Ursuline (Youngstown, OH)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Fighting Irish
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Larry Kempe
League: Steel Valley
Playoff Division: V
Playoff Division Rank: #8

SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Vito Penza 6'2" 215 Senior OLB 4.70

D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Chris Durkin 6'4" 230 Senior QB [Virginia Tech]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 30.8
2013 National Rank: #1701
2013 State Rank: #106
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 27.4
2014 National Rank: #1917
2014 State Rank: #127
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 38.2
Dynasty National Rank: #260
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.5
Dynasty Record: 89-45 (7-10 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 4-6
2013 League Record/Finish: 0-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 19
2013 Points Against Average: 26.2
2013 Differential: -7.2
2013 Wins: #803 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls) (27-24), #1758 Steubenville (46-21), #2734 Jackson (Massillon) (21-14), #6737 Strong Vincent (Erie, PA) (21-7)
2013 Losses: #20 St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (40-7), #77 Aquinas Institute (Rochester, NY) (29-3), #204 Cathedral Prep (Erie, PA) (37-8), #349 Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown) (29-14), #1292 Manchester (Akron) (19-16), #2219 Lake Catholic (Mentor) (42-27)
2013 Opponents W-L: 89-36
Recent State Championships: 2010, 2009, 2008 (5)
Recent League Championships: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2004 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/29/14 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls) (13-9)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 at Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls), 9/6 at Benedictine (Cleveland), 9/12 at Steubenville, 9/19 Lake Catholic (Mentor), 9/26 at Harding [Warren G.] (Warren), 10/3 Farrell (PA), 10/4 Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island, NY), 10/10 Washington (Massillon), 10/17 at East (Youngstown), 10/24 Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown), 10/31 at St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron) (61.4), Washington (Massillon) (56.8), Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown) (53.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: East (Youngstown) (-7.4), Farrell (PA) (8.4), Harding [Warren G.] (Warren) (26.3)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 32.1 (38.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 33.6
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.5
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #23
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #298
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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