Glenville, W.Va. - The GSC Pioneer football team fell on the road Thursday evening to the West Liberty University Hilltoppers, 43-20, dropping their second conference contest of the season.
This week the Pioneers return home to Morris Stadium on Thursday, October 3rd as they host the Fairmont State University Fighting Falcons (1-3, 1-3 MEC) in the Annual "Battle for the Bit" rivalry game. Kickoff is slated for 7:10 p.m.
Glenville State (2-2, 1-2 MEC) fell behind early to West Liberty (2-2, 2-2 MEC) 23-7 and never recovered. The Pioneers tallied just 148 total offensive yards on 53 plays while the Hilltoppers ran 71 plays and racked up 402 total yards.
Glenville State's rushing offense really struggled on the evening running for just 22 yards on 30 carriers while West Liberty rushed for 117 yards on 38 carriers. In the air, GSC threw for 126 yards while the Hilltoppers went for 285 yards.
The Pioneers were 0-of-13 on third downs in the contest while the Hilltoppers went 7-for-16.
Mario Pender toted the ball nine times for 29 yards while
Austin Ratliff had one rush for 25 yards.
Jaylen McNair went just 7-for-15 for 89 yards. His favorite target on the night was
Mario Pender hauling in five passes for 46 yards.
Caleb Wynn, the former Clay County Panther, caught two passes for 60 yards.
Defensively
Dominic Cizauskas led the Pioneers with a game-high 16 total tackles along with a sack and a tackle for loss.
Delonte Hood chipped in with six tackles while
Wil Mayes also racked up six tackles.
Dane Lynch finished the night with five tackles and an interception for a touchdown.
West Liberty was led by Quincy Wimbish on the ground rushing for 52 yards and two touchdowns. Zach Phillips went 22-for-33 for 285 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.
Fairmont State (1-3, 1-3 MEC) comes into the contest after falling in double overtime at home last Thursday to Frostburg State, 41-34.
Frostburg rallied back from a 19-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Fighting Falcons.
Fairmont entered the night as the MEC leader in total offense (561.0), but was held to 390 by the Bobcat defense, the first game all season under 500 yards. Frostburg also held Fairmont to a season-low 34 points as the Falcons entered the night as the league leader at 47.4.
FSU's Crews-Naylor passed for 231 yards and three touchdowns to pace the attack, while Hamlin ran for 98 yards on 18 carries.
This is the 95th meeting between GSC and FSU, with the first meeting dating back to 1909. Fairmont State holds the all-time series 50-41-3. The Pioneers are also just 1-5 against the Fighting Falcons since joining the MEC (2013).
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