FERRUM, Va. – Host Ferrum College snapped Shenandoah
University's two-game football winning streak with a 56-20 USA
South Conference win Saturday afternoon at Adams Field.
Ferrum (3-4, 3-1 USA South) rolled up 523 yards in total offense
and scored a pair of special teams touchdowns to key the victory
over Shenandoah (2-5, 2-2).
The Panthers took a 14-0 lead before the game was 10 minutes old
with the initial 80 yards of offense and the first of those special
teams TD's.
Quarterback Marcus Mayo drove FC 80 yards in eight plays on the
opening possession, gaining 33 yards himself on the ground and
accounting for another 40 yards through the air.
Sophomore Brad
Martz then fumbled the ensuing kickoff for SU, which the
Panthers returned 24 yards for their second touchdown in a matter
of 10 seconds.
Martz redeemed himself just before halftime by capping a
four-play, 63-yard drive by hauling in a 5-yard TD pass.
Taking over on its own 37 following a Blake Campbell
interception, SU went exclusively through the air to score its
first TD.
Quarterback Daniel Wright was
a perfect 4 for 4 on the drive, hitting Rico Wallace on the
first three plays to set the Hornets up with a 1st and
goal on the Ferrum 5 with 19 seconds remaining. The big play in
this series was a 36-yard strike that put the visitors in the red
zone for the first time all day.
Shenandoah burned its second timeout following this completion,
and used the extra time wisely. Coming out of that time out,
Wright found Martz at 1 and Martz did the rest, bulldozing his way
in for the TD.
Wright and Wallace hooked up on the opening drive of the second
half, with Wright hitting Wallace for a 56-yard TD pass, but the
eight-point deficit was short-lived.
Steven Harris, who had three TD's on the day, returned the Andrew
Lloyd 93-yards for a touchdown and effectively ended the
contest.
Another Wright to Wallace touchdown pass, this one 58 yards,
represented the Hornets final score.
Wright became the first Shenandoah quarterback to throw for at
least 300 yards with a 19 for 27 day that included three TDs and
one interception.
Wallace had school records for receptions and yards with his
nine catch, 224-yard day. Wallace was one of four players to hold
the previous record of eight receptions in a contest.
Shenandoah hosts Averett next Saturday night at 7 p.m. in
another USA South Conference contest.
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