WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Grove City College football team's five-game winning streak ended Saturday night with a 42-14 setback at Washington & Jefferson in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Cameron Stadium.
W&J (7-1, 6-0) led 21-14 at halftime, then took control of the game with two touchdowns in a four-minute span midway through the third quarter.
Grove City cut W&J's lead to 14-7 with 12:29 left in the first half when senior wide receiver
Darviae Gray (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central) caught a five-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback
Mike Hollomon (Princeton, N.J./The Pingry School). That capped a five-play, 88-yard drive. Hollomon's 64-yard pass to senior wide receiver
Sam Penna (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) gave Grove City goal to go at the 5.
W&J's Andrew Sharp scored on an 11-yard run at the 10:08 mark, doubling the lead. Grove City countered with a 14-play, 61-yard drive that used 8:05. Sophomore running back
Braxtyn Brown (Berwick, Pa./Columbia Montour Vo-Tech) scored from two yards out with 1:57 left in the half, trimming the margin to 21-14.
The Presidents drove to the Grove City 3 in the closing moments of the first half but junior defensive end
Caleb Kuhl (Winfield, W.Va./Winfield) stripped quarterback Braylon Wagner of the ball on a sack. Sophomore linebacker
Andrew Moberg (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) recovered the fumble.
Freshman linebacker
Brayden Gerst (New Stanton, Pa./Hempfield) also had a sack for the Wolverines. He finished with seven tackles. Sophomore linebacker
Aiden Kitts (Rancocas Valley, N.J./Rancocas Valley) led the Wolverines (5-3, 4-1) with nine stops.
Hollomon completed 15 of 24 passes for 181 yards. Gray had five catches for 25 yards while Penna gained 92 yards on three catches. Freshman running back
Nico Casciato (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) ran for 94 yards on 19 carries.
W&J outgained Grove City, 443-255. Sharp ran for 151 yards and four scores. Wagner ran for 145 yards. He also completed 10 of 14 passes for 133 yards.
Grove City closes the regular season with consecutive home games, starting next Saturday against Case Western Reserve. Kickoff will be 1 p.m. at Robert E. Thorn Field.
