LATROBE, Pa. – The Grove City College football team used an efficient, balanced offense and an opportunistic defense Saturday afternoon to earn a 35-20 victory at Saint Vincent in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Chuck Noll Field.

Senior running back Wesley Schools (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) ran for 179 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries. Meanwhile, sophomore quarterback Josh Ehst (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) completed 9 of 11 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns.

Junior wide receiver Cody Gustafson (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) hauled in five passes for 133 yards and junior Cameron Drake (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) added four catches for 53 yards.

Defensively, freshman linebacker Curtis Freyermuth (Meadville, Pa./Cochranton) snuffed out a Saint Vincent drive with a second quarter interception while senior safety Jackson McFall (Oil City, Pa./Oil City) sealed the win with an interception in the final minute.

Junior defensive end R.J. Debo (New Brighton, Pa./New Brighton) added a sack for the Wolverines, who have won four straight.

Sophomore offensive tackle Jared Krout (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) blocked a field goal attempt in the third quarter, his second block of the season.

Schools gave Grove City an early 7-0 lead when he scored on a five-yard touchdown run with 13:03 left in the first quarter. Schools scored the second of his three touchdowns at 9:15 of the second quarter when he scored from three yards out, pushing the lead to 14-3.

Gustafson hauled in a 45-yard touchdown pass from Ehst with 3:39 left in the half, boosting the lead to 21-3. Grove City led 21-6 at halftime after Saint Vincent's Nick Srnka drilled a 36-yard field goal.

Saint Vincent pulled to within 21-13 on Mike Stasko's three-yard run with 50 seconds left in the third quarter. Grove City quickly answered though as Ehst fired a 26-yard touchdown pass to Gustafson with 13:06 left in the fourth.

Schools sealed the win with a 34-yard touchdown run with 70 seconds remaining.

Sophomore linebacker Parker Kilgore (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler) and junior safety Patrick Mark (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Wellington) both had nine tackles for the Wolverines while Debo and senior linebacker Luke Salerno (Cowansville, Pa./Karns City) both had eight stops.

Grove City will close its home schedule next Saturday at 1 p.m. against Geneva at Robert E. Thorn Field.