Grand Valley State dropped a 27-20 decision at Saginaw Valley Saturday afternoon in the Battle of the Valley's. The Lakers will be at Roosevelt next Saturday for a 7 p.m. contest.
Saginaw Valley State built a 21-0 lead, taking advantage of an opening kickoff return inside Grand Valley State territory and two Laker turnovers.
The Lakers got on the board with a 10-play, 74-yard drive that PK
Mathew Bacik concluded with a 19-yard field goal. GVSU took advantage of a
Josh Anderson interception with under two minutes left in the first half, driving 56 yards in six plays for a touchdown when QB
Andrew Schuster hit WR
Kellen Reed with a 2-yard TD pass. Schuster hit TE
Evan Furtney with a 19-yard pass and WR
Corey Sandolph with a 17-yard completions to set up the score.
GVSU scored midway through the third quarter to pull within four points (21-17). Schuster hit Reed with a lateral that Reed took the final three yards for a touchdown. However, Saginaw Valley State sealed the game with a 14-play, 67-yard scoring drive that took 6:07 off the clock in the fourth quarter. Bacik kicked a 29-yard field goal for the final points before an attempted onside kick.
Schuster completed 28-of-42 passes for 340 and one touchdown, while Reed caught 12 passes for 174 yards and one TD, while rushing for a second TD. Sandolph caught seven passes for 89 yards and
Kellen Russell-Dixon added five catches for 38 yards.
Keegan Sell recorded 13 tackles and picked off a pass, while
Jimmy Downs added 12 tackles, two tackles for loss and two QB sacks (-20). LB
Torian Wyatt and DE
Ryder Gravenhof each tallied seven stops.
