Senior Marcus Dorsey Named ECAC Defensive Player of the Week
Senior defensive back Marcus Dorsey was named the ECAC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday. Dorsey, who was also named the Northeast Conference defensive Player of the Week on Monday, is the first Blue Devil to be honored in football by the ECAC this season. Dorsey and the Blue Devils won their second straight game by coming from behind to beat Sacred Heart 24-12 on Saturday at Homecoming. Dorsey had three pass break-ups to go along with his interception.
Senior defensive back Marcus Dorsey was named the ECAC Defensive
Player of the Week on Wednesday. Dorsey, who was also named the
Northeast Conference defensive Player of the Week on Monday, is the
first Blue Devil to be honored in football by the ECAC this
season. Dorsey and the Blue Devils won their second straight game
by coming from behind to beat Sacred Heart 24-12 on Saturday at
Homecoming. Dorsey had three pass break-ups to go along with his
interception.
Dorsey accounted for four tackles, three pass break-ups, and a
game-changing defensive touchdown in Central Connecticut State's
24-12 victory over intrastate NEC rival Sacred Heart.
The captain preserved the Blue Devils' fourth-quarter lead by
intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning it for a
touchdown. The 100-yard return, which gave CCSU a two-touchdown
lead with 2:24 remaining in the game, stands as the longest in
program history. It was featured on ESPN's Top Plays as the #5
play on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Two of his pass break-ups came in the final quarter of play.
Dorsey's four passes defended helped limit the usually-accurate
Dale Fink to 17-of-38 passing.
He now has three interceptions on the season to lead the Blue
Devils, he is second in the NEC in that category. He is first in
the league with eight passes defended on the year.
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only
multi-divisional conference in the country with approximately 300
Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC
stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois.
Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization,
sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports
and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports.
