Seton Hill University Athletics

Seton Hill made the trip to Erie for a PSAC West matchup on Saturday afternoon with Gannon.

The Griffins scored a fourth quarter touchdown to defeat the Golden Knights 21-17 in conference play.  SHU is now 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the west.  

SHU got off to a quick start in the first quarter.  Keith Bourque recovered a fumble on the opening drive for Gannon giving the Griffins good field position.  Boden St Marie hit Jayden Llanos with a 19 yard touchdown pass to out the Griffins in front 7-0 with 7:11 left in the first quarter.  On the next Gannon drive, Patrick Henry got a strip sack and Jacob Grimes recovered the fumble to give SHU the ball at the Gannon six yard line.  St Marie then hit Kai Holmes with a two yard touchdown pass to increase the Griffins lead to 14-0 with 4:19 left in the quarter. 

Gannon scored a pair of second quarter touchdowns to tie the score at 14 with 4:14 left in the half.  

The Golden Knights hit a 36 yard field goal early in the third quarter as they took a 17-14 lead.  

On the fourth play of the fourth quarter, St Marie connected on a 15 yard touchdown pass to put the Griffins in front 21-17 with 12:38 left in the game.  The Griffins defense then put the game away with three stops, one forcing a punt, another forcing a turnover on downs and the final stop an interception from Darius Patterson.  

St Marie was 20-26 for 190 yards and three touchdowns.  Da'Shaun Williams rushed for 89 yards.  Llanos caught six passes for 80 yards and a touchdown.  Lucas Simone led the defense with seven tackles.  

SHU will host Clarion next weekend in a PSAC West contest.