/seasons/2013/contrib/20130928v89ek8

Albright Football Beats King's in MAC Play

More news about: Albright

The Albright College football team recovered from a slow start to defeat King's College in the Monarchs' Homecoming game, 48-29 on Saturday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Quarterback TJ Luddy completed 24-of-35 passes for 305 yards, 3 TDs and no interceptions. Seniors Daniel McNair (9 catches, 139 yards, TD) and Devron Clark (7 catches, 118 yards, TD) were his top targets. On the ground, freshman Brian Wickkiser rushed for 39 yards on six carries late in the game.

Senior Matt Pattison led the way with seven total tackles, including two in the backfield. Linebacker Sean Cunningham also had seven tackles.

Three touchdowns were scored in a stretch of 2:26 early in the second half, beginning with an 8-yard running score from Ty Hughes (89 rushing yards on 18 carries) that put the Red and White ahead 21-10.

Junior Chris Stephens blocked and recovered a punt in the end zone for a 28-10 Albright lead, but the Monarchs struck on the very next play. Quarterback Tyler Hartranft hit Dan Kempa over the top for an 84-yard score to make it 28-17.

Luddy found McNair down to the King's two yardline, and Hughes carried it in two plays later for a 35-17 scoreline.

In the fourth quarter, Luddy hit McNair for 45 yards, and then for five yards into the end zone, making it 41-23 Lions. Uriah Brickhouse would add a late score as well.

A pair of blocked kicks had kept the Monarchs in the game heading into halftime.

The Lions attempted a 51-yard field goal on the final play of the half, but Daniel Sobolewski's boot was knocked down by Tyler Struckus and returned the other way by Anthony Martuccio. The touchdown left Albright with just a 14-10 lead at the break.

The Lions had a 38-yard field goal attempt blocked on the game's opening drive. Kyle McGrath rushed for 47 yards inside the Albright 10-yard line, but the big play was called back on a holding penalty.

After King's opened the scoring with a first quarter field goal, Luddy found Josh MacLeod early in the second half for a touchdown and a 7-3 lead.

The Lions stalled on a fourth-and-one later in the second quarter, but got the ball back and scored on Luddy's 29-yard TD pass to Clark. After the Lions stopped a fourth down try in the dying seconds, Luddy hit Clark for 17 yards to set up Sobolewski's 51-yard try.

The Lions (2-2, 1-2) earn their first Middle Atlantic Conference victory of the season and will play next weekend at FDU-Florham. King's falls to 0-3, 0-2 on the year.

Sep. 5: All times Eastern
TBA
Buffalo State at Brockport
7:00 PM
Rowan at Stevenson
7:00 PM
Hiram at Heidelberg
7:00 PM
UW-La Crosse at RPI
7:00 PM
Carroll at UW-Stout
8:00 PM
Belhaven at Millsaps
Sep. 6: All times Eastern
TBA
Curry at Salve Regina
TBA
Union at Utica
6:00 PM
Randolph-Macon at Dickinson
6:00 PM
Gallaudet at Albright
7:00 PM
Alfred at Hobart
7:00 PM
Massachusetts Maritime at SUNY-Maritime
7:00 PM
WPI at Worcester State
7:00 PM
Western New England at Springfield
7:00 PM
Bridgewater at Susquehanna
7:00 PM
William Paterson at FDU-Florham
7:00 PM
Aurora at Dubuque
8:00 PM
LaGrange at East Texas Baptist
9:00 PM
Valley City State at Augsburg
Sep. 7: All times Eastern
TBA
Carnegie Mellon at Thiel
TBA
Bluffton at Kenyon
TBA
UW-Stevens Point at Albion
TBA
UW-River Falls at Alma
TBA
Case Western Reserve at Waynesburg
TBA
Geneva at Grove City
TBA
Western Connecticut at Merchant Marine
TBA
Nichols at Mass-Dartmouth
TBA
Keystone at Misericordia
TBA
University of New England at Coast Guard
TBA
Anderson at Alfred State
TBA
Lyon at Grinnell
TBA
Hardin-Simmons at Howard Payne
12:00 PM
Castleton at Norwich
12:00 PM
Gettysburg at Juniata
12:00 PM
Austin at Kalamazoo
12:00 PM
Wittenberg at Baldwin Wallace
12:00 PM
Rochester at Olivet
12:00 PM
Fitchburg State at Dean
12:00 PM
Widener at Lycoming
12:00 PM
Endicott at St. Lawrence
12:00 PM
Guilford at Greensboro
1:00 PM
Allegheny at Bethany
1:00 PM
St. Vincent at Washington and Jefferson
1:00 PM
Rose-Hulman at DePauw
1:00 PM
Loras at Hope
1:00 PM
Muhlenberg at Moravian
1:00 PM
Christopher Newport at Trine
1:00 PM
Cortland at Hilbert
1:00 PM
Elmhurst at Adrian
1:00 PM
Oberlin at Calvin
1:00 PM
Mount Union at Ferrum
1:00 PM
Delaware Valley at Hampden-Sydney
1:00 PM
Johns Hopkins at Ithaca
1:00 PM
Kean at Morrisville State
1:00 PM
Sewanee at Maryville (Tenn.)
1:00 PM
Shenandoah at Methodist
1:00 PM
Washington and Lee at Salisbury
1:00 PM
St. Norbert at Wabash
1:00 PM
Southern Virginia at Apprentice
1:00 PM
Lawrence at Martin Luther
1:30 PM
Franklin at Ohio Northern
1:30 PM
Centre at Hanover
1:30 PM
Muskingum at Mount St. Joseph
2:00 PM
Wilmington at Wooster
2:00 PM
John Carroll at UW-Whitewater
2:00 PM
UW-Eau Claire at Concordia-Moorhead
2:00 PM
Wheaton (Ill.) at UW-Oshkosh
2:00 PM
Lakeland at UW-Platteville
2:00 PM
Rockford at Beloit
2:00 PM
Benedictine at Buena Vista
2:00 PM
Carthage at St. John's
2:00 PM
Illinois Wesleyan at Central
2:00 PM
Cornell at Coe
2:00 PM
Whitworth at Gustavus Adolphus
2:00 PM
Eureka at Knox
2:00 PM
Wisconsin Lutheran at Lake Forest
2:00 PM
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Bethel (Tenn.)
2:00 PM
Illinois College at Millikin
2:00 PM
Concordia-Chicago at Greenville
2:00 PM
Manchester at Westminster (Mo.)
3:00 PM
La Verne at Willamette
4:00 PM
Chicago at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
4:00 PM
Carleton at Pomona-Pitzer
4:00 PM
Denison at Linfield
6:00 PM
N.C. Wesleyan at Averett
6:00 PM
Otterbein at Ohio Wesleyan
7:00 PM
Simpson at Augustana
7:00 PM
Hamline at Crown
7:00 PM
Texas Lutheran at Trinity (Texas)
7:00 PM
Ripon at North Park
7:00 PM
Berry at Huntingdon
8:00 PM
St. Olaf at Northwestern (Minn.)
8:00 PM
Hendrix at Centenary (La.)
8:00 PM
McMurry at Southwestern
8:00 PM
Dakota St. at Nebraska Wesleyan
8:00 PM
Wartburg at Monmouth
8:00 PM
Washington U. at Rhodes
10:00 PM
George Fox at Redlands
10:00 PM
Pacific at Chapman
10:00 PM
Pacific Lutheran at Simpson (Calif.)
Maintenance in progress.