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Urbana Athletics
19
Lake Erie LECFB218 0-3
27
Winner Urbana URBANA 2-1
Lake Erie LECFB218
0-3
19
Final
27
Urbana URBANA
2-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
LECFB218 Lake Erie 0 7 0 12 19
URBANA Urbana 10 14 0 3 27

Game Recap: Football | | @UrbanaU_Sports

Blue Knights Weather The Storm in 27-19 Win

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URBANA, Ohio – The Urbana football team fended off Lake Erie's comeback attempt to move past the Storm, 27-19, at UU Stadium Thursday night. UU is 2-1 for the first time under head coach Tyler Haines for the program's best start since 2012.

It's the first time UU has claimed victory in back-to-back home games since the 2014 campaign. The Blue Knights also remain undefeated in home night games (3-0).

Eddie Stockett threw for a career-high 290 yards and three touchdowns and Kahliq Muhammad caught seven passes for two scores and 168 yards. The Blue Knight duo connected on the first play of the game for a 78-yard touchdown strike, and again, right before halftime to put UU ahead 24-7 at the break.

"It's still early in the season and we're happy with the win but there are a lot of things to work on," Stockett said. "We definitely left some points on the board. We just need to finish drives when we get down to the goal line and inside the red zone. It feels great to be 2-1 and I"m looking forward to getting back to work next week."

Running backs Isaiah Young, Khalil Trotman and David Hickey combined for 164 yards total on the ground. Trotman provided a late spark with a 43-yard dash for UU's longest run this season. Stockett added 30 rushing yards on eight carries.

Defensively, UU posted a season-high six sacks. Mikal Toliver recorded a career-high three sacks and L.A. Kelly led the team with seven tackles. Kelly and Toliver each posted a big sack in the fourth quarter. Onajai Davenport also contributed with six tackles and 1.5 sacks.

Making his collegiate debut, freshman Rafael Floyd made seven tackles after moving from receiver to cornerback this week.

The Blue Knights dominated the first half with 335 yards of total offense and scored on four of six drives to open the game. However, UU stalled out in the second half where it was outscored 12-3. The Blue Knights finished with a season-high 482 yards of total offense and allowed 332 yards to Lake Erie.

Junior kicker Erick made a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter to make it 10-0 and wideout Jesse Bray tip-toed the sideline on a 36-yard scoring grab in the second quarter. Bray now has a touchdown reception in each game this season.

After scoreless third quarter, LEC scored on a 42-yard pass play to make it 24-13 Blue Knights with 10:39 remaining in the game. Then, UU fumbled on the next drive but linebacker L.A. Kelly came up with a big sack to help force a Storm turnover on downs.

UU drove deep into LEC territory on its next pair of drives in the fourth quarter but only had one field goal to show for it. Ware nailed a 32-yarder to put UU ahead 27-13 with 1:06 left.

The visitors made things interesting by scoring with 10 seconds left, but missed the two-point try. The on-side kick went out of bounds and UU was able to run out the clock.

Penalties hurt both teams with a combined 300 yards on 17 flags thrown in the game. UU was flagged nine times for 144 yards and LEC eight times for 156 yards.

The Blue Knights showed improvement in the red zone, going 3 of 4 on opportunities inside the LEC 20. UU had gone just 1 for 5 in the first two games.

LEC quarterback Javarian Smith led the Storm on 22-of-37 passing for 285 yards and three touchdowns. UU limited the Storm to only 37 rushing yards and one third down conversion.

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UU returns to conference play when it hosts West Virginia Wesleyan next Thursday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at UU Stadium.

Wesleyan is 0-2 after losing by three points in each of its first two games. The Bobcats dropped their opener 34-31 to Concord and fell 37-34 at West Liberty following a big second-half comeback. WVWC will host Fairmont State on Saturday.

WVWC leads the all-time series 5-3, but UU is 2-1 at home against the Bobcats. UU won last year's meeting on the road, 21-7.

 
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