HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (6-2, 3-0 PL) 31, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-8, 0-3 PL) 12
Goodman Stadium/Bethlehem, Pa. Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore quarterback Matthew Sluka rushed for two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help Holy Cross pull away from Lehigh in a 31-12 win at Goodman Stadium.
*Sluka and the Crusaders benefitted from a pair of late Lehigh miscues, including fumbled snap on a punt attempt and an interception by junior Devin Haskins to set up the short touchdown drives in the final frame.
*Holy Cross sophomore quarterback Marco Siderman completed 8-of-14 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown, while sophomore wide receiver Jalen Coker had four catches for a game-high 65 yards and a touchdown.
*Crusaders senior linebacker Liam Anderson finished with eight tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss (TFLs) and 2.0 sacks, while junior linebacker Jacob Dobbs had eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack.
*Lehigh sophomore quarterback Dante Perri completed 18-of-31 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown to lead the Mountain Hawks.
*Junior defensive back TyGee Leach had a team-high nine tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a half-sack, while sophomore linebacker Liam McIntyre had four tackles, 2.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble.
*The Mountain Hawks were first to take advantage of a turnover, as McIntyre forced a fumble on the game’s opening kickoff that 5th-year linebacker Nate Norris recovered. Three plays later, junior placekicker Dylan Van Dusen gave Mountain Hawks an early lead with a 24-yard field goal.
*Holy Cross answered in the second quarter when Siderman threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Coker to put the Crusaders in front.
*Siderman rushed for a one-yard touchdown with 47 seconds remaining in the half to help Holy Cross take a 14-3 lead into the break.
*After a Van Dusen field goal midway through the fourth quarter, Lehigh junior wide receiver Tommy Lewis blocked a punt to give the Mountain Hawks possession deep in Crusaders’ territory.
Sophomore quarterback Dante Perri completed a nine-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Jalen Burbage one play later to bring the Mountain Hawks within two points, at 14-12.
* Holy Cross would pull away, taking advantage of a pair of Lehigh miscues in the fourth quarter as Sluka had touchdown runs of seven and four yards.
*Senior placekicker Derek Ng connected on a 50-yard field goal, the longest in the Patriot League this season, in the fourth quarter. He was also 4-for-4 on PATs.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | LEHIGH
 
LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (3-5, 2-1 PL) 24, AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (2-5, 1-3 PL) 23
Cooper Field/Washington, D.C.       12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Freshman placekicker Micah Pettit’s 28-yard field goal at the 5:31 mark in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner as the Leopards earned a 24-23 comeback win over Georgetown at Cooper Field.
*The Leopards overcame a 17-0 first-quarter deficit, as senior running back Selwyn Simpson and junior running back rushed for touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Julius Young also caught a touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Ah-Shaun Davis.
*Senior defensive lineman Malik Hamm finished with a team-high eight tackles to go along with 2.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks and a pass breakup.
*Senior linebacker Major Jordan added six tackles and 1.0 TFL, and junior defensive lineman Damon Washington finished with five tackles, 1.5 TFL and a half-sack for the Leopards.
*Georgetown junior quarterback Pierce Holley completed 19-of-30 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown pass, while senior receiver Joshua Tomas had a game-high seven catches for 137 yards and a touchdown.
*Hoyas’ 5th-year linebacker Owen Kessler had six tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack, while senior defensive lineman Ibrahim Kamara had five tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. Graduate student defensive back Ahmad Wilson had an interception.
*Georgetown took an early lead, as Holley threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Tomas at the 12:16 mark in the first quarter. Junior running back Joshua Stakely added a four-yard touchdown run at the 4:44 mark of the quarter to take a 14-0 lead.
*Sophomore placekicker Conor Hunt connected on his first of three field goals to extend the Hoyas’ lead to 17-0 in the first quarter.
*Lafayette’s Simpson answered with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter with a 55-yard touchdown run.
*The Leopards closed the deficit to three points midway through the second quarter when Davis threw a 47-yard touchdown to Young, making the score 17-14.
*Hunt made a 31-yard field goal with 1:20 remaining in the half. He also made a 38-yarder at the 10:01 mark in the third quarter to give GU a 23-14 lead. 
*Sutton capped a 10-play, 45-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown run with 12 seconds left in the third quarter, bringing Lafayette with two points at 23-21.
*Pettit’s 28-yard field goal was the only scoring in the fourth quarter.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | GEORGETOWN
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (3-6, 3-1 PL) 33, BUCKNELL BISON (1-7, 0-4 PL) 10
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y.      1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Freshman quarterback Michael Brescia threw for 162 yards and rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns to lead Colgate to a 33-10 win over Bucknell at Andy Kerr Stadium.
*On a day where Colgate’s legendary Head Coach Dick Biddle was honored, the Raiders offense rushed for 235 yards with four players rushing for more than 40 yards while holding the Bison to 64 yards on the ground.
*Raiders’ senior running back John Cox carried nine times for 50 yards and two touchdowns,
*Senior linebacker Milton Braasch II finished with 11 tackles and 3.0 TFLs to lead the Colgate defense.
*Bison freshman quarterback Ethan Grady completed 10-for-24 passes for 118 yards, while sophomore quarterback Nick Semptimphelter finished 5-for-7 for 66 yards and a touchdown.
*Bucknell junior safety Jonathan Searcy had a career-high 10 tackles, and sophomore defensive lineman Mike Bright Jr. had one sack for the second straight game.
*The Bison opened the scoring in the second quarter when sophomore placekicker Ryan Schatzel made a 24-yard field goal to cap an 11-play, 47-yard drive.
*Freshman quarterback Michael Brescia answered for the Raiders, rushed for a 28-yard touchdown to give Colgate a 7-3 lead at the 4:27 mark in the second quarter.
*Senior running back John Cox put Colgate in front 14-3 with a 19-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter.
*Brescia and Cox rushed for their second touchdowns of the day before freshman Ethan Malachi West added another rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter to extend the Raiders lead to 33-3.
*Semptimphelter threw a four-yard touchdown pass to freshman receiver Mason Muir with less than a minute left in the game, making the final score 33-10.
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | COLGATE
 
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