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Win at Northwood rotator 10-14-23
35
Winner Ashland ASH 4-3 , 4-1
3
Northwood NOR 2-5 , 2-3
Winner
Ashland ASH
4-3 , 4-1
35
Final
3
Northwood NOR
2-5 , 2-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ASH Ashland 7 14 7 7 35
NOR Northwood 3 0 0 0 3

Game Recap: Football | | Dusty Sloan, Ashland University Director of Athletic Communications

AU Football Routs Timberwolves On The Road For Third Straight Victory

The winning streak for Ashland University's football team increased to three games on Saturday (Oct. 14) afternoon at Northwood, as the Eagles took a 35-3 decision from the Timberwolves at Hantz Stadium in Midland, Mich.
 
Ashland continues to stay a game behind first-place Tiffin near the top of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference standings, at 4-3 overall and 4-1 in the league. Northwood is 2-5, 2-3.
 
The Eagles have a 25-13-1 all-time series lead over the Timberwolves.
 
NOTABLES
  • Ashland wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, as a career-long 61-yard rush by senior tailback Larry Martin set up his own one-yard scoring plunge for a 7-0 lead just 2:32 in. It was Martin's sixth rushing TD of 2023.
  • Northwood countered on its first drive of the game with a 32-yard field goal from kicker Max Gonos at the 8:14 mark of the opening period.
  • The Eagles scored two more touchdowns to make it a 21-3 advantage going into the break. With 7:54 to go until halftime, Martin's second rushing touchdown of the game and seventh of the season, a three-yarder, made it 14-3. Then, inside of the final minute of the half, junior quarterback Trevor Bycznski found senior wide receiver Dezmin Lyburtus for a 13-yard score.
  • With 4:54 left in the third quarter, the Eagles extended their lead to 28-3 thanks to another Bycznski-to-Lyburtus scoring strike – this one from three yards out. Then, on the first play of the fourth quarter, Bycznski and Lyburtus connected for a third TD pass on the day, a five-yarder.
  • Lyburtus became the first Eagle receiver to catch at least three TD tosses in a game since Kamaron Green (three) – six years to the day on Oct. 14, 2017 at home vs. Michigan Tech.
  • Bycznski was 16-for-24 for 198 yards and three touchdowns, while Martin ran 18 times for 142 yards and two scores.
  • Ashland had 475 total yards on Saturday – its best one-game total since last season at Lake Erie on Nov. 5 (486). The Eagles rushed for 277 yards on 50 attempts, both season bests.
  • On the flip side, the Eagle defense kept Northwood to 195 total yards and three points.
 
UP NEXT
The 99th Homecoming game on Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. against Lake Erie at Jack Miller Stadium/Martinelli Field.
 
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