Wasserman Named to D3Football.com Team of the Week
D3FOOTBALL.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK
For the second straight week, the Empire 8 is represented with a player on the D3football.com Team of the Week. This week the honoree is SUNY Cortland sophomore return specialist Alex Wasserman.
Wasserman scored on a kickoff return and a pass reception as nationally ranked Cortland defeated visiting Framingham State, 49-21, in a non-league matchup Saturday, Sept. 10.
In the first quarter, Wasserman fielded the ball at his 10-yard line and was able to break free down the the left sideline. He eventually broke a coupled of tackles and maneuvered around a defender to complete a 90-yard return and put Cortland up 14-7.
In the second quarter, Wasserman blocked a punt to give Cortland the ball on the Rams' 18-yard line. Three plays later Akins fought his way in from six yards to push the Red Dragons' lead to 21-7.
Later in the second, at the Framingham 46-yard line. On the first play of Cortland's possession, Wasserman caught a screen pass and went 46 yards for a TD to give the Red Dragons a 35-7 lead with 5:11 left in the half.