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Lycoming football falls to No. 20 ranked Susquehanna at home

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Lycoming falls to 20th-ranked Susquehanna

The Lycoming College football team fell to 20th-ranked Susquehanna, 35-10, in a key Landmark Conference matchup on Saturday at Girardi Stadium.

The Warriors are 5-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play. Susquehanna is 7-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.

Junior Joe Lyons completed 17 of 36 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown, giving him 30 career touchdown passes. Senior Jared Zimmerman finished with six catches for 90 yards. Senior Brendan Clark, a Loyalsock graduate, added four receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown, his second straight game with a score. Sophomore Christon Mitchell-Brown led the Warriors with 12 tackles and added half a sack. It was a career high for Mitchell-Brown, who reached the 100-tackle milestone and has 104 career tackles.

Junior JayVon Story finished with a career-high 10 tackles, and senior Jordan Rhinehart reached 100 career tackles, including five in the game. The Warriors recorded at least four sacks for the second consecutive game and sophomore Trinity Hill-Caleb has forced at least one fumble in two straight games.

The Warriors turned their second possession into the first quarter's only points, moving 63 yards before sophomore Vasco Granitto made a 25-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead with 8:13 left. Lyons later connected with Zimmerman for gains of 39, 14 and 8 yards on a drive that reached the Susquehanna 1 as the first quarter ended, with the Warriors ahead 3-0.

Lyons capped a 67-yard drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Clark at 2:34, and Granitto's extra point put the Warriors ahead 10-7. The defense then held after Susquehanna reached the Warriors 4, with Rhinehart breaking up a pass and Story and Mitchell-Brown combining on a third-down sack before a missed 28-yard field goal.

The Warriors finished the second quarter in front 10-7.

Susquehanna scored twice in the third quarter, with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Carter McCauley followed by a 9-yard Matt Surtz run. Story added a sack during a defensive stop late in the quarter, but the Warriors entered the fourth trailing 21-10.

Susquehanna added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with the final extra point making it 35-10. The Warriors' final possession started with junior Aiden Barlett, a Hughesville graduate, posting a 37-yard kickoff return, and Lyons moved the offense to the Susquehanna 15 with completions to first-year Isaiah Robinson, Clark on fourth down and Zimmerman. The drive ended with a fumble on the final play.

McCauley caught 13 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns. Tommy Wright completed 25-of-36 passing for 286 yards and three touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown. Surtz rushed 25 times for 112 yards and a touchdown and added two catches for nine yards. Brayden Nolan recorded a team-high 10 tackles.

Up next, the Warriors travel to Bethlehem to face Moravian to close the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon.

Susquehanna 35, Lycoming 10

Susquehanna 0 7 14 14 -- 35

Lycoming 3 7 0 0 -- 10

First quarter

L--V. Granitto 25 field goal, 8:13.

Second quarter

S--C. McCauley 19 pass from T. Wright (C. Hoover kick), 6:57.

L--B. Clark 18 pas from J. Lyons (Granitto kick), 2:34.

Third quarter

S--McCauley 38 pass from Wright (Hoover kick), 12:34.

S--M. Surtz 9 run (Hoover kick), 6:07.

Fourth quarter

S--Wright 1 run (Hoover kick), 13:03.

S--McCauley 18 pass from Wright (Hoover kick), 1:40.

TEAM STATISTICS

S L

First downs 28 16

Rushes-yards 44-109 22-27

Passing yards 286 199

C-A-I 25-36-0 17-36-0

Total yards 395 226

Fumbles-lost 3-0 2-0

Penalties-yards 7-76 8-62

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Susquehanna, Matt Surtz 25-112 TD, Drew Hutchins 10-17, Tommy Wright 9-(minus 20). Lycoming, Terrence Oliver 13-24, Spencer Ferguson 3-9, Joe Lyons 5-8, TEAM 1-(minus 1), Reese Wilson 1-(minus 13).

PASSING--Susquehanna, Tommy Wright 25-36-0 286 3 TDs. Lycoming, Joe Lyons 17-36-0 199 TD.

RECEIVING--Susquehanna, Carter McCauley 13-182 3 TDs, Frankie Mroz 4-41, Ethan Mahan 3-20, Robert Stoifa 2-26, Matt Surtz 2-9, Noah Confer 3-8, Marcus Hines 1-0. Lycoming, Jared ZImmerman 6-90, Brendan Clark 4-48 TD, David Grayton 3-39, Theo Ferragame 2-18, Isaiah Robinson 1-9, Terrence Oliver 1-(minus 5).

SACKS--Susquehanna, Galen Limantour 1, Brady Rosencrans 1. Lycoming, JayVon Story 1 1/2, Trinity Hill-=Caleb 1 1/2, Christon Mitchell-Brown 1/2, Yahseam Stokes 1/2.

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