WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – After opening the season with five straight defeats, first-year defensive back Jhymiek Roman (Allentown, Pa./Executive Education Academy) ran a 50-yard fumble recovery back with 51 seconds left to clinch a 31-20 win over Moravian University, putting the Lycoming College football team in position for a winner-takes-all game next week for the first Landmark Conference Championship.
 
The Warriors (4-5 overall, 4-1 Landmark), after falling behind by 10 points midway through the third quarter, scored the last 21 points of the game to clinch a postseason berth with the victory, as they will either earn a spot in the NCAA Division III Championship with a win over 11^th-ranked Susquehanna in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Hat Game next Saturday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. in Selinsgrove, or they will earn a spot in one of two Chesapeake Classic Bowl Series games.
 
After Moravian (4-5 overall, 4-1 Landmark) scored on a 48-yard pass on a broken play with 6:56 left in the third quarter to go ahead, 20-10, the Warriors began their comeback riding the coattails of a defense looking to make up for its miscues. Sophomore Matt Trolinger (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) started the comeback by getting in on a blitz on 3-and-2 at the Moravian 30, then leaping to pick off a screen pass. The Greyhounds' quarterback saved a touchdown with a tackle at the 17. Five plays later, junior quarterback Will Fish (Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg South) found sophomore Dawson Debebe (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) and he turned and found the end zone to make it 20-17 heading into the fourth quarter.
 
After a Moravian punt, the Warriors drove inside the 10, but a fumble ended the drive. Lycoming's defense responded, with senior Johnny Day (Reading, Pa./Antietam) getting his second sack of the game on 3-and-8, forcing a punt from the 14.
 
First-year receiver Ross Eyer (Muncy, Pa./Muncy Area) caught a leaping 34-yard pass at the 23-yard line over a defender on 3-and-10 to kickstart the ensuing drive. Senior Brandon Timothy (Woodland Park, N.J./Passaic Valley) stayed with a tipped pass and got inside the 10-yard line before first-year Terrence Oliver (Sharon Hill, Pa./Academy Park) scored from six yards out to give Lycoming a four-point lead with 5:08 left.
 
The Warriors stopped Moravian on three plays on their ensuing drive, but Lycoming also had to punt with 1:44 left. The Greyhounds got the ball inside the 30 before an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty brought it back to the 43 and two plays later, Roman sacked the quarterback, picked up the ball at midfield and ran it in for the game-clinching score.
 
The Warriors started the game with an 11-play, 80-yard drive, scoring on an eight-yard touchdown reception from junior Billy Coppock (Collingdale, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) before senior Ian Plankenhorn (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) canned a 35-yard field goal at the end of the quarter to make it 10-0. The Greyhounds scored the next 20 points with three touchdowns, though, setting up the dramatic end.
 
Oliver finished with 17 carries for 104 yards, his fourth 100-yard game of the year, and a touchdown and first-year Quasim Benson (Wilmington, Del./St. Elizabeth) rushed 16 times for 79 yards. Fish went 20-of-39 for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Coppock had seven catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.
 
Junior Joey Rivituso (Easton, Pa./Notre Dame-Green Pond) posted 13 tackles, 0.5 for loss and two breakups and senior Kevin Gianoni (Quakertown, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) had nine stops, 2.5 for loss. Day finished with six tackles, two sacks, a breakup and a hurry.
 
Nate Boyle rushed 22 times for 60 yards and a score and Jared Jenkins was 25-of-44 for 317 yards and two touchdowns. He was intercepted twice. Brad Bryan had six catches for 118 yards and a score.
 
Chris Ortalano had 11 tackles and Jeremy McGuigan had 10 for the Greyhounds.