Averett hits the road to face Greensboro College on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Jamieson Stadium. Averett (1-3, 0-1 USA South) is coming off a 29-0 loss to N.C. Wesleyan College on Homecoming last weekend. Greensboro (0-4, 0-1 USA South), meanwhile, has opened the season with four straight losses after falling 30-7 at Shenandoah University last Saturday.
THE SERIES
Averett owns a 7-4 advantage in its series with Greensboro College. The Cougars have won the last three meetings and are 7-1 against the Pride in their last eight meetings. Last season, Averett beat Greensboro 50-0 in Danville.
NOTABLE
• Junior
Timothy Lovick ranks first in the USA South and 25th in the nation in kickoff return average (28.4).
• In their seven wins against Greensboro, the Cougars have averaged 34.7 points per game against the Pride.
• Averett's streak of 83 games without being shutout by an opponent came to an end last week in a 29-0 loss to N.C. Wesleyan.
• Averett safeties
Stefan Varner and
Robslin Emmanuel each had double-digit tackles against N.C. Wesleyan last weekend. Varner had 12 tackles and Emmanuel had 10. The last pair of teammates to have 10 or more tackles in the same game were
Logan Smyth and
Matthew Smith, who had 11 and 10 tackles, respectively, against Maryville last season.
• Averett is wearing 'RQ” helmet decals in memory of former player Rick Quintanilla, 23, who recently passed away after a 51-month battle with brain cancer. Quintanilla played for Averett from 2005-06 and was on the 2006 championship team.
