Box Score Lebanon Valley 31, FDU-Florham 30
 
LVC Offensive Starters
QB Kegarise, TB Wilson, FB Steinhilber, WR Diggs, WR Niemeyer, TE Clark, LT Klinger, LG Johnson-Ortiz, C Thompson, RG Redmon, RT Heft
 
LVC Defensive Starters
DE LaPorta, DT Miller, DT McLeod, DE Brubaker, LB Estes, LB Lutz, LB Gerhart, CB Okomba, FS Yetter, SS Jenkins, CB Gaumer
 
FDU-Florham Offensive Starters
QB Caserta, RB Blackman, WR Price, WR Camillo, WR Perez, TE Calderon, LT O'Brien, LG Alleva, C Compton, RG Crouchman, RT Egan
 
FDU-Florham Defensive Starters
DE Dilone, DT Hands, DT Caceres, DE Rajoppi, LB Simakoski, LB Guzman, LB Lupton, CB Sannie, S Williams, S Swindasz, CB Smith
 
How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley held off a late charge by FDU-Florham and edged the Devils 31-30 in front of a packed Arnold Field on Homecoming Saturday in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Football action. The Dutchmen jumped to 2-3, 2-2 MAC, while the Devils slipped to 2-4, 2-2 MAC.
 
With 5:03 remaining in the third quarter, Hunter Wilson capped off a nine-play, 70-yard Dutchmen drive with a six-yard TD run that put LVC ahead 31-10. The game seemed to be in hand, but a furious comeback attempt by the visitors caused a stir at Arnold Field. After the Dutchmen's TD, Florham answered when Anthony Caserta found Connor Perez for an 84-yard touchdown pass off a flea flicker, bringing the Devils to within 14 at 31-17 with 1:23 left in the third.
 
In the fourth quarter, Florham found pay dirt again when Caserta hit Damarquis Price for a 23-yard touchdown pass, making it a 31-24 game with 7:39 to go in the final quarter. On LVC's ensuing drive, the Dutchmen reached Florham's 47-yard line, but the drive stalled out and Patrick Clark punted the ball away to the Devils' 11-yard line. The visiting team began its drive with 4:52 remaining in the fourth and the offense picked up where it left off on the previous drive. QB Anthony Caserta led Florham on a long drive and the eight-play, 89-yard drive was capped by Alnazir Blackman's one-yard TD rush, bringing the visitors to within a point at 31-30. Florham then chose to go for the two-point conversion to attempt to take a lead, but Caserta's pass into the right side of the end zone was defended well by Chance Atkins and the Dutchmen stayed ahead by one at 31-30.
 
In the final two minutes of play, LVC wanted nothing more than to run the clock out on the Devils, but the Dutchmen were unable to do that and punted the ball away to Florham's 14-yard line, giving the visitors a slim chance. Caserta completed his first pass to running back Blackman, but after two incomplete passes and the clock ticking, the Devils were forced to try a hook-and-ladder play, which resulted in a fumble by the offense that was scooped up by Dillon Estes. After two kneel downs, LVC escaped Homecoming Saturday with a big 31-30 victory over FDU-Florham.
 
In the early going, it was the Dutchmen who struck first, and in a big way, when Wilson broke off a 73-yard touchdown run on LVC's first play of a drive with 7:12 to go in the first. Then, in the second quarter, Kody Kegarise rushed the ball in from the one-yard line, increasing the home team's advantage to 14-0. LVC's defense continued to stymie FDU-Florham's offense, and with 7:18 to go in the second, Nick Bentz nailed a 49-yard field goal. It was the longest of his career and the second-longest in LVC football history that put the Dutchmen ahead 17-0.
 
On the visitor's ensuing drive, Atkins provided LVC with a defensive spark when he intercepted Caserta's pass and returned it 48 yards for a huge touchdown that put the Dutchmen ahead 24-0. Later, in the closing minutes of the second quarter, the Devils pulled off a trick play when Robert Blakely rushed the ball but when threw it to Calderon for a two-yard TD pass.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Hunter Wilson rushed for a career-high 184 yards and added a pair of TD's on the afternoon.
 - Kody Kegarise finished with 111 yards passing and a rushing touchdown.
 - Ian Murhon rushed four times for 30 yards.
 - Andrew Olson caught four balls for 50 yards.
 - Tyeair Diggs snatched four balls for 33 yards.
 - Rhyle Strausbaugh led LVC's defense with nine tackles, including one for loss.
 - Grant Gaumer finished with seven tackles.
 - Dillon Estes made six tackles (one for loss), and added a fumble recovery, a pass breakup, and a QB hurry.
 - Brandon Brubaker ended with five tackles and a sack.
 - Wyett McLeod picked up a sack and two tackles.
 - Tyler Lutz recorded five tackles and one for loss.
 - Nick Bentz knocked down the 49-yard field goal for LVC's Special Teams and registered five touchbacks.
 - FDU-Florham's Anthony Caserta went 29-for-50 passing with 371 yards and two TD's.
 - Alnazir Blackman rushed 21 times for 126 yards and one touchdown.
 - Connor Perez caught five balls for 126 yards and one TD.
 - The Dutchmen held the usually dangerous Damarquis Price in check as he caught just three balls for 50 yards.
 - The Devils led in total first downs at 24-18.
 - LVC dominated in total rushing yards at 234-135.
 - The Dutchmen were 6-of-14 on third-down conversions and FDU-Florham was 9-of-19.
 
No Place Like Homecoming
LVC has now won 10 of its last 12 Homecoming contests.
 
Who's Next?
LVC returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 19 when the Dutchmen head to Chester to take on Widener University at 1 p.m.
 
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