By Kyle Kern, Co-Editor in Chief
The Susquehanna football team won 28-21 on the road against the Moravian Greyhounds on Oct. 7. The Susquehanna River Hawks hoped to find an easy match for the week, but the winless Greyhounds almost matched the River Hawks point-for-point.
On both sides of the ball, the Susquehanna were over-powering the Greyhounds with over 400 yards of offense but had two turnovers, while allowing just over 200 yards on defense.
The Moravian defense forced two fumbles and had one fumble recovery, while also giving up a third of the yards to River Hawk senior running back Cameron Ott, who rushed for 111 yards, a touchdown in the second quarter and one reception for eight yards.
However, it didn’t start out the best way for the River Hawk offense as the first drive ended with an interception by Moravian. The River Hawks were able to score off of a 20-yard pass from Ott to sophomore receiver Mitch Carsley for the first score of the game.
In return, the Moravian Offense capitalized off of a fumble recovered from the River Hawks and scored a touchdown off of a 34-yard pass to senior receiver Aaron Brown. This left the game tied, 7-7, with 5:11 left remaining in the first quarter.
The Ott touchdown came on the next drive. Ott capped off a drive that lasted into the second quarter, with 1-yard rush into the end-zone. On the same drive, Carsley was on the receiving end of multiple third-down completions that resulted in first downs.
On a fourth-down attempt late in the second quarter, the River Hawks were unable to reach a first down. The Greyhounds pounced on their chance to tie the score again, and scored a touchdown with a 16-yard pass to Brown again after marching 52 yards down the field.
In the third quarter, Susquehanna was able to re-take the lead for good. Mid-way through the third quarter, the River Hawks marched down the field for 65 yards on 10 plays and capped it off with a Nick Crusco 32-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Diamente Holloway.
Moravian did not answer during the third quarter and the fourth quarter opened with the score 21-14. Susquehanna scored for the last time early in the fourth quarter on a 71-yard drive ending in a 12-yard touchdown pass to Holloway. Crusco, who went 29- for-38 for 295 yards on the day and a pair of touchdowns, went 4-5 for 48-yards.
Moravian scored late in the fourth quarter off of a 1-yard quarterback run from freshmen Doug Erney. In order to try and tie the game up, the Greyhounds kicked short, but the ball was pounced on by River Hawk junior Jason Brougham. The River Hawks then proceeded to run out the clock to end the game.
The River Hawks improve to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in the Centennial conference, while the Greyhounds remain winless at 0-6 overall (0-5 Centennial).
The next game for the River Hawks will be at home during Homecoming. They will face undefeated Ursinus College, 6-0, on Oct. 21 starting at 1 p.m. Ursinus ended the John Hopkins Blue Jays 45-game regular season winning streak back on Sept. 30.
