UTICA, N.Y. – Despite piling up more than 300 yards of total offense, the Lycoming College football team fell to Utica University, 42-17 in non-conference action at Thomas Gaetano Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Terrence Oliver rushed 16 times for 71 yards and sophomore Quasim Benson added 13 rushes for 38 yards to lead the rushing attack. Senior Will Fish went 11 for 30 for 131 yards and sophomore Jay Huber was 8 for 14 for 88 yards and a touchdown.

Senior Billy Coppock led the receivers, catching six passes for 72 yards and a score and junior Dawson Debebe caught five passes for 71 yards.

Senior Joey Rivituso led the defense, posting 11 tackles, one for loss, and he also added a fumble recovery. Junior Ryan Pentz, a Central Mountain graduate, had six tackles. Sophomore Stephen Goodman had two tackles for loss and a sack.

Lycoming (1-2 overall) finished with 314 yards of total offense to Utica’s 357, added one more first down and held the ball for nearly 10 more minutes, but Utica (2-1 overall) scored touchdowns on five drives of 50 or more yards to stay in front of the Warriors.

Down 21-3, the Warriors embarked on a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ate 6:22 off the clock in the second quarter, with Oliver rushing four times for 36 yards on the drive to get the ball to the doorstep, where Fish, who completed three first-down passes on the drive, crossed the goalline himself to make it 21-10 at the half.

The Pioneers scored the first two touchdowns of the second half to take a 35-10 lead before the Warriors embarked on a 65-yard drive, with Huber finding Coppock for a 17-yard score with 3:56 left to round out Lycoming’s scoring.

After a two-touchdown first quarter from Utica, the Warriors got on the board with an 11-play, 44-yard drive that sandwiched the quarters. A 21-yard pass from Fish to Debebe got the ball inside the 20 and set up a 25-yard field goal from first-year Kyle Flack.

Matt Brantley rushed 19 times for 151 yards and two scores and James Salles rushed 12 times for 104, as Utica gained 292 yards on the ground. Brett Fuller passed 15 times, completing six for 65 yards and two touchdowns.

Norman Booth had 10 tackles, two for loss and a sack and Eli Douglas notched nine tackles, one interception return for a touchdown and two breakups to lead the Pioneer defense.

The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday when they host Hilbert College in their last non-conference game at 1 p.m. at David Person Field.

Utica 42, Lycoming 17

Lycoming 0 10 0 17 — 17

Utica 14 7 7 14 — 42

First quarter

U–Brantley 4 run (Callo kick), 6:03.

U­–Palmer 31 pass from Fuller (Callo kick), 3:04.

Second quarter

L–Flack 25 field goal, 10:04.

U–Brantley 61 run (Callo kick), 7:55.

L–Fish 1 run (Klack kick), 1:33.

Third quarter

U–Douglas 25 interception return (Callo kick), 2:05.

Fourth quarter

U–Maldonado 10 pass from Fuller (Callo kick), 6:43.

L–Coppock 17 pass from Huber (Flack kick), 3:56.

U–Polito 22 run (Callo kick), 2:06.

TEAM STATISTICS

L U

First downs 20 19

Rushes-yards 36-95 38-292

Passing yards 219 65

C-A-I 19-44-2 6-15-0

Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-yards 13-100 4-45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Lycoming, Terrance Oliver 16-71; Quasim Benson 14-38; Jay Huber 2-(minus 1); Will Fish 5-(minus 13). Utica, Matt Brantley 19-151 2 TD; James Salies 12-104; JImmy Polito 2-23 TD; Brett Fuller 3-12; Bryce Pamlmer 1-3; TEAM 1-(minus 1).

PASSING–Lycoming, Will Fish 11-30-1 131; Jay Huber 8-14-1 88 TD. Utica, Brett Fuller 6-15-0 65 2 TD.

RECEIVING–Lycoming, Billy Coppock 10-72 TD; Dawson Debebe 17-71; Ross Eyer 2-32; Brendan Clark 2-12; Karson Kline 7-8; Quasim Benson 1-13; Spencer Ferguson 1-11; Jacob Shermeyer 1-0; Terrance Oliver 1-0. Utica, Bryce Palmer 3-37 TD; Izzy Maldonado 2-10 TD; Tyler Kolenda 3-7; Tyshawn Taylor 1-7; Logan Kraft 1-4; Antonio Cianfarani 1-0; James Salies 1-0; matt Kaires 1-0