Shock prepare for second straight West Division match up

Published on April 16, 2013 under Arena Football League (AFL)
Spokane Shock News Release


SPOKANE, WA (April 16, 2013) -The Spokane Shock (4-0) take on the San Jose SaberCats (2-1) for their second West Division matchup in a row on April 19th at the HP Pavillion in San Jose, CA. Kickoff is scheduled for Friday, April 19th at 7:30 PM PST and will be available on 700 AM ESPN Radio and for viewing online at shock.arenafootball.com/allaccess .

Last week, Spokane came home after a three game road trip to start off the season, they defeated the defending Arena-Bowl Champions and West Division rival the Arizona Rattlers 66-49.

Once again Erik Meyer continued his league leading season throwing for 351 yards, 8 touchdowns and no interceptions. Meyer has 32 total touchdowns on the season with a passing efficiency of 135.9 and has yet to throw an interception.

Last Friday's game against Arizona was an offensive shootout with quarterbacks Meyer and Davila going touchdown for touchdown. The Shock defense came up with the first defensive stop of the game when they forced the Rattlers into a huge 4-and-out stop with 3:45 left in the fourth quarter. Adron Tennell and Karmar Jorden lead the Shock receivers on the season with 774 yards and 23 touchdowns, combining for 7 against the Rattlers.

Last season the Shock and SaberCats spilt the season series with both teams winning on the road. During the first meeting in Spokane, San Jose's quarterback Mark Grieb threw for 315 yards and 7 touchdowns while the SaberCats led for the entire game winning 69-35. In San Jose, the Shock came out looking for revenge and found it in a big way scoring 90 points led by quarterback Kyle Rowley's 12 touchdown passes (AFL single game record) and 392 yards.

"San Jose is a very good football team with a very good roster that is coming off the bye week which gave them a chance to get healthy and prepare."

Before their bye week, San Jose traveled to Arizona and fell 47-73. Veteran quarterback Aaron Garcia threw for 293 yards, 6 touchdowns but also had 3 costly interceptions while spreading the ball around nicely, throwing at least one touchdown pass to four different receivers.

"San Jose is a tough place to play and they'll be ready for us, but we're going to come out and play football the way we know how. We have a long way to go and we're going to keep our heads down and continue to work hard, it's a long season and even though we're 4-0, we are still looking to improve and get better every week the rest of the year."

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