SPRINGFIELD, Ohio --Five different players reached the end zone, led by two scores from Cade Campbell, as Wabash defeated Wittenberg 42-35 on Saturday afternoon at Edwards-Maurer Field to spoil the Tigers' Homecoming weekend.

The Little Giants improved to 3-2 on the year and 2-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference play, while the Tigers fell to 2-2 and 2-1.

Liam Thompson led Wabash's passing attack with 434 yards through the air, tossing four touchdowns and one interception. The signal caller also added 22 yards and one touchdown on the ground.

Donovan Snyder led all Little Giant rushers with 68 yards in the contest. Snyder also added 36 receiving yards. Campbell also added 30 yards and one touchdown on 28-yard run to average 15 yards per carry, as well as 74 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Cooper Sullivan pulled in 11 catches for 123 yards and one score. Penn Stoller made his presence felt in the passing game, recording six receptions for 116 yards and one touchdown. The Little Giants also added 54 yards receiving from Derek Allen Jr. in the game.

Jamari Washington showed out for the Wabash defense, recording five tackles, 1.0 TFL, one sack, and one recovered fumble. Brock Robertson added six tackles, 0.5 TFL, and one interception and Team had in the win.

The Little Giants won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing two turnovers while coughing the ball up one time, with Wabash turning those takeaways into seven points. Wabash also had an outstanding day offensively, racking up 553 total yards, 119 on the ground and 434 through the air, while averaging 7.1 yards per play and out-gaining Wittenberg. The Wabash offense did a good job extending drives, converting on 64.3 percent of third-down attempts. The Little Giants also went 2-for-2 on fourth down.

Wabash grabbed a 7-0 lead over Wittenberg after scoring the game's first points on the opening drive of the game.Wittenberg then tied things up at 7-7 before the Little Giants responded with a 33-yard touchdown reception from to Sullivan to jump back in front 14-7.

After Wittenberg scored to take a 21-14 lead, Wabash responded with a touchdown to even things up at 21-21.The Little Giants then kept the momentum going with a 10-yard touchdown run from Thompson to grab a 28-21 lead.

Wittenberg scored to tie the game at 28-28 before Wabash jumped back ahead with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Thompson to Heisman Skeens to make the count 35-28 at the 8:38 mark in the fourth quarter.The Little Giants kept scoring, tacking on a touchdown on a 66-yard TD pass to Campbell to extend their advantage to 42-28. Wittenberg added a final score with five minutes remaining before Wabash closed out the game for the win.

» Wabash outgained Wittenberg 553-438, including a 434-265 advantage through the air.
» Wabash won the turnover battle 2-1 after intercepting one pass and recovering one fumble.
» The Little Giants got 100 yard receiving days from Sullivan and Stoller,the first time two Wabash receivers recorded 100-yard games since October 30, 2021 versus Kenyon. Stoller recorded back-to-back games with over 100 yards receiving after posting a 103-yard effort last weekend versus Denison.
» Wabash had their highest scoring quarter in the fourth period, when they put up 14 points.
» Wabash converted 9 of 14 third downs while Wittenberg was successful on 7 of 14.
» The Little Giants had two players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Gavin Ruppert, who had 10.
» Wabash went 2-for-2 on fourth down, converting on 100 percent of attempts.
» The Little Giants took potential points off the board by forcing two turnovers on their own half of the field.
» The Little Giants didn't commit a penalty. The last time played without committing a penalty in a game was September 23, 2003 at home versus Huntingdon. 
» Liam Thompson completed 77.8% of his passes on the day, going 35-for-45 while averaging 9.6 yards per attempt.
» Collin Brown led the Tigers' passing attack, completing 20 of his 28 attempts for 265 yards and five touchdowns with one interception.
» Garrett Gross led the Wittenberg rushing attack with 105 yards.

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