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West Liberty Smothers Urbana, 21-8

Football | 9/24/2016 5:20:00 PM

Box Score URBANA, Ohio – Senior quarterback Dakota Conwell threw two touchdown passes and ran for another while the West Liberty defense held Urbana to just 128 yards of total offense here Saturday as the Hilltoppers cruised to a 21-8 victory in Mountain East Conference action at Urbana University Stadium.
Conwell showed no ill effects from the injury that knocked him out of action in the first quarter of last week's game against Fairmont State. The veteran QB rolled up more than 300 yards of total offense, completing 20-of-37 passes for 287 yards while adding 27 more yards on 17 rushing attempts.
Two pass interference penalties and a personal foul against the Black and Gold fueled a 12-play, 81-yard scoring for Urbana (1-3, 1-3) midway through the opening quarter. A 9-yard scoring pass to TE Larry Southall and Eric Pelfrey's 2-point conversion run put the hosts on top, 8-0, at 4:37 of the first quarter.
Penalties remained a problem for WLU (1-3, 1-2) throughout the afternoon but the West Liberty defense was in control the rest of the way. The Blue Knights converted only one more third down while averaging less than 2 yards per snap over the final three quarters.
A break on special teams set up the Hilltoppers' first score as Urbana's punter whiffed on a snap and was tackled immediately when he tracked the ball down inside his own 5. Conwell danced into the end zone from a yard out, cutting the lead to 8-7 with 10:41 showing on the second quarter clock.
West Liberty was able to take a 14-8 lead at the half when Conwell executed the 2-minute drill to near-perfection.
Taking over at his own 20 with just 2:23 on the clock, the senior QB drove the offense the length of the field. A 37-yard bomb to senior WR Dan Monteroso set up first-and-goal from the 5 and, two plays later, a scrambling Conwell found senior WR Anton McCallum just inside the goal line for the touchdown just 15 seconds before the half.
Penalties short-circuited several promising West Liberty drives in the second half but Conwell was able to wrap up the scoring with a 44-yard TD toss to sophomore WR Ian Kelly, who caught the ball in stride at the 20 and beat two defenders up the left sideline for the score at 14:14 of the fourth quarter.
McCallum posted his second 100-yard receiving game of the season with 7 catches for 109 yards while Monteroso finished with 4 catches for 77 yards and Kelly tacked on 76 receiving yards with 6 grabs as the Hilltoppers rolled up 407 yards of total offense.
Burdyshaw and backup QB Tajuan Green combined to complete just 13-of-26 passes for 117 yards and Urbana was held to just 11 net rushing yards on 33 carries. Redshirt freshman DB Logan Deri led a stalwart defensive effort for WLU with 7 tackles, 3 pass break-ups, an interception and a fumble recovery.
West Liberty didn't have a turnover and had a 22-14 edge in first downs but was flagged a season-high 14 times for 155 penalty yards. The Blue Knights had 9 penalties for 58 yards, lost a fumble and threw an interception
The Hilltoppers return home to host West Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday in the MEC Game of the Week. Kickoff is set for 7:10 p.m. at West Family Stadium.

West Liberty 21
Urbana 8
Urbana      8    0  0  0 -   8
West Liberty 0  14  0  7 - 21
First Quarter
Urb: Larry Southall 9 pass from Cale Burdyshaw (Eric Pelfrey run), 4:37
Second Quarter
WLU: Conwell 1 run (Morris kick), 10:41
WLU: McCallum 7 pass from Conwell (Morris kick), :15
Fourth Quarter
WLU: Kelly 44 pass from Conwell (Morris kick), 14:14
Game Statistics
RUSHING: West Liberty 41-120, Ortiz 8-33, Conwell 17-27, Dorsett 6-27, Penick 5-17, Peterson 4-13, Gamble 1-3. Urbana 33-11, Crow 4-27, McFadden 12-16, Saunders 1-4, Burdyshaw 13-4, Team 1-0, Green 1-(-8), Purk 1-(-32).
PASSING: West Liberty 20-37-287-2td-0x (all by Conwell). Urbana 13-26-117-1td-1x (Burdyshaw 12-21-114-1td-1x, Green 1-5-3-0-0).
RECEIVING: West Liberty 20-287, McCallum 7-109, Monteroso 4-77, Kelly 6-76, Malara 1-10, Peterson 1-6. Urbana 13-117, Pelfrey 3-41, Southall 4-31, Saunders 3-26, Carter 3-19.
First downs: West Liberty 22, Urbana 14
Fumbles: West Liberty 1-0, Urbana 2-1
Penalties: West Liberty 14-155, Urbana 9-58
Time of Possession: West Liberty 33:11, Urbana 26:49
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Players Mentioned

Dakota Conwell

#11 Dakota Conwell

QB
6' 1"
Senior
Logan Deri

#24 Logan Deri

DB
6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
Ian Kelly

#22 Ian Kelly

HB
6' 2"
Sophomore
Anton McCallum

#4 Anton McCallum

WR
6' 0"
Senior
Dan Monteroso

#9 Dan Monteroso

WR
6' 3"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Dakota Conwell

#11 Dakota Conwell

6' 1"
Senior
QB
Logan Deri

#24 Logan Deri

6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
DB
Ian Kelly

#22 Ian Kelly

6' 2"
Sophomore
HB
Anton McCallum

#4 Anton McCallum

6' 0"
Senior
WR
Dan Monteroso

#9 Dan Monteroso

6' 3"
Senior
WR