GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Dickinson football team used a strong rushing attack carrying the rock 44 times for 268 yards and had just enough of a passing game to hold off a valiant effort from the host Gettysburg College to secure a 28-25 win over the Bullets on Saturday at Musselman Stadium in Centennial Conference action.

Dickinson got the ball to begin the game and used a pair of rushes from Diante Ball to pick up a fresh set of downs on the DC35, before Presley Egbers found Bobby Markey down the middle of the field for a 65-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lead (Justin Worobel kick). After each team was turned away on their next drive Gettysburg began their second possession on the DC45. Two runs each from Peter Schelling and Michael Zrelak as well as two completions by Rocco Abdinoor moved the ball to the DC7. That was when Adbinoor took matters into his own hands running for three and four yards respectively to find the house and tie the game at 7-7 through one (Rob Meyer kick). 

Following rushes of 1 and 29 yards from Schelling the home side had the ball on the DC47. A 12-yard completion to James McCareen and a penalty on the Devils on the ensuing play advanced the ball to the DC22. However, after a hold on Gettysburg pushed the ball back to the 39, the Bullets would stall out giving the ball back to the Red and White on their own 40 following just a seven-yard punt for Matthew Van Istendal. Dickinson would not score on the ensuing drive, but would flip field position as the hosts started on their own four with 10:20 remaining in the half. A solid combination of both run and pass advanced the Bullets to the DC25, which was when Abdinoor linked up with Ryan Furey for the 25-yard TD strike making it 14-7 (Rob Meyer kick). The Red and White would find an immediate answer as a pass from Egbers to Matt Maiona for 16 and a 24-yard scamper by Egbers plus a personal foul penalty set the Devils up in the redzone at the GC9. After a one-yard carry for Ball, Egbers hit Ball through the air for a TD and a tie score at 14-14 (Justin Worobel kick). The Devils would not be done for the half as they went back to work with 1:55 left and using runs by Ball and Egbers along with a pass to Princeton Douglass put DC on the GC31. Two runs and a reception by Maiona pushed it down to the 16, where Egbers hit Devlin McCool for the TD making it 21-14 at half (Justin Worobel kick). 

The first ten minutes of the third quarter saw neither really put any kind of sustained drive together as each team would not get on the opponents side of the 50-yardline. That was when with 5:47 to play in the period Gettysburg went back on the offensive as three rushes for Zrelak and three completions from Abdinoor pushed the possession out to the GC45 prompting a DC timeout. Two passes to McAndrew helped to continue the march to the DC28 as the third period came to a close. The lenghty drive ended two plays into the fourth when Meyer drilled a 44-yard field goal to cut it down to 21-17.

After the ensuing onside kick attempt rolled out of bounds the Devils were in business at the GC43. A holding penalty on DC pushed them back to their own 45, before a defensive holding call brought it to the GC45. Four consecutive runs, including a 25-yard charge by Ball had it down to GC7. Egbers took care of it from there as on third-and-six from seven he raced around the left-side and into the house for the 28-17 lead (Justin Worobel kick). Gettysburg would not go down without a fight however as they needed just under two minutes for Aidan Feulner to hook-up with McAndrew for a 39-yard touchdown cutting it down to 28-25 (Aidan Feulner two-point conversion). Gettysburg had one more possession beginning with around five minutes left, but the Bullets went three-and-out allowing the Devils to salt away the final four-plus minutes to secure the win.

Defensively, Dickinson was led by a game-high ten tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup from Jeremy Reid. Bram Leys added eight stops (five solo) including two for loss and a sack, while John Prochniak chipped in seven hits along with a pass breakup. The trio of Lewis Baer, Justin Rocha and Alex Sulin combined for 16 tackles (2.5 for loss), one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry. James Basilii, Neville Krueger and Brendan Walker each recorded four stops on the day as well.

Next on the Field
Dickinson (6-2, 3-1 Centennial) will wrap-up their regular season home slate on Saturday afternoon at 1pm when nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins University comes to Biddle Field for a conference clash. It will also be Senior Day for the Red and White.


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