Seton Hill hosted Gannon on Saturday afternoon at Offutt Field in their Homecoming contest. The Griffins could not cash in on two trips inside the Gannon five yard line and came up just short in a 14-10 PSAC West loss. SHU falls to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the west while Gannon improves to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the west.
Gannon won the coin toss and took the ball to begin the game. The Griffin defense was able to force a turnover on downs at their own 38 yard line. A
Hunter Miller punt pinned the Knights back at their own 11 yard line. SHU was able to force a three and out and got great field position at their own 45 yard line. SHU marched to the Gannon three yard line but had to turn the ball over on downs. The first quarter ended in a 0-0 tie.
On their first possession of the second quarter, the Knights connected on a 26 yard TD pass to take a 7-0 lead. SHU then marched 59 yards on 15 plays but a fumble ended the drive at the Gannon 30 yard line. On the next Gannon possession,
Alton Jones blocked a 31 yard field goal. The Griffins were picked off on their next drive and the clock ran out, sending Gannon to the locker room with a 7-0 lead.
SHU drove all the way to the Gannon one yard line but two no gains on third and fourth down turned the ball back over to the Knights. The Griffin defense took advantage of that bad field position for Gannon and forced a holding penalty in the end zone which resulted in a safety cutting the lead to 7-2 with 9:10 to play in the quarter. SHU then marched 61 yards in nine plays, the final 12 coming on a touchdown pass from
Jake McCormick to
Taro Gaither. McCormick hit John Makell with the two point conversion to give SHU a 10-7 lead with 4:54 to play. Gannon answered right back with a 75 yard, 11 play drive that culminated with a one yard TD run. Gannon led 14-10 after three quarters of play.
Neither team was able to get much offense going in the fourth quarter. Gannon was able to run out the clock after a 44 yard run late in the quarter.
Logan Wiland rushed for 104 yards on 31 carries. McCormick was 17-33 for 171 yards and one touchdown. Gaither had five receptions for 50 yards and one touchdown.
Kurt Adkins and Makell each had four catches for 47 yards,
Jayden Emberton-Gaines led the defense with 17 tackles.
Jaylen McDuffie added 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss.
Narrio Walks finished the game with 11 tackles.
Seton Hill will travel to Clarion next Saturday for another PSAC West contest.
