Holy Cross Pulls Away From William & Mary 41-14
Ten seconds. That is how long Holy Cross held its first lead before William & Mary took it back. Ty Curran caught a 14-yard touchdown from David Lynch at 9:36 of the first quarter, and Winston Watkins answered with a 75-yard touchdown pass to Khylil Johnson at 9:26. Tied at 7. It was the only tie of the day and the last close moment, because Holy Cross then scored 34 of the next 41 points on the way to a 41-14 win.
The Crusaders did it with a bit of everything. Owen Saraceno kicked a 40-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead, Joseph Williams scored from 2 yards out, and Jake Croce added a 1-yard run to make it 24-7 before halftime. Curran caught a second touchdown from Lynch (7 yards) early in the third, and Datrell Jones ran in from 12 yards to make it 38-14 before Saraceno finished the scoring with a 39-yard field goal. William & Mary got one more touchdown in between, a 28-yard connection from Watkins to Kai Austin late in the third, but it never got closer than 17.
The ground game was the gap. Holy Cross ran 44 times for 207 yards, and the Tribe ran 28 times for 46. Total yardage was 393 against 266, and the Crusaders' defense got to the quarterback six times. Turnovers were messy for both teams (William & Mary lost two fumbles and threw an interception, Holy Cross had an interception and a lost fumble), but the Tribe's three giveaways were the ones that hurt.
Both teams sit at 2-3 now, which is a strange place to be after a 27-point game. Holy Cross at least has the better afternoon to remember.
For fantasy, Williams and Curran led the way, and Watkins was the best of the losing side with two touchdown passes and 210 yards.