GROVE CITY, Pa. (Sept. 24) – The Saint Vincent College football team was hurt by a number of missed opportunities, falling 42-7 at Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Grove City College.
 
The Bearcats (1-3, 1-1 PAC) committed two turnovers and came up empty on an early first-and-goal situation, before the Wolverines (3-1, 1-1 PAC) pulled away over the second half to earn the win.
 
D.J. Gray Jr. ran for 69 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries for SVC, while quarterback Brady Walker completed 20 of 26 passes for 145 yards. Molayo Irefin hauled in a game-high 9 passes.
 
After the two teams traded quick punts to open the game, Grove City took over with 9:02 left in the quarter inside its own 13. The Wolverines would hold the ball for the remainder of the quarter, putting together a methodical drive before ending the frame with a second-and-goal on the 2. The hosts would promptly find the end zone on the first play of the second quarter, a 3-yard Nico Flati run, to go in front 7-0.
 
SVC's next drive ended prematurely with an interception, before the Bearcat defense forced another Grove City punt. Taking over at their 40, the Bearcats embarked on a productive drive. Two Gray rushes, aided by a Grove City penalty, advanced the ball inside the Grove City 40, before Walker completed three passes for 31 yards, including 13-yarders to Irefin and Matthew Esdelle, to set up first-and-goal inside the 1-yard-line. The Bearcats, however, would go no further, with the Grove City defense stuffing three plays for a loss of a combined three yards, before a 22-yard field goal attempt went wide to keep the score 7-0 in favor of the hosts.
 
As they did to end the first quarter, the Wolverines would close the second frame on another long scoring drive, with Logan Pfueffer scoring on a 1-yard quarterback keeper to cap off a 12-play, 80-yard drive that spanned 6:02 and give Grove City a 14-0 lead at the intermission.
 
Walker began the second half by completing three passes for 38 yards, with an 18-yard toss to Ryan Whitman bringing the ball to the Grove City 30. Six-yard passes to Gray and Irefin moved the ball inside the red zone, but the drive would promptly stall out after a Grove City interception with 9:53 left in the third quarter.
 
The Wolverines would add two more third quarter touchdowns to open up a 28-0 lead, before scoring a pair of touchdowns on their first two trips of the final frame to up the advantage to 42-0 with 2:07 left to play.
 
The Bearcats would finally get on the scoreboard on their last possession of the evening. A long Molayo Irefin kick return gave SVC the ball just outside of midfield, before three Gray rushes netted 13 yards. Walker and Whitman hooked up for a 24-yard pass play to move inside the 15-yard line, with a Grove City penalty advancing it to the 7. Gray would then close out the drive by rumbling in with 16 seconds left for his third rushing touchdown of the season.
 
Fueled by an impressive rushing attack, Grove City owned a commanding edge in time of possession, holding the ball for nearly 35 minutes. The Wolverines rushed for 231 yards and four scores, finishing with 401 yards of total offense to Saint Vincent's 199. Clayton Parrish rushed for a game-high 107 yards on 16 carries for the hosts, while Pfueffer ran for two touchdowns while also completing 10 passes for 170 yards and two scores.
 
Defensively, Ethan Facey led Saint Vincent with 8 tackles, while Keshawn Davis and Jaden Edmonds finished with 7 apiece. Marvelle Cromerdie finished with 3 pass break-ups in the secondary, while Thomas Hedgepeth II came up with SVC's only sack of the night.
 
The Bearcats will now enter their bye week, before returning to action on Saturday, Oct. 8, with a 1 p.m. game at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.