OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Matt Kling kicked a 21-yard field goal as time ran out and Sacred Heart rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Long Island University 24-21 on Saturday.
Jack Snyder connected with Payton Rhoades on a 42-yard gain to the 10-yard line with a minute to go and three rushing plays set up the game-winning kick.
The Pioneers trailed 21-7 after the Sharks’ Jaylin Lucas recovered a muffed line-drive punt that went off the receiver’s fingertips and into the end zone early in the third quarter.
The Pioneers cut the lead to seven on John Michalski’s 3-yard run to cap a 12-play, 75-yard drive late in the third and tied the game on Curtis Whiting's 5-yard run after the Sharks muffed a punt with 12 minutes remaining.
Long Island scored in the first and last minute of the opening half for a 14-7 lead. Luca Stanzani scored on a 75-yard run on the game’s first play from scrimmage. O’Shawn Ross scored on a 1-yard run with 56 seconds left in the half.
Sacred Heart’s first-half TD came on Mitchell Summers’ 14-yard run late in the second quarter.
{{/usCountry}}Sacred Heart’s first-half TD came on Mitchell Summers’ 14-yard run late in the second quarter.
{{/usCountry}}Snyder threw for 193 yards but was intercepted twice while Summers rushed for 105 yards on 24 carries.
Stanzani rushed for 87 yards and a TD for the Sharks, who passed for just 19 yards.
LIU was coming off a 28-23 win over Eastern Michigan, its first-ever victory over an FBS school.
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