Spiders and Wildcats fall to ACC opponents
 
AT NO. 24/rv LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (1-1, 0-0 ACC) 59, NO. 18/21 VILLANOVA WILDCATS (1-2, 1-1 PL) 13
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium/Louisville, Ky.           Friday, Sept. 11 – 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
BOX SCORE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ja’briel Mace (Jr., RB) caught three passes for 73 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, but No. 18/21 Villanova fell to No. 24 Louisville, 59-13.
*Mace added 20 rushing yards on six carries to his career-high 73 receiving yards, while Pat McQuaide (Gr., QB) completed 18-of-31 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown.
*McQuaide connected with Mace on the 65-yard touchdown 10 seconds into the second quarter, bringing the Wildcats within a score at 17-10, but the Cardinals outscored Villanova 42-3 the rest of the way.
*Dominic LeBlanc (So., PK) went 2-for-2 on field-goal attempts, hitting from 35 and 29 yards.
*Christian Caballero (Jr., LB) and Walker Murray (So., LB) each posted eight tackles to lead the Wildcats. Murray added one tackle for loss (TFL).
RECAP: VILLANOVA
 
AT NC STATE WOLFPACK (1-1, 0-1 ACC) 73, NO. 21/rv RICHMOND SPIDERS (2-1, 1-0 PL) 0
Carter-Finley Stadium/Raleigh, N.C.                                  Friday, Sept. 11 – 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
BOX SCORE
RALEIGH, N.C. – No. 21 Richmond fell to NC State in a 73-0 loss at Carter-Finley Stadium on Friday night.
*The Spiders trailed 28-0 early in the second quarter before a lightning delay of more than one hour.
*Jackson Thorne led Richmond’s defense with eight tackles and 1.5 TFLs.
*Black Houser (Jr., LB) and Tramayne Bullock (So., DB) recorded seven and six tackles, respectively.
*Warrick Stephenson (So., RB) led the Spiders rushing attack with 51 yards on 13 carries
RECAP: RICHMOND
 
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