KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University football team dropped a 24-0 decision to Kutztown University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East action Saturday afternoon. The Huskies fell to 2-4 and 1-2 in conference play, while the Golden Bears improved to 4-2 and 2-1 in conference action.
 
The Golden Bears got on the board with 9:00 to play in the first quarter and ran their way to a conference win. Kutztown finished the day with 21 first downs; 16 came from the rush. The Golden Bears held a 251-59 advantage in rushing yards for the game.
 
Kutztown found the end zone for the second time to open up the second quarter on just the Golden Bears' first play from scrimmage in the quarter.
 
The Huskies were moving down the field after a blocked field goal attempt by sophomore Quentin Gaskill (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) gave BU the ball at their own 20-yard line. Freshman Logan Simmon (Hereford, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) got the ball for the first two carries and picked 11 yards between the two for the first down. After a sack of David LePoidevin (Middlesex, N.J./Bound Brook) dropped the Huskies back eight yards, Simmon got back three of them on his next run. LePoidevin hit sophomore Owen Anderson (Cogan Station, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) in the middle of the field for a 28-yard reception to get down to the Kutztown 46. Simmon pushed the pile forward one yard on the next carry, but the Kutztown defense forced a fumble on the next play with a strip sack, and the Golden Bears took over with 1:26 to play in the half.
 
Kutztown was rushing down the field once again and got down to the Bloomsburg 25 with 32 seconds to go. The Golden Bears faced a fourth-and-5 and elected to go for it, which proved costly as redshirt junior Kenny Yurkonis (Minersville, Pa./Minersville Area) came off the edge and sacked Donny Blaine for a loss of 15 and forced the fumble, which the Golden Bears recovered at the Bloomsburg 40, where the Huskies took over.
 
LePoidevin found Anderson again for 11 yards to get a first down on the first play, but the Golden Bears ended the half with a pick on a deep ball by LePoidevin.
 
Kutztown put 10 points up in the third quarter to push its lead to 24-0 with 15 minutes to play.

The Huskies had their best scoring opportunity at the end of the third quarter. Bloomsburg started its drive at the Bloomsburg 44 after a 27-yard return by sophomore Kaleb Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) on the previous kickoff. Monaco got the ball on the first play from scrimmage, and he ran down the field for 10 yards before LePoidevin rushed for five on a 2-and-10 to get to the Kutztown 41. After finding sophomore Jerry Griffen-Batchler (Norristown, Pa./Germantown Academy) for seven yards, LePoidevin scrambled for another three to get another Husky first down. Monaco got the Huskies in the red zone with an eight-yard run before a roughing the passer call against Kutztown moved the ball down to the Kutztown 11 yard-line, and Simmon rushed for two to get to the Kutztown 9 at the end of the third. Griffen-Batchler picked up another seven yards down to the two-yard line, but a pair of rushes stopped by the Golden Bears' defensive unit prevented the Huskies from getting into the endzone. Bloomsburg turned the ball over on downs.
 
From there, the Golden Bears ran out the clock with a 13-minute, 21-play, 78-yard drive that got the clock down to 32 seconds as the Golden Bears turned the ball over on downs. The Huskies could not find the endzone as time expired and were shut out for the first time since 2003, a streak of 211 games.
 
Monaco led the team with 103 all-purpose yards with 72 kick return yards and 31 rushing. LePoidevin was 9-for-17 with one interception and 80 yards. Anderson finished the day with three catches for 69 yards.
 
Gaskill led the team with 10 tackles, two pass breakups, and blocked, while Jahqual Talmadge (Neptune, N.J./Mater Dei Prep) had eight tackles. Yurkonis had 2.0 tackles for loss for 18 yards and forced one fumble.
 
The Huskies return to action next week when they head to Lock Haven University for a 1:00 p.m. PSAC East contest.