DANSBURY, Conn. – In their first trip to the Constitution State since 1958, junior Terrence Oliver broke a 62-yard touchdown rush on the first play from scrimmage and the Lycoming College football team was off from there, piling up 447 yards of offense in a 42-24 Landmark Conference win over Western Connecticut State University on Saturday.

Sophomore Joe Lyons III finished 21 of 27 for 280 yards and two touchdowns passing and he also ran for a score to pace Lycoming (2-5 overall, 2-1 Landmark). Oliver rushed 22 times for 132 yards and a score, as he became the seventh Warrior in program history to reach 25 career touchdowns.

The running back also had four catches for 59 yards, as he crossed 1,000 all-purpose yards on the season.

Senior Karson Kline caught five passes for 99 yards, senior Dawson Debebe caught four passes for 31 yards and a score and senior Brendan Clark, a Loyalsock graduate, had three catches for 19 yards and a touchdown.

Freshman Yahseam Stokes led the defense with six tackles, a blocked kick and two sacks and sophomore Daniel Atsou had five tackles and a sack. Senior Matt Trolinger had four stops, an interception and two pass breakups. Senior Mario Samony had an interception and senior Ryan Pentz, a Central Mountain graduate, posted four tackles, one for loss and a fumble return for a touchdown.

The Warriors scored on their first three drives to take a 21-11 lead. Oliver got things started with his 62-yard rush, but West Conn (4-2 overall, 1-1 Landmark) responded when Markus Faucett found the endzone from 71 yards out and added a two-point conversion to make it 8-7. The Warriors responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive, with Lyons plowing in from a yard out with 5:35 left in the first quarter. After a WestConn field goal, the Warriors drove 54 yards in eight plays, with Kline getting to the one-yard line with a 14-yard catch and senior Michael VanHorn took it from there with a sneak into the end zone.

The Wolves got two more field goals to close within 21-17, but the Warriors got the ball at their own 44 with 71 seconds left before halftime and Oliver took a pass at the 50 and rambled 43 yards downfield to get the ball to the seven. Three plays later, Lyons found Clark for a score to make it 28-17 at the break.

In the third quarter, WestConn took its opening drive to the 17 before setting up for a field goal that Stokes blocked and Pentz picked up at the 25 and ran back for the touchdown. On Lycoming’s next drive, Lyons found Kline for a 42-yard completion to get the ball to the WestConn 25 before he connected with Debebe for a score from nine yards out to make it 42-17.

WestConn had a pair of drives get deep into Lycoming territory in the fourth quarter, but sophomore Khalil Johnson and sophomore Nasir Shakur stopped one with a tackle for loss on fourth and goal from the five and Samony’s interception at the two-yard line stopped the next drive. Finally, WestConn scored on a seven-play, 64-yard drive with 1:08 left.

Dylan Jackson was 13-of-30 for 314 yards and a touchdown for WestConn. He was intercepted twice. Faucett had seven catches for 221 yards and a score. Kam Holmes rushed 15 times for 54 yards and Quasim Benson rushed 10 times for 43 yards and a touchdown. Tafari Johnson, Nicholas Simmons and Justin Ingebrigtsen all had eight tackles. Simmons forced a fumble and Johnson recovered one. Marciel Do Amarel had three field goals.

Lycoming 42, Western Conn. St. 24

Lycoming 14 14 14 0 — 42

W. Conn. St. 11 6 0 7 — 24

First quarter

L–T. Oliver 62 run (V. Granitto kick), 12:43.

WCS–M. Faucett 71 pass from D. Jackson (M. Do Amarai run), 11:49.

L_J. Lyons 1 run (V. Granitto kick), 5:35.

WCS–M. Do Amarai 37 field goal, 3:34.

Second quarter

L–M. VanHorn 1 run (V. Granitto kick), 14:23.

WCS–M. Do Amarai 29 field goal, 8:05.

WCS–M. Do Amarai 27 field goal, 5:09.

L–B. Clark 5 pass from J. Lyons (V. Granitto kick), 0:20.

Third quarter

L–R. Pentz 75 blocked field goal return (V. Granitto kick), 10:13.

L–D. Debebe 9 pass from J. Lyons (V. Granitto kick), 6:23.

WCS–Q. Benson 2 run (M. Do Amarai kick), 0:43.

TEAM STATISTICS

L WCS

First downs 17 17

Rushes-yards 34-167 38-107

Passing yards 280 314

C-A-I 21-27-0 13-20-2

Total yards 447 421

Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0

Penalties-yards 9-84 6-61

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Lycoming, Terrance Oliver 22-132 TD, Spencer Ferguson 5-20, Michael VanHorn 2-9 TD, Joe Lyons 4-8 TD. Western Conn. St., Kam Holmes 15-54, Quasim Benson 10-43 TD, Dylan Jackson 13-10.

PASSING–Lycoming, Joe Lyons 21-27-0 280 2 TDs. Western Conn. St., Dylan Jackson 13-20-2 314 TD.

RECEIVING–Lycoming, Karson Kline 7-99, Terrence Oliver 4-59, Dawson Debebe 4-31 TD, Brendan Clark 3-19 TD, Jared Zimmerman 2-27, Spencer Ferguson 2-16, Michael VanHorn 1-4. Western Conn. St., Markus Faucetti 9-221 TD, Serge Lagardere 4-14, Tamarion LaFortune 1-42, Jayden Leroy 4-35, Troy Baker 1-2.