CHESTER, Pa. (Oct. 29, 2016) – The Widener University football team fell to Albright by a 33-9 decision on Saturday afternoon at Leslie C. Quick Stadium.
 
Albright (6-2, MAC 6-1) converted a field goal on its first possession, but the Pride were able to respond and even things up with a field goal of their own before the end of the first quarter. Junior Kyle Lowery (Audubon, Pa.) intercepted a pass by Alec Vignola in the red zone, and freshman Michael Raczak (Jamison, Pa.) chipped in a 20-yard field goal to make it 3-3 with 5:57 on the clock.
 
The Lions, however, rattled off 16 straight points in the second quarter and never looked back. After Vinny Williams caught a 21-yard toss to make it 10-3, the Lions drove deep again and found a way to add more points despite having Lowery pick off another throw by Vignola. With the Pride starting from their own three-yard line, freshman Chris Randle (Lindenwood, N.J.) couldn't hold on to a handoff from senior quarterback Alex Krivda (Sellersville, Pa.) and dropped the ball in the end zone. The freshman recovered the fumble resulting in a safety before Vignola and Williams teamed up for another touchdown pass to give Albright a 19-3 advantage at the break.
 
After a scoreless third quarter, Albright took advantage of Krivda's second interception of the game to earn good field position and find paydirt again. On a trick play, Vignola caught a pass from Kyle Dickerson to help make it 26-3 with 13:20 left.
 
Widener made an attempt to rally with freshman Sean McGaughey (New Market, Md.) stepping into the quarterback position and got its first touchdown of the game when senior Haydn Warren (East Brunswick, N.J.) rushed in from 14 yards out. But after a high snap on the extra point attempt was covered up by holder Collin Wilson (Hainesport, N.J.), Albright squashed any hopes of a Pride comeback by scoring on its next drive.
 
Albright's Vignola completed 21 of his 34 passes for 325 yards and factored into three touchdowns to pace the visitors offensively. Williams caught eight of his throws for 187 yards. The defense, which held Widener to just 11 yards rushing, was led by Will Harrison's eight-tackle performance.
 
Highlighted by D'Andre Sapp's (Queens, N.Y.) eight receptions, the Pride had three receivers catch at least four passes. Price had a team-leading 72 yards receiving, which included a long of 41. McGaughey was a bright spot for the hosts by completing 10 of his 15 passes for 132 yards and leading the team's touchdown drive.
 
Defensively, senior Steve Gozur (Hatfield, Pa.) made a game-high 10.5 tackles and forced a fumble. Lowery recorded two interceptions and also had a fumble recovery, while sophomore Vince Char (Southampton, Pa.) registered two sacks.
 
Widener (5-3, MAC 5-2) will regroup and play its final road game of the regular season when it visits King's on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:00 p.m.