WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Junior
Aiden Barlett (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) and sophomore
Christon Mitchell-Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) scored special teams touchdowns to lead the Lycoming College football team, but a last-second field goal helped Montclair State to a 30-28 win at David Person Field at Girardi Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Barlett finished with five tackles, an interception and a 94-yard kickoff return that helped Lycoming (1-1) tie the game at 7-7 seconds after Montclair (1-1) scored with 1:12 left in the first quarter. Mitchell-Brown gave Lycoming the lead midway through the second quarter, when he scooped up the ball and cruised into the end zone after sophomore
Evan Woodward (Granville Summit, Pa./Troy) had blocked a punt.
Lycoming finished with 325 yards of offense, with junior
Joe Lyons III (Margate City, N.J./Atlantic City) was 14-of-27 for 169 yards and two touchdowns and senior
Terrence Micah Oliver (Sharon Hill, Pa./Academy Park) rushed 20 times for 80 yards and caught three passes for 55 yards and a touchdown to pace the offense. Senior
Jared Zimmerman caught five passes for 93 yards and senior
Brendan Clark (Montoursville, Pa./Loyalsock Township) caught three passes for 25 yards and a score.
Woodward led the Warriors with nine tackles and the blocked kick and sophomore
Ryder Bowen (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) added seven stops, one for loss. Mitchell-Brown, junior
Daniel Atsou (Capitol Heights, Md./Suitland) and junior
JayVon Story (Philadelphia, Pa./West Catholic) each had six tackles. Senior
Mason Woodward (Granville Summit, Pa./Troy) had a sack and senior
Louie Shank (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) recovered a fumble.
After a Montclair State field goal early in the third quarter, the Warriors drove 388 yards on six plays, with Lyons finding Oliver for a 45-yard touchdown strike to make it 21-13. Montclair scored on a three-yard rush from Diante Wilson with 10:39 left, but a personal foul led to an 18-yard two-point attempt that fell incomplete. The Warriors again responded, going on a seven-play, 72-yard drive with Zimmerman catching a 37-yard pass from first-year
Jason Lajera (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) before Lyons found Clark in the end zone for an eight-yard strike, making it 28-19 with 6:38 left.
Montclair State scored on a 50-yard drive with 4:17 left and forced a turnover on downs to get the ball back with 2:29 left, driving 59 yards on 13-plays to set up the game-winning 21-yard field goal from Brendan McGonigle as time expired.
Luke Henrich finished 18-of-29 for 298 yards and Wilson rushed 31 times for 175 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Red Hawks. Jahmir Beal posted eight tackles and Jehu Andrews had a sack and a forced fumble.
The Warriors get back on field on Saturday, Sept. 19, when they head to Dickinson for a 1 p.m. game.
