(Photo of Nicholas Ciriello Courtesy of Amanda Paulovich Photography)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) Geneva College senior defensive linebacker Nicholas Ciriello earned his spot on the D3 Football.com Team of the Week recently for the first-time ever after his performance in a game on Saturday against Case Western Reserve University that took place in Cleveland, Ohio. This list of players online gives recognition to the top NCAA Division III football players across the country every week. Ciriello finished Geneva’s 43-16 win over Case Western Reserve with 12 total tackles, which includes a career-best 11 solo stops, a sack, two tackles for loss, as well as a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Ciriello also received this recognition one day after he was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Defensive Player of the Week. The only other Geneva player to make the D3 Football.com Team of the Week this season is senior wide receiver Keaton Baker. Geneva is 6-4 overall after the win on Saturday, which means the program has a winning record for the first time since 2009, and will take on SUNY Brockport of Brockport, New York in the ECAC Division III Robert M. “Scotty” Whitelaw Bowl on Saturday, November 22nd at 12 noon in Rochester, New York.