Seton Hill continued their PSAC West schedule with a home contest with Clarion on Saturday afternoon at Offutt Field.
The Griffins hit a 21 yard field goal as time expired as they walked off the Golden Eagles by the score of 27-24. SHU is now 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the PSAC West. Clarion falls to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the west.
Clarion took a 3-0 lead on their second possession of the contest with a 40 yard field goal with 6:39 left in the first quarter. The Griffins responded with a 10 play, 75 yard drive that ended with a 20 yard touchdown pass from
Boden St Marie to
Jayden Llanos that gave the Griffins a 7-3 lead with 1:41 left in the first.
The Golden Eagles scored on the first play of the second quarter, a 30 yard TD run to retake a 10-7 lead with 14:52 left in the half. SHU took advantage of good field position late in the half. SHU needed just two plays to retake the lead.
Da'Shaun Williams ran for 23 yards to the Clarion 27 and then St Marie connected with
Zach Schrockman on a 27 yard touchdown pass as SHU led 14-10 with 1:33 left in the half. Clarion scored on the final play of the first half on a 35 yard touchdown pass as they took a 17-14 lead into the halftime break.
Seton Hill marched 82 yards in just seven plays on their first drive of the second half.
Ahmad Ward scored on a 4th and 1 play from 39 yards out as the Griffins took a 21-17 lead with 11:11 left in the third. The Griffins led 21-17 at the end of the third quarter.
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Demetri Whitehead interception set up a 25 yard field goal from
Rayyan Bataineh that extended the Griffins lead to 24-17 with 5;36 left in the second half. Clarion then marched 88 yards in 7 plays to tie the score at 24 with 1:57 left in regulation. The Griffins then used a 49 yard run from Llanos to set up the game winning kick. Ward rushed for 29 yards on the drive to set up the game winning 21 yard field goal from Bataineh as time expired.
St Marie finished the day going 19-27 for 318 yards and 2 touchdowns. Llanos caught 9 passes for 108 yards and a TD. Ward rushed for 96 yards and a TD.
Keith Bourque led the defense with 8 tackles.
The Griffins will travel to Edinboro next weekend.
