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FB Homecoming win graphic vs. Lake Erie
19
Lake Erie LEC 1-7 , 0-6
31
Winner Ashland ASH 5-3 , 5-1
Lake Erie LEC
1-7 , 0-6
19
Final
31
Ashland ASH
5-3 , 5-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
LEC Lake Erie 0 7 0 12 19
ASH Ashland 3 14 7 7 31

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

Running Game Leads Eagles To Rainy Homecoming Victory Over Storm

A second consecutive strong rushing game for Ashland University's football team led to a 31-19 win over Lake Erie on Saturday (Oct. 21) afternoon in the 99th Homecoming game at Jack Miller Stadium/Martinelli Field.
 
With a fourth consecutive victory, the Eagles move to 5-3 overall and 5-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference – and they remain a game behind first-place Tiffin in the league. The Storm is 1-7, 0-6.
 
Saturday's win moves Ashland to 69-25-5 all-time on Homecoming, 13-1 on Homecoming on Broad Street, and 9-1 all-time against Lake Erie.
 
NOTABLES
  • The lone first-quarter score was a 32-yard field goal by sophomore kicker A.J. Rhodes at the 2:46 mark, putting the Eagles on top. Ashland then extended its advantage to 10-0 with 7:43 to go until halftime when senior tailback Larry Martin went into the end zone on a 13-yard scoring run.
  • After Lake Erie scored on a two-yard rushing touchdown by Raphael Jones Jr. at the 1:20 mark of the second stanza, the Eagles went back on top by 10 points at 17-7 when junior quarterback Trevor Bycznski found junior tight end Nabil Abdus-Salaam on a throw-back nine-yard scoring strike with 10 ticks left until halftime.
  • Ashland took the third-quarter kickoff and increased its lead to 24-7 when senior tailback Gei'vonni Washington scored on a one-yard run. Jones scored again on a one-yard TD run, but the missed extra point kept the score at 24-13 in favor of the Eagles.
  • Martin's second TD run of the contest and ninth of the season, a 35-yarder with 7:07 to play, gave Ashland a 31-13 cushion. Jones' third touchdown jaunt of the day, a five-yarder with 1:48 to go, provided the game's final margin.
  • Ashland ran for 210 yards and three touchdowns as a team, with Martin finishing with 110 yards and two scores on just 12 carries, and Washington adding 89 yards and score on 16 tries. The Eagles have had at least 182 rushing yards in three of the last five outings.
  • Sophomore defensive end Michael Shimek paced the Eagle defense with seven total tackles, 1½ tackles for loss and a sack.
 
QUOTABLES
  • "The kids did a nice job of finishing the game," said Ashland head coach Doug Geiser. "I thought the key sequences in the game were the end of the first half – the offense went down and got a touchdown right at the end, then we got a score on the very first drive coming out of halftime. That was my challenge to them. That 14-point swing was big in the grand scheme of things."
  • "I thought, once again, it turned into a bad-weather day, and the offense did a nice job," Geiser said. "(Offensive coordinator) Tom Stacy and his staff did a nice job of changing things up a little bit to what's going to work on a day like this."
 
UP NEXT
The second of three consecutive home games on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. against Thomas More (4-4, 3-3) – who took a 35-33 defeat at home vs. Hillsdale on Saturday.
 
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