UIndy Greyhounds (2-1) at Hillsdale Chargers (1-2)
Saturday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. ET, Hillsdale, Mich.
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ON TAP
UIndy takes on its final non-conference opponent of the regular season when it travels to Hillsdale College to take on the Chargers Saturday night at 7 p.m.

COACH TO CURE
This week, UIndy head coach Bob Bartolomeo and his staff will be taking part in their annual promotion of the Coach To Cure MD initiative, a partnership between the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD). The goals are simple: 1) Raise national awareness of the disorder and 2) Raise money to fund research for a cure.

Simply text CURE to 90999 to donate $5 to the cause, or visit the CoachToCureMD.org for more information.

ABOUT HILLSDALE
Members of the rival Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference or GLIAC (GLEE-ack), the Chargers have started the season with a 1-2 record, with all three games coming in conference play. Hillsdale easily won its week-two contest versus Lake Erie, 52-29, but dropped a 45-34 final to Findlay in the opener and a 32-24 decision at Northern Michigan last week.

Running back Bennett Lewis has been a workhorse for the Chargers. The 5-9, 189-pound junior ranks second in the GLIAC and 17th in Division II in rushing yards per game (127.0), while his five rushing TDs are good for ninth in D-II.

As a team, the Chargers lead the nation in fewest penalties per game by averaging just 1.33 per through the first three weeks. However, they rank 164th out of 169 Division II schools in total defense after surrendering nearly 550 yards per contest, including an average of 312 through the air.

HOUNDS vs. CHARGERS
UIndy and Hillsdale have faced off 28 times previously, mostly as conference foes in the GLIAC as well as members its precursor, the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC). The Chargers own a 15-13 edge overall, but the Hounds have taken each of the last two meetings and 11 of the last 15.

Last season, UIndy thwarted a late push by the visiting Chargers to earn a 24-19 win in Indianapolis. With just 70 seconds to go and the Chargers in the red zone, linebacker Rob Dury stuffed Hillsdale QB Mark LaPrairie behind the line of scrimmage on 4th down, giving the ball back to UIndy to all but seal it.

Overall, Hillsdale out-gained its host by more than 100 total yards, but UIndy scored three touchdowns on the night (two by Reece Horn), compared to just one by the Chargers, who had to settle for four field goals.

HOUNDS vs. THE GLIAC
Bartolomeo and his Greyhounds have compiled a 16-10 record versus GLIAC opponents since "Coach Bart" took over in 2010. UIndy spent his first two seasons as an associate member of the GLIAC, with the Hounds going a combined 11-9 in 2010 and 2011. Since joining the GLVC, Bartolomeo's teams have gone 5-1 versus the GLIAC, including splitting a home-and-home with Ashland and two wins versus both Saginaw Valley State and Hillsdale.

LAST TIME OUT
The Greyhounds opened GLVC play with a 26-24 home victory versus Southwest Baptist last Saturday. The Hounds built a 16-point lead through three quarters and fended off a pair of late Bearcat touchdowns to hold on for the win. SBU was just the second-ever GLVC team to amass more than 200 rushing yards against the Hounds, but UIndy's defense racked up six sacks and interception while holding the Bearcats to just three points in one 30-minute stretch of game time.

TRIPLE THREAT
The Hounds pulled off a rare feat in last week's win versus Southwest Baptist. For just the second time in a dozen seasons, UIndy produced a 300-yard passer, a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver in the same game.

Quarterback Connor Barthel (324 yds), running back Andrew Walker (106 yds) and receiver Reece Horn (194 yds) combined to turn the trick against the Bearcats last Saturday. The previous time that happened was just last season versus McKendree (Barthel, Horn and former RB Matt Ripp), but the time before that? You'll have to go back to week 9 of the 2003 campaign when Harlon Hill candidate Matt Kohn threw for 319 yards, while RB Donnie McCoy ran for 106 yards and WR Travis Zike amassed 122 yards receiving in a 35-24 win at Ashland.

MILESTONE WATCH
Thanks to another monster game last week, senior wideout Reece Horn continues to climb up UIndy's all-time receiving lists. The reigning GLVC Offensive Player of the Year currently ranks third in program history in three major categories, including career receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. He needs just three catches, 87 yards and two TDs, respectively, to take over second in those stats.

On the season, Horn tops all of Division II in receiving yards (496) while ranking third in receptions per game (9.7).

PICK AS A DOG
For the second straight week, a Greyhound defensive back corralled his first career interception. Seven days after sophomore cornerback Mike Hamilton secured his first pick as a collegian at Marian, sophomore safety Aeneas White came up with a second-quarter INT versus Southwest Baptist.

BLOCK PARTY
Sophomore DB Korey Rogan came up with a big blocked kick versus SBU. Coming from the edge, the Indy native stuffed the Bearcats' 29-yard attempt in the third quarter in what ultimately finished as a two-point game. The effort marked UIndy's first blocked field goal since Josh Bass deflected a 30-yard try at Quincy in 2012.

The Greyhounds technically had two blocks on the night as Tommy Taylor swatted the Bearcats' final PAT, but kicker Alec Gathright was able to catch the deflection and run it in for two points and thus, by rule, negating Taylor's statistical accomplishment. That would have been the third career extra point block for the defensive lineman, who rejected a pair of PATs last season.

DOUGHNUT IN THE TURNOVER COLUMN
With just three weeks in the books, UIndy is one of only two Division II teams without an offensive turnover this season, with the other being fellow Super Region 4-member Findlay. Barthel has thrown 110 passes without an INT for the Hounds, while the team has recovered its only two fumbles to date.

Meanwhile, the Greyhounds' opponents have coughed it up on three occasions, including two picks and a lost fumble.

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK
The Greyhounds have won each of the three GLVC titles since the league began sponsoring football in 2012. They've compiled a stellar 23-1 (.958) record over that span, including last week's victory against Southwest Baptist in the conference opener.

Last year, the Greyhounds compiled a conference mark of 7-1 to win the league by two full games, topping a quartet of contenders at 5-3. It marked the first time UIndy won three straight conference championships since the school – then named Indiana Central College – took the Hoosier College Conference crown in 1953, '54 and '55.