Reading, Pa. (Oct. 1, 2022) - Alvernia University (1-3) was held scoreless through the first three quarters as Lebanon Valley College (3-2) defeated Alvernia 32-6 on a rainy and cool Saturday afternoon at Alvernia.

Alvernia kept Lebanon Valley out of the end zone in the first half - holding the Dutchmen to three field goals in the second quarter - but Alvernia's offense could not get anything going on offense. The Dutchmen then came out of the half with a third quarter touchdown and put the game away with 14 points in the fourth quarter. 

Alvernia's only points of the game came off a 77 yard touchdown run by Ka'More Gill early in the fourth quarter. 

The Dutchmen won the coin toss but differed to the second half as Alveria opened the game on its own 11 yard line. Alvernia worked its way down the field to the LVC 33, but Alvernia would turn the ball over on downs at the LVC 25. 

The Dutchmen and Golden Wolves traded possessions the rest of the quarter with the Dutchmen working their way down the field to open the second frame.

A facemask call on the Golden Wolves gave Lebanon Valley the ball on the Alvernia six yard line, but Alvernia's defense made a stand and forced the Dutchmen to kick their first field goal of the afternoon.

Alvernia's was forced to punt the ball away on its next possession and the Dutchmen took over on their own 35. They again worked their way down the field, but Alvernia's defense forced a field goal to keep the Dutchmen out of the endzone. Lebanon Valley's Devin Crone converted from 40 yards out to make it a 6-0 game with 5:30 to play in the first half. 

After another punt by Alvernia, Lebanon Valley took over with just under two minutes to play in the first half. The Dutchmen made it to the Alvernia 10 yard line before converting a 27 yard field goal to take a 9-0 lead into the half.

Lebanon Valley came out of the half with a 40 yard rush up the middle on the first play of the half, but Alvernia's defense again made a stop - this time forcing a turnover on downs on a fourth down pass break-up by Tajon Whiten. 

Alvernia took over on its own 32 yard line on an 11 yard rush by Ka'More Gill with a face mask tacked on at the end moved Alvernia into Dutchmen territory. The Golden Wolves faced a 4th and 6 on the LVC 17 and Alvernia lined up for a field goal attempt. The attempt was blocked to keep Alvernia off the board.

The Golden Wolves forced another turnover on downs on Lebanon Valley's next possession, but Alvernia turned the ball over on an interception to give the Dutchmen a short field. Lebanon Valley needed just three plays to reach the back of the end zone on a one yard rush as the Dutchmen took a 16-0 lead.

The Golden Wolves could not get anything going on their next possession and went to punt the ball away on its own 18. A high snap led to a blocked punt by the Dutchmen - but Alvernia's punter Hunter Bojanic was able to get the ball out the back of the end zone to limit Lebanon Valley to a safety. 

The Dutchmen took the 18-0 lead into the fourth quarter and had the ball on Alvernia's 35 to open the quarter. On their second play of the quarter, LVC quarterback Braden Bohannon connected with Jay Sisko on a 32 yard touchdown pass to extend Lebanon Valley's lead to 25-0.

The Golden Wolves took over on its own 25 yard line, but got pushed back to its 20 after an illegal formation call. EJ Lee then gave Alvernia a bit of room with a 3 yard rush. Gill then got the next handoff and took off for a 77 yard touchdown run down the LVC sideline to put Alvernia on the board. Alvernia's 2-point conversion failed as LVC led 25-6 with 12:56 to play. 

The Dutchmen then put together over a nine minute drive to keep Alvernia off the field. The drive, which went 75 yards, culminated in a one yard touchdown run up the middle to make it a 32-6 contest.

The Dutchmen forced a three and out with two sacks on Alvernia's next drive to seal their 32-6 win.

Gill led Alvernia's offensive efforts with 88 yards rushing.  Kevin Washington went 11-for-15 behind center with 62 yards passing. Whiten led Alvernia's defense with eight tackles. 

Alvernia is back in action on Saturday at noon for its homecoming game against Wilkes University.