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Delaware Valley’s 21-point first quarter proved to be too much to overcome as Wilkes fell 52-10 in a Saturday afternoon Middle Atlantic Conference matchup at James Work Memorial Stadium.

Wilkes drops to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in MAC games while Delaware Valley improves to 5-1 and 4-1 in league play sitting in second place in the MAC standings through five games.

The Aggies used two rushing touchdowns followed by a 36-yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter to take the three score advantage.

Wilkes got on the board on its fourth possession of the game, when Ryan Dailey connected with Zach Bogoly for a 34-yard touchdown with just over 13 minutes left to go in the first half. Wilkes trailed 21-7 following a Mike Hauck extra point.

Delaware Valley’s next possession stalled deep in Wilkes territory where the Aggies settled for a 31-yard field goal to push the lead to 24-7 with 7:32 left in the half. Wilkes answered that scoring drive with one of its own as a 12-play, 65-yard drive stalled deep in Aggie territory where Hauck connected on a 26-yard field goal to draw the Colonels back within two scores at 24-10 with 4:23 on the first half clock.

Delaware Valley landed a big blow to the Colonel momentum late in the first half using an 11-play, 69-yard drive that was capped off by a five yard touchdown run to up the advantage to 31-10 at the break.

Dailey finished 18 for 32 for 215 yards and the one score for Wilkes. The senior signal-caller went over the 6,000-yard mark passing for his career and moved into third place all-time passing Neil Rine ’98 in the process. Dailey currently stands with 6,124 yards with four games remaining this season.

Garret Armstrong led the Colonel receivers with seven catches for 61 yards. Aaron Coyne, in his first game back from an injury in two weeks, finished with six catches for 59 yards. Bogoly added three receptions for 57 yards and the receiving score.

Wilkes struggled to make way on the ground against the stout Aggie run defense accumulating just 81 yards rushing to Delaware Valley’s 190 yards on the ground including three scores.

Tanner Stengel led the Wilkes defensive unit with a game-high 13 tackles and 1.5 sacks on the day.

Delaware Valley 52, Wilkes 10

Wilkes`0`10`0`0`—`10

Delaware Valley`21`10`21`0`—`52

First quarter

D — Devauntay Ellis 3 yd run (Nick Restaino kick ), 7:37

D — Dashawn Darden 13 yd run (Restaino kick ), 3:51

D — Eric Shorter 36 yd pass from Darden (Restaino kick), 1:20

Second quarter

W — Zach Bogoly 34 yd pass from Ryan Dailey (Mike Hauck kick), 14:52

D — Restaino 31 yd field goal, 7:44

W — Hauck 26 yd field goal, 4:23

D — Marquis Ellis 5 yd pass from Darden (Restaino kick), 0:16

Third quarter

D — Darden 16 yd run (Restaino kick), 11:56

D — Sammy Mohr 60 yd interception (Restaino kick), 10:03

D — Kyle Bigam 3 yd pass from Dashawn Darden (Restaino kick), 2:47

Fourth quarter

None

Team statistics`WU`DV

First downs`18`23

Rushes-yards`30-81`44-190

Passing yards`253`245

Total yards`334`435

Passing`24-43-2`14-26-0

Sacked-yards lost`2-16`4-24

Punts-avg.`4-28.8`3-38.3

Fumbles-lost`0-0`0-0

Penalties-yards`5-35`11-103

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — WU, Jose Tabora 10-27, Paul Martin 5-25, Jeff Steeber 3-23, William Deemer 1-5, Jacob Brook 3-5. DV, Dashawn Darden 11-79-2, Robert Cleveland 9-56, Devauntay Ellis 11-46-1, Marc Woodard II 4-16, Khalil Roane 4-14, Mike Anusky 1-4.

PASSING — WU, Ryan Daily 18-32-215-1, Jose Tabora 6-11-38. Dashawn Darden 14-245-3.

RECEIVING — WU, Garrett Armstrong 7-61, Aaron Coyne 6-59, Zach Bogoly 3-57-1, Jacob Brook 1-38, Jeff Steeber 1-12, Ryan Richards 2-10, Justin Deihm 1-8, William Deemer 1-5, Carey Evans 1-3. DV, Eric Shorter 4-93-1, Devauntay Ellis 1-50, Amir Johnson 1-28, Tyler Bing 3-26, Marquis Ellis 2-18-1, Michael Jensen 1-15, James Cole Jr. 1-12, Kyle Bigam 1-3-1.

INTERCEPTIONS — WU, None. DV, Sammy Mohr 1-60, Jarren McBryde 1-0.

MISSED FGs — None.

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