT	70	John Stephens	58	Eben Johnson
DEFENSE	No.	Name	No.	Name
DE	97	Jacob Lueck	52	Lucas Herschbach
DT	99	Zach Hauser	98	Nicholas Egersdorf
DE	92	Ryan Flanagan	91	Alex Morrall
OLB	47	Reid Callahan	8	Fabian Arrizon
ILB	51	Ryan Fleming	46	Phil Wettersten
ILB	30	Nate Yordy	33	Connor Doak
OLB	41	Glen Hartford	17	Sean Hayes
S	3	Trey Muraoka	31	Cash McGregor
S	23	Jole Miller	12	Forest Redlin
CB	29	Konnor Fleming	25	Jack Schultenover
CB	22	Bolton Howes	21	Randall Eaker
SPECIALISTS	No.	Name	No.	Name
PK	14	Michael Abramson	36	Matt Glasenapp
HOLD	9	Christian Adams	5	Hunter Johnson
KO	14	Michael Abramson	36	Matt Glasenapp
P	36	Matt Glasenapp	14	Michael Abramson
LS (PK)	55	James Ring	13	Ben Hillmann
LS (P)	55	James Ring	13	Ben Hillmann
PR	28	Victor Bordo	29	Konnor Fleming
KR	28	Victor Bordo	29	Konnor Fleming

 
I'm a Cheesehead, Baby, The Pride of Wisconsin
The song title by the Group Cheeseheads With Attitude is apt for the 13 student-athletes on the Macalester roster who call Wisconsin home.

Outside of Minnesota, no state is more represented on the Macalester roster than Wisconsin and that group of 13 is playing the third of three games in their home state this season. The group includes defensive linemen Tristan Truttmann, Ryan Flanagan and Zach Hauser; running backs Zandy Stowell and Liam Peebles; linebackers Elliot Tanin, A.J. Imholte and Eric Seonbuchner; offensive linemen Eben Johnson, Djoser Ramsey and David McNichols; quarterback Jacob Simons; and wide receiver Tre Nowaczynski.
 
The Awards Show
Macalester student-athletes have been recognized with weekly award seven times this season, including three following the win over Carroll.
 
Bialostok was named the MWC Offensive Performer of the Week while Michael Abramson, for the second time this season, was named the conference's Special Teams Performer of the Week after converting all four of his point after touchdowns to go with a pair of field goals.
 
Meanwhile, D3football.com cited the Scots' offensive line for their outstanding performance by naming them to the site's Team of the Week.
 
In week four, Bradley Cox was named the MWC Special Team Performer of the Week while Bialostok was an honorable mention pick for national offensive player of the week by USA Football.
 
The Last Time it Happened
Macalester has won seven games in a season twice, going 7-2-0 in 1960 and 7-2-1 in 1986, but has never sported a 7-1 record through eight games.
 
The Scots' six-game winning streak is tied for the longest in school history, along with the 1950 Macalester squad which closed out the season with six consecutive wins.
 
The school record for consecutive wins is 14 from 1887 to 1895, spanning the program's first 14 games. The modern record is eight consecutive victories between 1947 (five games) and 1948 (three games).
 
The Last Time it Happened – Redux
Vying for a conference championship is something Macalester football is unaccustomed to doing. Not only have the Scots played as an independent for the last 12 years, the school's last football time came in 1947, when they shared the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title with St. Thomas. Macalester also won the 1925 MIAC title outright.
 
Half a Hundred
Macalester celebrated 50 years in Macalester Stadium last weekend, with the facility having been dedicated Oct. 30, 1964. It has undergone several renovations and improvements over the years and remains one of the top facilities in NCAA Division III.
 
Up Next
Midwest Conference Championship Week will close out the regular season, Nov. 15. Each of the North Division teams will play their counterpart, based on their finish in their division, from the South Division at the home of the South team.
 
The first-place teams from the North and South will play for the conference championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA playoffs.
 
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Midwest Conference Standings
School	Conf	Pct.	Overall	Pct.	Streak	Home	Away	Neutral
North Division
Macalester	4-0	1.000	7-1	.875	W6	4-0	3-1	0-0
Carroll	3-1	.750	7-1	.875	L1	4-0	3-1	0-0
St. Norbert	3-1	.750	5-3	.625	W3	3-1	2-2	0-0
Lawrence	1-3	.250	2-6	.250	L3	1-2	1-4	0-0
Ripon	1-3	.250	2-6	.250	W1	1-3	1-3	0-0
Beloit	0-4	.000	2-6	.250	L5	2-2	0-4	0-0
South Division
Illinois	4-0	1.000	6-2	.750	W5	4-0	2-2	0-0
Monmouth	3-1	.750	6-2	.750	W3	3-0	3-2	0-0
Cornell	3-1	.750	5-2	.714	W1	3-1	2-1	0-0
Grinnell	1-3	.250	2-6	.250	L1	0-4	2-2	0-0
Lake Forest	1-3	.250	2-6	.250	L3	0-3	2-3	0-0
Knox	0-4	.000	2-6	.250	L5	2-3	0-3	0-0