ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - The NC Wesleyan College Football team rolled to a dominating 21-0 shutout of conference foe Greensboro College on a soggy homecoming on Saturday.
The win was Wesleyan's third straight in conference play as they improve to 3-3 on the year.
Wesleyan got on the board first taking advantage of a GC turnover in the red zone to tack on a 27-yard field goal by Rafa Niederleytner early in the first quarter.
The Bishops then added a touchdown later in the first as freshman QB Chaz Hirschman rolled out and tossed a nice pass to a wide open fullback, Tyler Watson for the 17-yard score and a 10-0 lead.
Wesleyan then made it 12-0 in the second quarter when Greensboro's snap on 4th down sailed over the punter's head and he then proceeded to kick the ball through the end zone causing a safety for the Bishops.
After a scoreless third quarter, the Bishops then added another touchdown early in the fourth as sophomore TE Kalab Logan scored his first of the season on a 5-yard pass from Hirschman to complete an 8-play 40-yard drive.
Wesleyan then added another safety later inthe 4th as they buried Greensboro in their own end zone to take the final 21-0 lead.
The Bishops totaled 315 yards of offense including 169 on the ground and 146 through the air. The NCWC defense then held GC to just 77 yards of total offense and zero net yards rushing. Wesleyan used a balanced rushing attack of four players running for at least 30 yards apiece led by sophomore Garry Daies' 7 rushes for 54 yards including a couple big rushes in the fourth quarter to salt the game away.
Watson then led the receiving corp with 63 yards on 3 catches and a TD while Trey Blackwell also caught two balls for 36 yards. Logan led the offense with 4 receptions while Hirschman threw for 146 yards.
Defensively, junior LB Deante Lucenti led the D with 9 total tackles including 8 solo and a tackle for loss while fellow LB Luke Moorhead had 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries and two pass breakups. Middle linebacker Charles Sias also recorded a sack and forced a fumble.
Wesleyan is now 3-1 in the conference and in a tie for 2nd place while GC falls to 0-5. The Bishops remain home to host Maryville College next Saturday at Noon.
