He gave credit to the Lindenwood defense because they were as strong in the fourth quarter as they were in the first. Though the offense did sputter at times, the big men up front and Young-Walls found enough holes and made enough men miss to get the big plays they needed. That ground and pound game plan helped the Lakers control the clock, holding the ball for nearly two-thirds of the game, and assert their will. Young-Walls led the team with 84 yards running and his two scores. With a backup quarterback in, the offense ran through the ground game for the most part. "Had some completions, got some things going.We have trust in Cal." "I thought Cal came in and did a great job," Mitchell said. While it wasn't miraculous, it was exactly what he needed to do to keep his team on top. He finished the day 5/11 passing for 30 yards and no interceptions. He didn't light up the scoreboard or make any crazy highlight-reel plays. His backup, sophomore Cal Endicott, had to step in and play his first meaningful snaps of the season. Sophomore signal-caller Cade Peterson has led the Laker offense for the entire season, but a shoulder injury late in the first half knocked him out of the rest of the game. "I did that play for my seniors and the guys next to me."
"I just saw the wideout run his route, ball came to him and I just played football, come in and put my head on the ball and play football," McCurdy said. Corner Jon'Tavious Webb corralled the ball in the air and sucked the wind out of Lindenwood's sails. Lindenwood wideout Payton Rose was reaching the ball near the goal line to cut their deficit to 10 points, but McCurdy put his helmet straight on the ball and popped it out. He got an interception on the final Lindenwood drive to seal the victory, but a few drives earlier the Lions were threatening and he came up big. They caused three turnovers, one interception and two fumbles, and gave up a total of just 228 yards on the day.ĭamonte McCurdy, a redshirt freshman safety, caused two of those turnovers. When they weren't making a tackle in the backfield, they were making a play to get the ball back themselves. "We did a good job controlling the line of scrimmage." "Defense does just an unbelievable job to just not give them any life in the run game and were effective enough to harass the quarterback to keep him off balance a little bit," said GVSU coach Matt Mitchell. The Lions had just 22 yards on the ground Saturday afternoon. The defensive line lived in quarterback Alex Faddoul's face and when they tried to run the ball, there was nowhere to go. Still, they didn't allow a touchdown for the second week in a row. A few underwhelming punts or turnovers deep in their own territory gave Lindenwood a short field more often than not in the second half. While the unit gave up a bit more in the second half, they still bowed their necks when they needed to. They held the Lions to just one first down and a mere 37 yards through the first half on Saturday. Though the last four weeks combined, the GVSU defense has given up just 25 total points. But it was more than enough for the GVSU defense.ĭefense shines, continues stellar stretch That was all the scoring for the Lakers, just 20 points for a team that scored 42 the weekend before. They picked it back up later in the second half, when Kralapp drilled a 23-yard field goal and Young-Walls added another score on a 32-yard run. They scored 10 points on their first two drives, a 21-yard Kollin Kralapp field goal and a Bryce Young-Walls 2-yard touchdown catch from Cade Peterson.īut then they stalled out, going scoreless until halfway through the third quarter and getting just 73 total yards in the second quarter. The Lakers offense, which averaged over 40 points per game coming into the playoffs, looked like they were going to pick up where they left off early in the game. 1 Ferris State awaits them next week In Big Rapids. 5 Grand Valley State football team punched their ticket to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday with an XX-XX win over No. ALLENDALE - "We want Ferris," was the refrain singing out from the student section of Lubbers Stadium in the final moments of the Lakers' first-round Divison II playoff game.Īsk and you shall receive. The No.
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