Football | 10/7/2025 10:00:00 AM
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – St. John Fisher sophomore linebacker Jack Tanoory has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week, the publication announced on Tuesday morning. He joins junior safety Timothy Vanderbrink as the second Fisher player to earn a D3football.com Team of the Week spot this season.
Tanoory totaled a career-high 14 tackles, including 13 solo stops, and made perhaps the most important play in the Cardinals' 31-24 upset of SUNY Brockport in the Courage Bowl on Saturday at Growney Stadium.
With the teams tied at 21 in the fourth quarter, Brockport appeared ticketed to take the lead with less than 10 minutes remaining. Quarterback Ben Gocella fired a quick screen pass to receiver Sal Weller, who made a defender miss and had nobody between him and the end zone. Tanoory, who blitzed Gocella on the play, sprinted from the opposite 12-yard line and caught Weller just in time, knocking the ball out of his hands as he neared the goal line. The ball bounced through the end zone, which resulted in a touchback, allowing Fisher's offense to take over at its 20.
The Cardinals' offense drove 73 yards on 13 plays and took a 24-21 lead with 1:56 left on Dominik Greco's 24-yard field goal. They soon after outlasted Brockport in overtime to secure their first Courage Bowl win in nine years.
This marks the first time that the Cardinals have had two players earn D3football.com weekly honors in the same season since safety Jason Rodriguez and defensive lineman Sean Cleary did so in 2019.
The Cardinals face Hartwick at 3 p.m. on Saturday in Oneonta, New York.
