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Ryan Gomes
Jason Kapusta
7
Westminster WES 0-1 , 0-1
17
Winner Grove City GRO 1-0 , 1-0
Westminster WES
0-1 , 0-1
7
Final
17
Grove City GRO
1-0 , 1-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
WES Westminster 7 0 0 0 7
GRO Grove City 7 10 0 0 17

Game Recap: Football |

Titans fall at Grove City in lidlifter

GROVE CITY, Pa.--The Westminster College football program opened the 2023 season with a 17-7 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) loss to Grove City College Saturday afternoon at Robert E. Thorn Field. 

The league's 10-game, intraconference schedule replaces the unbalanced schedule deployed in 2022.

Grove City snapped a three-game Westminster win streak with Saturday's win. 

The teams combined for 80 rushing attempts. Grove City finished with 50 attempts for 188 yards while Westminster totaled 67 yards on 30 attempts. The game lasted two hours, 28 minutes. 

Ryan Gomes (Tampa, Fla., Walter L. Sickles) carried 18 times for 68 yards. He had 12 first half rushes for 69 yards and scored the game's first touchdown on a 1-yard run with 10:03 left in the first quarter. Ty McGowan (Moon Township, Pa., Moon) completed 8-of-16 passes for 116 yards and was sacked twice. Jalen Royal-Eiland (Youngstown, Ohio, Mineral Ridge) hauled in six passes for a career-high 107 yards. 

The first half featured 46 combined rushes. Grove City ran 27 times for 117 yards while Westminster had 19 rushes for 61 yards.

Joey Guida scored capped a 12-play drive with an 8-yard scoring run with just over three minutes to go in the first to even the score. Logan Pfeuffer connected with Scott Fraser on a 28-yard touchdown with 12:27 to go in the second quarter to give Grove City a 14-7 advantage. 

Caleb Kuechly hit a 30-yard field goal as time expired in the opening half to give Grove City a 17-7 halftime lead. It was Kuechly's first career field goal. 

Dylan Sleva (Moon Township, Pa., Moon) registered a career-high 14 tackles (5 solo). Matthew Randza (Beaver Falls, Pa., Blackhawk) and Matthew Petruzzi (Allison Park, Pa., Central Catholic) posted nine tackles each. 

Nico Flati paced Grove City's rushing attack with 115 yards on 24 carries. Ben Bladel had five tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a fumble recovery. 

Westminster opens its 2023 home schedule next Saturday, Sept. 9 against Thiel College during the College's annual Hall of Fame Weekend. Kickoff at Memorial Field inside Harold Burry Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m. The game will be featured as WKBN's Game of the Week. 
 
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