Union defeats St. Lawrence for first league win

CANTON, N.Y. – The Union College football team picked up its first Liberty League victory of the season, topping St. Lawrence 29-7 on Saturday afternoon at Leckonby Stadium. The Dutchmen improve to 5-2 on the season with a 1-2 record in Liberty League play, while St. Lawrence drops to 2-5 with a 1-1 record in the Liberty League. Union kept St. Lawrence to just 199 yards of total offense, which includes a season best of just 24 yards rushing against. It also marks just the second time this season that Union has kept its opponent under 200 yards.

Summary

• First-year wide receiver Andre Ross Jr. had two touchdown catches.

• Sophomore QB Will Bellamy threw for 165 yards, completing 20 of 32 passes with no interceptions.

• First-year running back Ike Irabor rushed for 118 yards on 33 attempts.

• Junior wide out Griffin Beal led the receiving corps with 89 total yards on nine catches.

• The Union defense recorded its first safety of the season.

• Union record a season-high four sacks in the contest.

How It Happened The Dutchmen started the contest with strong defense, forcing a fumble on the first play which put St. Lawrence on their one-yard line. On the ensuing play, George Reed broke through the line and tackled SLY running back Tyler Grochot in the endzone for the safety and 2-0 lead. Union would go on to score 13 more points in the first quarter, as Will Bellamy connected with Andre Ross Jr. for a 5-yard TD on Union's first possession of the game, and Marcos Rodriguez made two 29-yard field goals to give Union the 15-0 lead after 15 minutes. In the second quarter, Bellamy and Ross Jr. combined again for Union's second touchdown of the day, this time with the first year hauling in a 17-yard pass to put Union up 22-0. The two teams would then settle into a defensive battle for the third quarter and half of the fourth, but St. Lawrence finally got on the board at the 7:12 mark of the final quarter with a 7-yard pass. The Dutchmen then responded with a 45-yard drive, capped off by a 2-yard TD run by Derek Khnaizir, to secure the 29-7 win. Up Next for the Dutchmen Union returns to Frank Bailey Field at Bertagna-Class of 1985 Stadium for its final home game of the season, hosting Rochester on Nov. 3, for a 1 p.m. (ET) kick off.

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Team Statistics

Game StatsUNIONSLU

First Downs1915

Total Offensive Yards294199

Passing Yards165223

Rushing Yards129-24

Penalty Yards4-353-20

3rd Downs6-183-13

4th Downs2-41-3

Time Of Possession39:4820:12

Scoring Summary

1st QuarterUNIONSLU

14:25 - UNION - TEAM 1 yd safety

2

0

10:50 - UNION - Andre Ross Jr. 5 yd pass from Will Bellamy (M. Rodriguez kick ) 9 plays, 32 yards, TOP 3:27

9

0

05:24 - UNION - M. Rodriguez 29 yd field goal 8 plays, 41 yards, TOP 3:47

12

0

03:46 - UNION - M. Rodriguez 29 yd field goal 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:00

15

0

2nd QuarterUNIONSLU

01:08 - UNION - Andre Ross Jr. 17 yd pass from Will Bellamy (M. Rodriguez kick ) 1 plays, 17 yards, TOP 0:06

22

0

4th QuarterUNIONSLU

07:12 - SLU - Andrew Murphy 7 yd pass from Aaron Ruthman (Austin Pinard kick ) 13 plays, 78 yards, TOP 4:28

22

7

03:31 - UNION - Derek Khnaizir 2 yd run (M. Rodriguez kick ), 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:41

29

7

Game Stat Leaders

Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Defense Leaders

#15 Will Bellamy

• CMP

20

• TD

2

• YDS

165

• INT

0

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