Game Report - Assumption 42 - West Chester 24

The 2025 season mercifully came to a close as the Assumption Greyhounds (8-2) toppled the Golden Rams (4-7) by a score of 42-24. The Greyhound offense used big plays, as only two of their six touchdown drives took longer than two minutes. It was the fourth straight game that West Chester's opponent scored 40+ points.

Sophomore quarterback Colin O'Sullivan's first two passes were caught by Assumption defenders. The first resulted in a Greyhound touchdown four plays later. Fortunately, Assumption's second possession was thwarted by a diving interception by senior safety Jimmy Wright (14 tackles, 1 int). Midway through the opening quarter and trailing 14-0, O'Sullivan (19 of 37, 212 yards, 2 TD's, 2 int) and the Golden Ram offense settled down and got on the scoreboard with a 26-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Iuvara (2 catches, 55 yards, 1 TD).

Matthew Iuvara hauls in a TD pass between two defenders (Photo Chuck Greco)

But Assumption's offense didn't relax as they swelled the lead to 28-7. It's perplexng how in week 11 opposing receivers can get behind the WCU defense, but there were mulitple instances where a host of Golden Ram defensive backs were attempting to catch a Greyhound receiver with the ball racing toward the end zone. Late in the first half, West Chester had opportunities to get back into the game. They marched 46 yards and had a first-and-goal from the two, but failed to score. And later, they had a first-and-ten from the 11 and failed to score. Granted field goals weren't going to help much, but the running plays yielded nothing and the pass attempts were low percentage.

Future Robertson led the Golden Rams with 57 yards rushing (Photo Chuck Greco)

In the second half, after a Rylan Zuk 36-yard field goal, Assumption scored on a 66-yard run and a 49-yard pass. Yes, the Golden Ram defense had laid down their weapons. But the young West Chester quaterback didn't go down without a fight. Trailing 42-10, O'Sullivan led the offense on a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive. Along the way, he completed six consecutive passes to five different receivers, capped by an 8-yard touchdown pass to Ivan Thorpe (5 catches, 40 yards, 1 TD).

Joey Zack and Anthony Delle Donne converge on the QB (Photo Chuck Greco)

Ironically, West Chester's special teams played well. Dylan Shank averaged almost 48 yards per punt compared to Assumption's 28 yards. Of Assumptions seven kickoffs, one went out of bounds, West Chester took touchbacks on three of them, and the other three averaged 25 yards per return. And counter to Zuk's field goal, late in the game, Assumption attempted a 41-yard field goal which was blocked by Seamus McCain (6 tackles, 1 QBH) and returned 71 yards for a touchdown by Maurice Beverly.

Seamus McCain attempts to pry a fumble (Photo Chuck Greco)

Due to Assumption's explosive offense, the Greyhounds outgained West Chester 470-331, but the Golden Rams held a nine-minute advantage in time of possession. In his final game, linebacker Connor Noble made 11 tackles to finish the season with 101 and his Golden Ram career with 324.

Colin Obser makes a special teams tackle (Phoo Chuck Greco)

Personnel observations:

• Quarterback Ethan Kohler participated in senior day ceremonies prior to the game. He has a year of eligibility remaining (although he dressed for every game last season, he didn't play a single snap), it's reasonable to infer that he won't return to the Golden Rams next season.
• Senior quarterback Cooper Jordan did not dress for the game. The four-year starter finished his career with 2,386 yards and 23 TD's rushing and 5,730 yards and 45 TD's passing.
• Freshman offensive lineman Nick Micewski did not dress for the game. This was less likely due to an injury and more likely to maintain his redshirt status since he only played in four games this season. As a result, Jake Phipps returned to left tackle and Owen Chaffinch went back to right guard like the first seven games of the season.
• Redshirt freshman Tucker Valoczki started at right tackle for Cole Kozlowski, which is how last week's game ended when Kozlowski got injured.
• Senior defensive back Kaleb Brown did not start, but entered the game midway through the opening quarter, and remained in the game when Gus Ross left with a injury.

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