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Game Recap: Football | | Jon Holtz, Athletic Communication
No. 11 Slippery Rock jumped out to an early lead and rolled to a 31-13 win at No. 20 California (Pa.) Saturday within the NCAA Quarterfinals to lock up the Super Region One title and a visit to the nationwide semifinals.
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CALIFORNIA, Pa. – The eleventh ranked Slippery Rock University soccer workforce avenged its solely loss this season in dominant style with a 31-13 victory on the street at California (Pa.) Saturday to win the Super Region One title and clinch a spot within the nationwide semifinals.
Slippery Rock improves to 12-1 general and claims the fourth regional title at school historical past, its first since 2019. The Rock will advance to the nationwide semifinals Dec. 14 and can journey to No. 2 Ferris State after the NCAA Committee reseeded the ultimate 4 groups. Valdosta State drew the No. 1 seed and can host Minnesota State, whereas Slippery Rock drew the No. 3 seed and can bus to Big Rapids, Michigan to face Ferris State within the semifinals.
California (Pa.) ends its 12 months with a 10-3 general report after making its first journey to the regional last since 2016.
The Vulcans earned a convincing 28-7 over Slippery Rock on the identical subject again on Oct. 19, which was the primary and solely common season loss for The Rock since 2022. SRU stored that loss in thoughts and seemed like a very totally different workforce Saturday, dominating from the opening possession.
After speeding for simply 10 yards within the first assembly, Slippery Rock ran for 245 yards and averaged 6.1 yards per carry. The Rock posted a 399-278 benefit in complete offense after throwing for 154 yards and didn’t flip the ball over as soon as. Cal ran for 188 yards and threw for 90 yards whereas committing one turnover.
Brayden Long was practically flawless in main the SRU offense, finishing 17-of-21 passes for 154 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions and no sacks. He turned the primary quarterback in SRU historical past with two 3,000-yard seasons and have become the fourth QB in program historical past to prime 7,000 profession passing yards.
Idris Lawrence averaged 7.0 yards per carry and completed with a season-high 162 speeding yards to tempo the bottom recreation. Chris D’Or rushed for 42 yards and one TD on 11 carries and Long ran for 36 yards on two carries.
Logan Ramper caught 4 passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns and Mike Solomon grabbed seven passes for 73 yards and one rating.
The Rock protection restricted Cal quarterback and PSAC West Offensive Athlete of the Year Davis Black to simply 90 passing yards and got here up with three sacks within the recreation. Black additionally ran for 63 yards and Bobby Boyd Jr. ran for 99 yards and one TD.
Todd Hill was chargeable for two of these sacks and completed with seven complete tackles, two sacks, one pressured fumble and one fumble restoration. Andrew Vince added a team-high 10 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and one sack. Michael Henwood made eight tackles and Munchie Johnson completed with 5 tackles and one sort out for loss. Josh Stokes tallied two move break-ups to guide the secondary.
Slippery Rock wasted little time in leaping out to a lead when Long hit Ramper for an 18-yard TD on the primary sequence of the sport to provide SRU a 7-0 lead with 11:37 to play within the first. Long then related with Solomon for a 20-yard TD on the following possession to make it 14-0 with 7:54 to play within the first.
Cal had one good scoring probability within the first quarter that was stripped away when Hill rushed off the proper edge and compelled a fumble in SRU territory.
The Rock prolonged the result in 21-0 after Long related on a deep ball to Ramper late within the half to arrange a brief speeding landing by D’Or with 1:12 to play within the second.
California stopped the 21-0 run with a sustained drive to open the third quarter with Boyd Jr. scoring on a four-yard run to make it 21-7 with 8:31 to play within the third, however SRU responded with the following 10 factors to place the sport away. Mason Yohn kicked a 26-yard subject purpose late within the third and Long related with Ramper for his or her second TD of the sport with 10:07 left to make it 31-7.
Cal added yet one more rating with 7:57 to play however couldn’t get the ball again after SRU used the speeding assault to wind down the clock.
Slippery Rock will journey to Ferris State subsequent Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Top Taggart Stadium in opposition to the Bulldogs, who took down defending nationwide champion Harding 41-7 to win the Super Region Three title.
GAME NOTES: Slippery Rock is headed to the semifinals for the fourth time in program historical past and the primary time since 2019 … SRU QB Brayden Long topped 3,000 yards this season and is now the primary QB in program historical past to throw for 3,000 yards in two separate seasons … Long additionally went over 7,000 profession passing yards and is the fourth QB in program historical past to do this … he moved as much as No. 2 all-time at SRU with 61 profession TD passes … SRU gained its first playoff recreation in opposition to a PSAC West workforce to enhance to 1-1 all-time within the postseason in opposition to the PSAC West … SRU head coach Shawn Lutz improved to 82-20 as head coach and is headed to the semifinals for the second time … Idris Lawrence rushed for a season-high 162 yards.
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