AVE MARIA, Fla. (October 19, 2019) – In a sloppy game that featured 13 combined punts, six combined turnovers and only 451 combined yards of offense, the Webber International University football team lost for the first time in Mid-South Conference Sun Division play on Saturday night, falling 13-0 against Ave Maria University under the lights at Gyrene Field.

Webber, which fell back to .500 overall on the season at 3-3 and dropped to 2-1 in the MSC Sun Division, finished with less than 175 yards of total offense with three turnovers and nine punts. The Warriors were also only 4-for-16 on third down.

Ave Maria, meanwhile, got back to .500 overall at 3-3 to match the Warriors, and also improved to 1-1 in the Sun Division.

It was the first win for the Gyrenes over the Warriors since the 2013 season, snapping a five-game winning streak for Webber over AMU as Webber now leads the all-time series between the two teams 7-2.

The Warriors' offense was held to only 29 rushing yards and only one yard per attempt on the ground, and was limited to only 2.8 yards per play overall.

Quarterback Brycen Lee was 15-for-32 for 142 yards, but he was intercepted twice, lost a fumble and was sacked five times.

Coming off of his NAIA National Football Offensive Player of the Week and MSC Sun Division Offensive Player of the Week awards last week, Davonte Williams was held to 53 rushing yards on 12 attempts and only 14 receiving yards on three catches.

The Warriors' receiving corps was led by Timothy Miller with five catches for 50 yards and Jeremiah Lucas with three catches for 39 yards.

Defensively, Colton Cormier finished with a very impressive 16 tackles, nine of which were solo tackles, and had one of Webber's two sacks. Travonte Haynie was next with seven tackles while he, Christopher L. Williams II and Jamon Jones each had an interception. It was the third interception of the year for Jones, which ties him with Brandon Bell for the team lead. Amin Gilbert and Bell both added six total tackles on the game as well.

Five of the Warriors' nine punts came from Gilbert Delgado for an average of 36.2 yards per punt while Joe Ebel punted four times for an average of 33.3 yards per attempt.

In the first quarter, the Webber offense started with each of its first two drives ending in punts before the third play of the second quarter saw Lee fumble the ball around midfield.

The rest of the second quarter featured five punts by the Warriors while the Webber defense came up with all three of its interceptions, each of which came within the Warriors' own 20-yard line.

The Warriors' first possession of the second half started with an interception by Lee on the very first play from scrimmage; and then Webber continued the third quarter by turning the ball over on downs after a 12-play, 65-yard drive that stalled at the AMU 15-yard line before punting the ball for the eighth time on its next possession.

Over the final 15 minutes, the Warriors punted the ball away for the ninth time, turned it over on downs around midfield with 7:38 left in the game after a seven-play, 39-yard drive, and then finished by throwing another interception with only a minute and a half left.

In all, the Warriors finished with 11 drives lasting less than five plays.

The points for AMU came via a 36-yard rushing touchdown with 8:27 left in the first half and two field goals with time expiring at the end of the second and third quarters.

Additionally, the Gyrenes' field goal kicker, Devyn McCormick, finished only 2-for-6 on the night.

Webber football will try to right the ship next time out as the Warriors return home to their new Warrior Turf Field for Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, October 26. On that date, the Warriors will battle a Keiser University team that is currently ranked No. 18 in the NAIA at 1:30 p.m.