Saturday, September 05, 2009
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

King's Rushes its Way to a 16-10 Victory over Randolph-Macon Football
(Box Score)

ASHLAND, VA - Claude O'Conner ran for 116 yards and Cory Lavin threw two timely touchdown passes as they led King's College to a 16-10 road victory over Randolph-Macon in both teams opening contest of 2009.

O'Conner paced a Monarchs ground attack that racked up 236 yards on the day. Lavin threw for just 99 yards, but was an efficient 11-of-19 and threw two short touchdown passes to Ken Loomis inside the Red Zone.

R-MC got 84 yards on the ground from Steve Mathews, while Austin Faulkner was 11-of-20 and threw one touchdown for the Jackets.

After holding King's on their first possession of the game, the Jackets took over on their own 39 yard line and promptly drove 61 yards on seven plays, capped off by a 26 yard touchdown pass from Faulkner to Chase Phillips to make the score 7-0.

King's Jay Torres provided a spark on the ensuing kickoff, returning the ball 40 yards to the R-MC 45 yard line. After driving down to the Yellow Jackets 15, the drive stalled but Andrew DeRito booted a 32 yard field goal to get the Monarchs on the board at 7-3.

King's took the lead on its first possession of the second-half, rushing the ball five consecutive times for 71 yards, setting up a two yard touchdown play-action pass from Lavin to Loomis. The point after attempt missed, leaving the score 9-7 in favor of King's with 10:18 to play in the third quarter.

On R-MC's next possession, the Jackets drove down to the King's 25 yard line, but a fumble gave the ball back to the Monarchs, who then drove 72 yards on nine plays, making the score 16-7 on another short touchdown pass from Lavin to Loomis.

Christian Stahl led the R-MC defense with 10 tackles, while Brandon Harrison made eight stops and had an interception for the Jackets.

On the receiving end for Randolph-Macon, Earl Peoples made four catches for 37 yards, while Phillips nabbed three balls for 38 yards.

Ryan Cordingly led King's with a team-best nine tackles on the day, while Eric Nelson had eight and Eric Fay had six.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to Johns Hopkins for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff.

-Yellow Jackets-