Seton Hill continued PSAC West play on Saturday evening with a conference matchup under the lights at #8 Slippery Rock.
The Rock defeated the Griffins 59-14. The Rock improves to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the PSAC while the Griffins are now 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the PSAC.
Slippery Rock took the opening kickoff and scored on their first drive to take a 7-0 lead with 12:04 left in the first quarter. The Rock added another touchdown on their next drive as they built a 14-0 lead with a little under 10 minutes left in the first quarter.
Boden St Marie scored from 11 yards out as the Griffins cut the Rock lead to 14-7 early in the second quarter. The Rock needed just two plays to push the lead back to two touchdowns as they led 21-7 with 12:54 left in the half. SRU extended their lead to 28-7 with 10:20 left in the half. The Rock added another touchdown as they built a 35-7 lead with 4:55 left in the half. Slippery Rock added a late field goal as they took a 38-7 lead into the halftime break.
St Marie scored on the first drive of the second half as he scored from 19 yards out to cut the lead to 38-14 with 11:15 left in the third quarter. The Rock added three more touchdowns in the quarter as they built their lead to 59-14.
Timothy Gaynor rushed for 104 yards. St Marie added 32 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Keith Bourque led the Griffins with 11 tackles.
The Griffins will travel to Gannon next Saturday afternoon.
