Alfred University Athletics

Joe Copp played a leading role as part of a 9-6 non-conference win for the Alfred University football team over Catholic University on Saturday. Copp finished the game with a season-high 19 tackles, 10 of which were solo. Copp was additionally credited with 2.5 tackles for a loss as part of AU's winning efforts, totaling nine yards while eight of those yards came from his two solo sacks. In the third quarter, a fumble recovery from Copp resulted in a go-ahead touchdown drive. In the following quarter, Copp made a critical solo tackle on fourth down to give the ball back to Alfred. He added one pass breakup to his performance review. Copp now has 289 career tackles and is nine tackles shy from the program's all-time career tackles record book.