ASHLAND, Ohio - The Saginaw Valley State
University football team saw its two game winning streak come to an
end today (Oct. 23) 30-24 to Ashland University in a Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Conference match-up.
The Cardinals would find themselves in an early hole after
Ashland quarterback Taylor Housewright found the endzone on a five
yard run up the middle. The Cardinals would respond quickly
with on a 24-yard Thomas
Goodroe (Byron, Mich.) field goal to make the score 7-3 with
9:10 remaining in the first quarter.
Ashland return man Anthony Capasso would find a lane on the
ensuing kickoff and return it 82-yards for a touchdown to extend
the Eagles lead to 14-3 with 8:59 left in the first quarter.
Ashland would add a field goal to end the half and take a 17-3
lead into the lockeroom.
The Cardinals would cut into the Eagle lead with :52 seconds
left in the third quarter when Adrian Baker
(Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Catholic Central HS) recovered a fumble
in the endzone.
SVSU would cut back into the Ashland lead when Meijer "Player of
the Game" Ronnie
Lark (Flint, Mich./Powers HS) scored on a 1-yard touchdown run
to make the score 20-17. Lark would finish the day with 115
yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.
After a late Ashland field goal to push the score to 30-17, SVSU
would respond on an 18-yard touchdown pass from freshman
quarterback Jonathon
Jennings (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South HS) to Jeff
Janis (Tawas City, Mich./Tawas Area HS) to make the score
the 30-24. Jennings finished the day 24-of-43 passing for 227
yards and a touchdown, he also rushed the ball 9 times for 40 yards
on the afternoon.
Andrew
Beaver (Dearborn Heights, Mich./Dearborn HS) finished the day
with nine catches for 93 yards and the defense was led by Thomas
Stalter (Portland, Mich./Portland HS) who had 10 tackles
while Wayne
Sanders (Rochester, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) added
nine. Senior Rick Evans
(Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood HS) ended the afternoon with eight
tackles and an interception.
With the loss Saginaw Valley falls to 3-5 overall on the season
and 3-4 in the GLIAC, while Ashland improves to 5-3 overall on the
season and 4-3 in the GLIAC. SVSU will return to action next
weekend (Oct. 30) when they host Wayne State at noon.
