St. Vincent's Defeats Gallaudet 23-22

St. Vincents' defense held Gallaudet scoreless in the second half after allowing 22 first half points, allowing St. Vincent's to escape Hotchkiss Field with a 23-22 win.

Gallaudet jumped out to a quick 13-0 first quarter lead on a one yard touchdown run by junior running back Dmitry Rossoshansky (Chicago, IL/Illinois School for the Deaf) and a 4 yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Fletch Kuehne (Austin, TX/Model Secondary School for the Deaf). The PAT after the first touchdown was blocked by St. Vincent's.

In the second quarter after a St. Vinccent's field goal that made the score 13-3, Gallaudet responded on its next play with a 69 yard touchdown pass from Kuehne to junior wide receiver Cole Johnson (Edina MN/Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf) that put the Bison up 20-9.

St. Vincents' responded with a 59 yard touchdown run by freshman running back Jairus Marlow (Greenacres, FL/J.I. Leonard). The extra point attempt was blocked, making the score 20-9.

Gallaudet scored later in the quarter on a safety to go ahead 22-9. On their final drive on the half, St. Vincent's went 49 yards, ending with a 24 yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Kevin Corona (Miami, FL/ Florida Christian) to junior wide receiver Rob James (Jeannette, PA/Jeannette) tclose the gap to 22-16 at the half in favor of Gallaudet.

The only scoring by either team in the second half was a one yard toouchdown run by sophomore fullback Marc Gonzales (Pittssburgh, PA/North Catholic) halfway through the fourth quarter.

A final Gallaudet drive ended at the St. Vincent's 39 before time ran out.

Kuehne was 16-25 passing for 190 yards and two touchdowns and two interceptions and rushed for 37 yards. Johnson caught 5 passes for 123 yards and one touchdown and  Alley added 5 more catches for 34 yards and one score. Freshman defensive back Jared Vollmer (Delavan, WI/Delavan-Darien) led the defense with 10 tackles and two assists and made one interception and sophomore outside linebacker Ty Hubbard (Greenville, TX/Texas School for the Deaf) added 7 tackles, one assist, and one interception that he returned 30 yards to the one yard line leading to a Bison toouchdown.

Gallaudet (0-2) next plays at Greensboro College at 1 pm Septemmber 20.