Huskies win three straight

SCSU senior quarterback Mitch Watkins tied his career high in touch downs with foud against the Bemidji State Beavers.

The quarterback had 215 passing yards on 18-25 passing. Watkins started the game eight of eight in pass completions finishing the first half with 11 of 13 passing with three of his four touchdowns.

Redshirt first year Tyler Allery and junior wide receiver Fred Williams each caught two touchdown passes respectively.

Allery caught his third and fourth ever touchdown passes of his career. One of the touchdowns was a 13-yard pass play that tied the game in the first quarter.

The second touchdown was a 43-yard pass play that gave the Huskies insurance with the lead at 15 points.

Williams caught six passes for 67 yards with two touchdowns in the first half. He finished the game with two more catches for 86 yards.

Sophomore running back Brandon Geiss rushed 64 yards recording one touchdown on the night.

The Huskies defense was lead by sophomore defensive back Matt Hansmann who collected a career high ten tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a tackle for a loss.

His interception was the first of Hansmann’s career taking it back 50 yards.

Senior linebacker Gyangelo Bradden and sophomore defensive back Tony Kubes each had nine total tackles recorded. 

Bradden had a tackle for a loss and Kubes had 1.5 tackles for a loss. Sophomore defensive lineman Joel Godfredsen had four tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks for 11 yards.

Senior linebacker Jake Anderson of BSU had 16 total tackles with three tackles for a loss of 13 yards. Anderson also had three sacks on the day. Watkins was sacked a total of six times.

Bemidji State started the game with a 5 play, 79-yard drive taking only 2:15 off the clock. Lance Rongstad for the Beavers had a 47-yard run to record the touchdown.

SCSU followed with a 10 play, 67-yard drive that ended in a 13-yard touchdown pass to Allery.

The Huskies scored again after that with a 10-yard pass connection from Watkins to Williams. The Huskies started with the ball at the Beavers nine-yard line after a snap was thrown over the punter’s head.

With a 14-7 score at the end of the first quarter, the Huskies came out right away in the second quarter with another touchdown connection between Watkins and Williams making it 21-7.

BSU answered back with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Rongstad to Josh Henningon. With the score at 21-13, the Huskies take the field for a routine extra point. Paul Denne of St. Cloud blocked the point after the touchdown to keep it an eight-point lead.

Five minutes later, Geiss rushed a direct snap for a four-yard touchdown run. With 1:34 left on the scoreboard for the first half, the Beavers quarterback Derek Edholm linked with Brian Leonhardt to close the first half score at 28-20.

The Huskies then scored within the first 31 seconds of the second half. Watkins hooked up with Allery for a 43-yard touchdown pass.

The Beavers rallied back with a 10 play, 60-yard drive. Edholm connected with Dustin Kroeplin for a 25-yard touchdown pass making it 35-27.