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by Steve Janik, Sports Information Student Assistant
 
The Saint Vincent football team fell to nationally ranked John Carroll University by a score of 44-0 on the road in Cleveland, OH.

After two consecutive defensive stops by the Bearcat defense, John Carroll got on the board first at the 4:21 mark of the first half when Wes Keller found Aramis Greenwood for a 19-yard touchdown pass. Three plays later, a Matt Deakins pass was tipped into the hands of a Blue Streaks defender, which led to a score on the next play, this time from Keller to Marshall Howell.
 
On the next drive, another interception by JCU setup a 14-yard touchdown run by Tommy Michals, making it 21-0, just before the end of the first quarter.  At the 8:23 mark of the second quarter, John Carroll capped off a 94 yard drive on a 1-yard run by Michals.
 
With 1:21 remaining in the second quarter, SVC freshman Luke Deanovich stripped the JCU quarterback and it was recovered by Matt McCarthy.  However, time would run out on the first half with the score at 28-0.
 
The Blue Streaks started the third quarter with a 10-play, 89-yard drive that ate up nearly half of  the quarter, capped by a 25-yard pass from Keller to Howell that made the score 35-0.  Later in the quarter, Deakins was called for intentional grounding in the end zone, which by rule is recorded as a safety, making the score 37-0.
 
In the fourth, John Carroll added another passing touchdown from 2-yards out from Shaefer to Rich Miller, making it 44-0, which would be the final.
 
For Saint Vincent, Matt Deakins went 6 for 13 for 28 yards with two interceptions, while Andy Borgen went 5 for 10 for 34 yards.  Freshmen Malik Merritt and Tyran Ottbridge finished with five carries for 16 yards and four carries for 15 yards, respectively.
 
DJ Oceant-Kelly led the receivers with five catches while Ryan Crawford had three catches for 18 yards.
 
Renny LaRue-Holloman led both teams with 12 total tackles while Nick Revis finished with seven and Ross Welshons and Matt Jenkins with six and five, respectively.
 
With the loss, Saint Vincent starts the year 0-1 and travels to play Waynesburg in a non-conference game, with kickoff set for 1:30 PM.