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SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The first win of the season could not
have come on a better weekend as the Susquehanna football team
grabbed a 27-17 win over Moravian at a packed Lopardo Stadium on
Homecoming Weekend.
The Crusaders (1-5, 1-4) opened and ended the game with
high-scoring quarters and withstood a late Moravian (0-6, 0-5)
charge to hold on for the win.
The big difference in the game came on the ground as SU racked up
192 yards rushing, led by 166 from sophomore Tim Wade
(Doylestown, Pa./La Salle College HS). Wade carried the
ball 35 times and averaged just under five yards per carry. His 35
carries were the fifth-most in a single game in Crusader
history.
Mark Rosenbaum (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris
Central) was back behind center after being sidelined due
to injury and threw for 169 yards (15-for-22) with one touchdown.
Denzell Walker (Baltimore, Md./McDonough School)
was on the receiving end for four of those completions, including a
touchdown, and had 74 yards on the day.
Susquehanna’s defense also had a huge say in the outcome as
Cody Miller (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) returned an
interception for a touchdown and Bill Mancini (Malvern,
Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep) tallied 10 tackles (2.5 for
loss) with two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a sack.
Mason Spangler (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus), meanwhile,
had one sack and 4.5 tackles for loss.
Punter T.J. Morton [Elkton, Md./Salesianum
(Del.)] certainly got the game started on the right foot
as he booted a 65-yard punt – the fifth-longest in SU history
– to pin the Greyhounds on their own one-yard line to start
their first offensive possession.
Spencer Hotaling (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove
Area) then proceeded put his team on the board first with
a 29-yard field goal midway through the opening quarter, capping
off a nine-play, 26-yard drive.
Six minutes later, Rosenbaum aided his own cause with a one-yard
quarterback sneak that translated into a touchdown to put SU ahead
10-0.
Both squads traded field goals in the second quarter with Hotaling
knocking a 32-yarder through the uprights with two seconds on the
clock to keep it a 10-point Crusader lead (13-3).
The third quarter passed without either team finding the endzone
before the offenses exploded for 14 points apiece in the final
quarter. Miller accounted for the first touchdown of the quarter
with his interception return for a touchdown and Walker followed
that five minutes later with a 35-yard touchdown reception that
made it a 27-3 Crusader lead.
However, Moravian still had 6:14 left to work with and twice
quarterback Robbie Moyer found Jalen Snyder-Scipio in the
Susquehanna endzone to suddenly make it 27-17. Fortunately for SU,
there were just 31 seconds left in the game after
Snyder-Scipio’s second score and the team was able to kneel
down to end the game in a Crusader victory.
During halftime, the members of the SU Sport Hall of Fame Class of
2013 were recognized; the class was inducted on Friday night at the
annual SU Sports Hall of Fame banquet. The class included:
Don Harnum (coach, administrator), Kerri
Eshleman ’05 (volleyball), Ryan
Gleason ’04 (cross country, track
& field), Emily Lepley ’07
Shank (track & field), Rob
Sochovka ’87 (football) and Giulia
Umile ’03 (women’s lacrosse).
Susquehanna remains at home next weekend to host Centennial
Conference opponent Ursinus at 6 p.m.
