District college football roundup: Saint Vincent tops Case Western in 42-40 slugfest

Brady Walker threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns as St. Vincent overcame a slow start to defeat Case Western, 42-40, in a PAC slugfest Saturday afternoon.

The Bearcats (3-1, 2-1) trailed 14-0 late in the first half before Walker hit Antonio Zambrano with a 7-yard scoring pass with 1:09 left in the second quarter. Billy Beck ran for 87 yards and two touchdowns for St. Vincent while, and Molayo Irefin caught eight passes for 85 yards. Joanes Polynice scored on a 35-yard interception return for the Bearcats, who picked off three passes.

Drew Saxton completed 40 of 65 passes for 486 yards and three touchdowns for Case Western (2-3, 1-3), which picked up 500 yards as a team. Case Western’s Colt Morgan caught 15 passes for 219 yards and teammate Lucas DeCaro added seven receptions for 119 yards and one touchdown.

NCAA Division II

Edinboro 17, Seton Hill 7 — Nic Cunningham returned a Seton Hill field-goal attempt 56 yards for a touchdown to give Edinboro the two-score lead with 3:09 remaining as the Fighting Scots (1-3, 1-1) defeated the Griffins (2-3, 0-2) in PSAC action. Jordan Castelli led Edinboro with 112 yards passing, including a 22-yard touchdown pass to Mike Watkins to open up the scoring. Castelli led the Fighting Scots with 44 yards rushing. Jake McCormick led Seton Hill with 108 yards passing, including a 40-yard touchdown pass to Taro Gaither in the final minute of the third quarter to narrow the Edinboro lead to three.

No. 7 Slippery Rock 75, Clarion 0 — No. 7 Slippery Rock (5-0) had more touchdown passes (7) than incomplete passes (4) in a rout of Clarion (0-5). Andrew Koester was 20 for 22 for 328 yards and five scores. Noah Grover went 11 for 13 for 114 yards and two more TDs. Max Maciejewski caught five balls for 100 yards and a score. Chris D’Or caught four passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns. Slippery Rock outgained Clarion, 588-81.

No. 25 IUP 28, Gannon 23 — Harry Woodbery threw for 221 yards and three touchdowns and added another on the ground as No. 25 IUP (3-1, 2-0) held off a Gannon (2-3, 1-1) comeback in PSAC action. Woodbery rushed for an 8-yard touchdown with 5:37 remaining to make it a two-score game for the Crimson Hawks. Duane Brown led IUP with 101 yards receiving on eight catches and one touchdown. The Crimson Hawks rushed for 159 yards as a team. Kory Curtis threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns for Gannon. Curtis connected with Melvin Blanks for two scores, and Antonio Wright rushed from a yard out to cut the IUP lead to five with just under four minutes remaining in the game.

No. 25 Cal (Pa.) 37, Mercyhurst 0 — Noah Mitchell threw for 304 yards, three touchdowns and an interception to lead No. 25 Cal (Pa.) (5-0, 2-0) over Mercyhurst (1-4, 0-2) in PSAC action on homecoming. Mitchell connected on touchdown passes with JaQuae Jackson, Derek Lockhart and Junior McConahy. The Vulcans defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns in back-to-back possessions in the second quarter. Kavon Morman returned an interception 29 yards, and Noah Dillow returned one 12 yards. Mercyhurst was held to 106 yards of total offense compared to the Vulcans 359 yards.

NCAA Division III

No. 11 Washington & Jefferson 24, Geneva 20 — Justin Heacock connected with Andrew Wolf for a 19-yard touchdown with less than 10 minutes remaining for the winning touchdown as No. 11 Washington & Jefferson (5-0, 4-0) defeated Geneva (2-3, 1-2) in PAC action. Heacock finished with 318 yards passing and two touchdowns, both to Wolf. The pair connected early in the second quarter on a 26-yard touchdown to cut the Geneva lead to 14-7. Geneva’s rushing attack led the way with 220 yards headlined by Amos Luptak, who finished with 84 yards and a score on the ground. In the air, Luptak finished with 91 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

Carnegie Mellon 47, Bethany 7 — Tre Vasiliadis ran for 78 yards and three first-half touchdowns as Carnegie Mellon (3-2, 3-1) defeated Bethany (0-5, 0-4) in PAC play. Carnegie Mellon outgained Bethany, 445-126, and had 25 first downs to Bethany’s seven. Tartans freshman Will Squibb threw for 132 yards and one touchdown in his first career start.

Grove City 38, Waynesburg 0 — In a PAC matchup, Josh Ehst threw for 307 yards and a touchdown to lead Grove City (4-1, 3-1) to victory at Waynesburg (1-4, 1-3). Scott Fraser had 11 receptions for 139 yards while teammate Cody Gustafson added nine catches for 135 yards and a touchdown. Nico Flati paced Grove City’s ground game with 94 rushing yards and one touchdown, and Clayton Parrish ran for three short touchdowns.

Kenyon 27, Allegheny 13 — Andrew Schnarre caught four passes for 101 yards and a touchdown as Kenyon (2-3, 2-2) defeated Allegheny (1-4, 0-4) in NCAC play. Ryan O’Leary threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns for Kenyon. Jack Johnson completed 27 of 47 passes for 251 yards for Allegheny.

Westminster 49, Thiel 14 — Cole Konieczka threw for 165 yards, four touchdowns and one interception to lead Westminster (3-1, 3-0) to victory over Thiel (0-5, 0-4) in PAC action. Westminster finished with 395 yards of total offense, while holding Thiel to 89 yards. Kevin Brown, Jalen Washington, Damon Maul and Matthew Randza all caught touchdown passes from Konieczka. Justin Logan caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Alexander Kovalyak, and Kaleb Donor rushed one in from 3 yards out for Thiel.

NCAA Division I FCS

St. Francis (Pa.) 27, Morgan State 14 — Lovell Armstrong rushed for a career-best 116 yards, Justin Sliwoski passed for 166 yards and two touchdowns — his 45-yard keeper setting up the second — and St. Francis (Pa.) defeated Morgan State. The Red Flash (2-3) sandwiched two touchdowns around a Morgan State (0-4) three-and-out late in the third quarter to break open a 10-7 lead. After Sliwoski ran 45 yards to set up first-and-goal, Tate Myers caught a 3-yard touchdown pass, his first. Armstead ran in from the 3 as the Red Flash scored again in two plays, pushing the lead to 24-7 as the third quarter was ending.