No. 3 IUP Tops Lock Haven, 59-17

LOCK HAVEN – The Lock Haven University football team (0-3) fell 59-17 on Saturday to visiting and third-ranked Indiana (Pa.) University (3-0).
The Crimson Hawks scored on their first six possessions of the game and IUP quarterback Lenny Williams finished with 204 passing yards and four total touchdowns.

Despite the loss, the Bald Eagles recorded a number of ‘firsts’ to highlight the offense. Rookie kicker Austyn Carson (Blanchard, Pa./Central Mountain) knocked home his first career field goal and fellow true-freshman Dante Graham (Glen Mills, Pa./Unionville) ran for his first career TD.

Sophomore tight end Jalen Jackson (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) hauled in his first touchdown catch of the 2018 season.
Ralph Hyland (Philadelphia/Frankford) ran for 109 yards on 10 carries.

On the defensive side, Fernando Flores (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) made a team-high eight tackles. Both Shane Scott (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) and Javon Whitfield (Philadelphia/Simon Gratz) finished with five tackles apiece. Bald Eagle standout Obadiah Asare (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) was one of three players who made four stops for Lock Haven.

LHU got on the board early in the second quarter when Carson connected from 36-yards out, the first field goal of his young Bald Eagle career. Late in the third quarter, Jackson hauled in an 11-yard pass from quarterback Cameron Tobias (Centre Hall, Pa./Penns Valley), who sparked the offense off the bench late in the game. Graham capped Lock Haven’s scoring in the fourth when he jolted up the middle and into the end zone from five yards out.

Starting quarterback Ethan Persa (Schnecksville, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) threw for 150 yards.
Next week (Week 4: Saturday, September 22), the Bald Eagles will open PSAC East play at East Stroudsburg University. It will mark the first of two straight on the road for LHU as Lock Haven will head to defending NCAA Division II national champion Texas A&M Commerce on Saturday, September 29.