DANSBURY, Conn. – In their first trip to the Constitution State since 1958, junior Terrence Oliver (Sharon Hill, Pa./Academy Park) broke a 62-yard touchdown rush on the first play from scrimmage and the Lycoming College football team was off from there, piling up 447 yards of offense in a 42-24 Landmark Conference win over Western Connecticut State University on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Westside Athletic Complex.
 
Sophomore Joe Lyons III (Margate City, N.J./Atlantic City) finished 21-of-27 for 280 yards and two touchdowns passing and he also ran for a score to pace Lycoming (2-5 overall, 2-1 Landmark). Oliver rushed 22 times for 132 yards and a score, as he became the seventh Warrior in program history to reach 25 career touchdowns. The running back also had four catches for 59 yards, as he crossed 1,000 all-purpose yards on the season.
 
Senior Karson Kline (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area) caught five passes for 99 yards, senior Dawson Debebe (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) caught four passes for 31 yards and a score and senior Brendan Clark (Montoursville, Pa./Loyalsock Township) had three catches for 19 yards and a touchdown.
 
First-year Yahseam Stokes (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) led the defense with six tackles, a blocked kick and two sacks and sophomore Daniel Atsou (Capitol Heights, Md./Suitland) had five tackles and a sack. Senior Matt Trolinger (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) had four stops, an interception and two pass breakups. Senior Mario Samony (Old Forge, Pa./Old Forge) had an interception and senior Ryan Pentz (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) posted four tackles, one for loss and a fumble return for a touchdown.
 
The Warriors scored on their first three drives to take a 21-11 lead. Oliver got things started with his 62-yard rush, but West Conn (4-2 overall, 1-1 Landmark) responded when Markus Faucett found the endzone from 71 yards out and added a two-point conversion to make it 8-7. The Warriors responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive, with Lyons plowing in from a yard out with 5:35 left in the first quarter. After a WestConn field goal, the Warriors drove 54 yards in eight plays, with Kline getting to the one-yard line with a 14-yard catch and senior Michael VanHorn (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) took it from there with a sneak into the end zone.
 
The Wolves got two more field goals to close within 21-17, but the Warriors got the ball at their own 44 with 71 seconds left before halftime and Oliver took a pass at the 50 and rambled 43 yards downfield to get the ball to the seven. Three plays later, Lyons found Clark for a score to make it 28-17 at the break.
 
In the third quarter, WestConn took its opening drive to the 17 before setting up for a field goal that Stokes blocked and Pentz picked up at the 25 and ran back for the touchdown. On Lycoming's next drive, Lyons found Kline for a 42-yard completion to get the ball to the WestConn 25 before he connected with Debebe for a score from nine yards out to make it 42-17.
 
WestConn had a pair of drives get deep into Lycoming territory in the fourth quarter, but sophomore Khalil Johnson (Laurel, Md./Atholton) and sophomore Nasir Shakur (Waldorf, Md./Westlake) stopped one with a tackle for loss on fourth and goal from the five and Samony's interception at the two-yard line stopped the next drive. Finally, WestConn scored on a seven-play, 64-yard drive with 1:08 left.
 
Dylan Jackson was 13-of-30 for 314 yards and a touchdown for WestConn. He was intercepted twice. Faucett had seven catches for 221 yards and a score. Kam Holmes rushed 15 times for 54 yards and Quasim Benson rushed 10 times for 43 yards and a touchdown. Tafari Johnson, Nicholas Simmons and Justin Ingebrigtsen all had eight tackles. Simmons forced a fumble and Johnson recovered one. Marciel Do Amarel had three field goals.
 
The Warriors are back on the field on Saturday, Oct. 25, when they host Wilkes University at 1 p.m. in a Landmark Conference game at David Person Field at Girardi Stadium.