Newberry Defeats Carson-Newman 47-22

NEWBERRY (NC SID) — The Newberry Wolves piled up 565 yards of offense on the way to a emphatic 47-22 victory over Carson-Newman in South Atlantic Conference action at Setzler Field on Saturday night. Newberry is now 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the SAC and will play at Mars Hill next Saturday. Carson-Newman is now 2-1 overall and 1-1 in league play entering a nationally-televised home game against Wingate on Thursday night. Newberry rushed for 335 yards on 48 carries with four players notching over 75 yards. Quarterback W.T. Murden (West Columbia, S.C.) completed 17-of-26 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns and had six carries for 76 yards. He was not sacked, as the Wolves’ offensive line has allowed only five sacks in the last 16 games dating back to 2010. Daniel Foster (Lancaster, S.C.) and B.J. Mazyck (Ridgeville, S.C.) had nine tackles each, while Apollo Stretch (Columbia, S.C.) had seven stops with three tackles for loss and a sack. The Wolves sacked C-N quarterbacks five times and limited the Eagles to 258 yards rushing, after C-N brought a 392 yards-per-game rushing average into the contest. The 47 points is the most scored by Newberry against Carson-Newman in the 47 meetings between the two teams and also the first time the scarlet and gray have cracked the 40-point barrier against the Eagles in a series dating back to 1940.