Lycoming College

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Lycoming College football team fell to 20th-ranked Susquehanna University, 35-10, in a key Landmark Conference matchup on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Girardi Stadium.
 
The Warriors are 5-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play. Susquehanna is 7-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.
 
Junior Joe Lyons (Margate City, N.J./Atlantic City) completed 17 of 36 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown, giving him 30 career touchdown passes. Senior Jared Zimmerman (Souderton, Pa./Souderton) finished with six catches for 90 yards. Senior Brendan Clark (Montoursville, Pa./Loyalsock Township) added four receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown, his second straight game with a score. Sophomore Christon Mitchell-Brown  (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) led the Warriors with 12 tackles and added half a sack. It was a career high for Mitchell-Brown, who reached the 100-tackle milestone and has 104 career tackles. Junior JayVon Story (Philadelphia, Pa./West Catholic) finished with a career-high 10 tackles, and senior Jordan Rhinehart (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) reached 100 career tackles, including five in the game. The Warriors recorded at least four sacks for the second consecutive game and sophomore Trinity Hill-Caleb (Suitland, Md./Suitland) has forced at least one fumble in two straight games.
 
The Warriors turned their second possession into the first quarter's only points, moving 63 yards before sophomore Vasco Granitto (Dover, Del./Polytech) made a 25-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead with 8:13 left. Lyons later connected with Zimmerman for gains of 39, 14 and 8 yards on a drive that reached the Susquehanna 1 as the first quarter ended, with the Warriors ahead 3-0.
 
Lyons capped a 67-yard drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Clark at 2:34, and Granitto's extra point put the Warriors ahead 10-7. The defense then held after Susquehanna reached the Warriors 4, with Rhinehart breaking up a pass and Story and Mitchell-Brown combining on a third-down sack before a missed 28-yard field goal. The Warriors finished the second quarter in front 10-7.
 
Susquehanna scored twice in the third quarter, with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Carter McCauley followed by a 9-yard Matt Surtz run. Story added a sack during a defensive stop late in the quarter, but the Warriors entered the fourth trailing 21-10.
 
Susquehanna added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, with the final extra point making it 35-10. The Warriors' final possession started with junior Aiden Barlett (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) posting a 37-yard kickoff return, and Lyons moved the offense to the Susquehanna 15 with completions to first-year Isaiah Robinson (Philadelphia, Pa./Upper Merion), Clark on fourth down and Zimmerman. The drive ended with a fumble on the final play.
 
McCauley caught 13 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns. Tommy Wright completed 25-of-36 passing for 286 yards and three touchdowns and added a rushing touchdown. Surtz rushed 25 times for 112 yards and a touchdown and added two catches for nine yards. Brayden Nolan recorded a team-high 10 tackles.
 
Up next, the Warriors travel to Bethlehem, Pa., to face Moravian to close the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon.