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October 27, 2007
Kareem Dutrieuille rushed for a career-high 192 yards, Poohbear McNeal scored twice on the ground and Andrew Krewatch tossed three touchdown passes as IUP held on for a 38-31 victory over host Clarion in a PSAC West contest Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The win was the third in a row for the Crimson Hawks since their only loss of the season on October 6 against California and improved their record to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the PSAC West. The Golden Eagles remained winless in nine games, including four in the division. IUP entered the game ranked 20th in the American Football Coaches Association poll. Trailing 14-10 at halftime, IUP responded by building fourth quarter leads of 31-21 and 38-28. But it was not until Steve Cooper recovered an on-side kick with 1:41 remaining that the Crimson Hawks were able to finish off the Golden Eagles. Dutrieuille posted his second 100-yard game of the season, averaging 7.1 yards on his 27 carries, a total that was one shy of his career high. He also reached the 1,000-yard mark in his career, completing the game with a total of 1,039. McNeal scored on runs of six yards in the first quarter and 33 yards with 3:51 remaining in the game that gave IUP its 38-28 lead. But Clarion drove 51 yards and got a 28-yard field goal from Nick Sipes with 1:42 left to make it 38-31 before Cooper easily fielded the ensuing on-side kick by Sipes. McNeal rushed for 51 yards and became the 10th player in PSAC history to rush for 4,000 career yards, finishing the game with 4,031. Krewatch completed 18 of 27 passes for 267 yards and touchdown strikes of 34 yards to Garrett Lestochi, 48 yards to Anthony Cellitti and three yards to Dan Pickens. Lestochi finished with career highs of nine receptions for 133 yards. Krewatch has three touchdown passes in four of eight games this season and moved into a tie for ninth all-time at IUP with 29 career scoring aerials. Eddie Emmanuel scored two touchdowns for Clarion, and his four-yard run on the first drive of the third quarter increased the Golden Eagles' lead to 21-10. IUP responded with Krewatch's first two touchdown passes of the game to Lestochi and Cellitti, the latter capping a 90-yard drive that gave the Crimson Hawks their first lead of the game at 24-21 with 48 seconds left in the third quarter. After forcing a Clarion punt, IUP took over at the Golden Eagle 45. Dutrieuille ripped off a 34-yard run on the first play, and the Crimson Hawks converted on a fourth and two on the touchdown pass from Krewatch to Pickens, making it 31-21 with 12:03 remaining in the game. But the Golden Eagles were not done, marching 67 yards in just 2:28 and pulling to within 31-28 on a 12-yard pass from Tyler Huether to Alfonso Hoggard. The teams traded punts, and IUP used five rushes to go 80 yards, with Dutrieuille gaining 35 and McNeal the last 45, including his 33-yard gallop to the end zone. Huether completed 24 of 45 passes for 260 yards for Clarion. He was intercepted by Quinton Cobb and Shayne Fletcher and sacked four times, including twice each by Rob Plowman and Anthony Guerra. Plowman finished with a team-leading 10 tackles, with six coming behind the line of scrimmage. Terrence Jackson and Cobb both had eight tackles for IUP. IUP returns home next Saturday for a Family Weekend game against Shippensburg beginning at 1 p.m. |
