Lebanon Valley College Athletics

Lebanon Valley 56, FDU-Florham 14

LVC Offensive Starters
QB Pirrone, RB Irving, FB Conlon, WR Saylor, WR De La Cruz, TE Manning, LT Kingshill, LG Dotson, C Weller, RG Good, RT Z. Smith

LVC Defensive Starters
DE J. Salcedo, NT Williard, DE Livingston, MILB St. Clair, BILB Gallagher, SOLB Garner, WOLB McNeal, CB Ek, FS Pierce, SS Antol, CB Moser

Florham Offensive Starters
QB LaVecchia, RB Ognibene, WR Pressley, WR Cebulski, WR Adams, TE LeBlanc, LT Fennelly, LG McDonald, C Artale, RG Marcazo, RT Coyle

Florham Defensive Starters
DE Manos, DT T. Brown, DT Medve, DE Barlow, OLB Francisco, ILB Bick, OLB Galletta, CB M. Brown, SS Scales, FS Fitzgerald, CB Tyson

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley made it look easy on Homecoming as the Flying Dutchmen handled FDU-Florham 56-14 to get back above the .500 mark in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) play.

The LVC (3-3, 3-2 MAC) defense set the tone early when Zachary Adams strip-sacked Devils' quarterback Joseph McCain at the Florham 47-yard line. John Salcedo pounced on the loose ball and Ryan Fink capped the ensuing drive with a one-yard touchdown run with 8:16 left in the first quarter.

The Dutchmen added a second touchdown before the quarter was out when Jon Jones broke a 41-yard run up the gut and rumbled to pay dirt on the team's next possession. Marcus Brown's extra-point made it 14-0 LVC at the 4:33 mark.

Lebanon Valley needed just one play on the team's first drive of the second quarter to add to the advantage as quarterback Tim Pirrone hit a wide-open Brendon Irving on a wheel route for 61 yards and touchdown.

The next Dutchmen scoring drive was perfectly-executed smash-mouth football as LVC ran the ball eight consecutive times with Irving accounting for 30 yards and Jones racking up 28 and a touchdown from one-yard out with 6:11 left before halftime.

The defense got into the scoring act on FDU-Florham's (2-3, 1-3 MAC) ensuing possession as strong safety Kevin Antol undercut a McCain pass, picked it off, and scampered untouched for a 56-yard touchdown with just over four minutes remaining in the first half.

LVC's first drive of the second half was all Irving as the MAC's leading-rusher carried the ball ten times for 61 yards, including a one-yard touchdown run that finished off the possession.

The Devils finally got on the board when McCain found wide receiver Dennis Sutton open across the midde for a 20-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter but Lebanon Valley responded with a 10-play, 49-yard scoring drive that ended with Ryan Fink punching the ball across the goal line on fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line.

FDU-Florham added a garbage-time touchdown when McCain hooked up with his favorite wideout Malik Pressley for a 60-yard score. Cyree Sutton-Ames' six carries and Tyler Cottle's kneel-down bled the clock and gave the Dutchmen class of 2015 its fourth consecutive Homecoming victory.

Offensive Standout
Brendon Irving, Jon Jones – LVC's formidable 1-2 punch of running backs Brendon Irving and Jon Jones accounted for four touchdowns on Saturday. Irving rushed 23 times for 128 yards and a score and added a 61-yard touchdown reception to go along with 5.6 yards per carry average. Jones had the team's longest run of the day, a 41-yard touchdown scamper, to go along with his 67 yards and two scores.

Defensive Standout
Trevor St. Clair, Kevin Antol – Linebacker Trevor St. Clair was his usual do-it-all self for the Dutchmen as he made a team-high six tackles in just three quarters of work, with 3.5 tackles-for-loss, including 2.5 sacks, his third interception of the season which he returned 15 yards, and a forced fumble. Kevin Antol made the prettiest play of the day when he picked off FDU-Florham quarterback Joseph McCain and returned it 56 yards for a touchdown. He also added a tackle-for-loss.



Special Teams Standout
Spencer Moser, Guy Zimmerman – Spencer Moser continued to be a weapon for LVC's special teams unit as the punter twice pinned the Devils inside their own 20-yard line, once at the 11 and once at the six. He also added a season-high 56 yard boot. Guy Zimmerman blocked the first punt of his career when he got a piece of FDU-Florham punter Holden Ehrhart's kick in the second quarter, setting up the Dutchmen offense with great field position.

Best of the Rest
- LVC has won eight games in a row on Homecoming.
- The Flying Dutchmen have won 11 consecutive games against FDU-Florham.
- Tailback Brendon Irving extended his streak of games with 100 or more rushing yards to 11 dating back to last year.
- Irving leads the MAC with 816 rushing yards and 136 yards per game on the ground.
- Lebanon Valley's secondary held Malik Pressley, the MAC's top receiver, to 117 yards with half of his total coming on a 60-yard touchdown reception in garbage time late in the fourth quarter. Cornerback Bryan Ek made a game-high two pass breakups for LVC.
- In his first career start, freshman linebacker Steven McNeal made five tackles, including a pair of solo stops.
- Defensive end Andrew Livingston picked up half a sack and made a key fourth down stop on an FDU-Florham drive in the first half.
- Quarterback Tim Pirrone was 3-for-8 through the air for 102 yards and a touchdown. He added 41 yards on seven carries on the ground. Backup quarterback Tyler Cottle tossed a 31-yard touchdown pass to Steven Salcedo in the fourth quarter.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen have their bye coming up next weekend. LVC gets back to conference play at Wilkes on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 24. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.