Bloomsburg Football Defeats Millersville

MILLERSVILLE- Dan Latorre (Elysburg/ Southern Columbia) completed 14 of 21 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns and Christian Allen (Pottstown/ Pottstown) rushed for 72 yards and two scores to lead the Bloomsburg University football team to a 28-16 win over Millersville on Saturday afternoon. The win is the eighth straight for the Huskies.

Bloomsburg (8-1, 4-0 PSAC East) fell behind early when Millersville's Dan Csencsitz completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Derek Fry on the Marauders first possession of the game.

However, the Huskies would respond on the very next drive when Allen scored from three yards out to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:07 remaining in the first quarter. The key play of the drive came on the Huskies first play from scrimmage when Josh Heck (West Hazleton/ Hazleton) busted a 31-yard run to Millersville's 31 yard line.

The score would remain the same until late in the second quarter when Millersville added a 22-yard field goal with 5:01 remaining in the half. The Marauders would take a 10-7 lead into the locker room.

On Bloomsburg's first possession of the second half the Huskies engineered a 13 play, 80-yard drive, capped off by a 3-yard run by Allen to take a 14-10 lead.

Later in the third quarter, the Huskies would make it 21-10 when Latorre completed a 14-yard pass to Brahin Bilal (Philadelphia/ Lincoln) to cap off a 5 play, 79-yard drive. The big play of the drive came on a 66-yard run by the Huskies Brad Nailor (Carlisle/ Carlisle).

In the fourth quarter, Millersville cut the lead to 21-16 with 7:43 remaining when Isiah Ray caught a pass from 12 yards out. Millersville attempted a two-point conversion in hopes to cut the deficit to three but failed on the attempt.

However the Huskies would put the game away on the next drive as Latorre hooked up with Bilal once again, this time from 26-yards out to make the score 28-16.

Bilal finished the day with 86 yards receiving and two scores, while Heck rushed 14 times for 86 yards. Defensively, the Huskies were led by Matt Smith (York/ Central York) and Justin Colon (Reading/ Holy Name) who each had seven tackles. Colon also added a sack in the game.

Bloomsburg will host East Stroudsburg on Parent's Day next Saturday at 1:30 p.m