Box Score SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Lock Haven University football team dropped a PSAC West clash on the road today at Slippery Rock, 35-7.

SRU (6-4, 5-2 PSAC West) jumped out to a 28-0 lead just 8:35 into the game, paving the way for the win.

Lock Haven (0-10, 0-7 PSAC West) put its only points on the board when Frankie Probst (Lock Haven, Pa./Robert Morris) caught his first career TD pass. Probst hauled in a 19-yard pass from quarterback Jarrett Kratzer (Lewistown, Pa./Indian Valley). The TD made it 28-7, SRU.

Kratzer passed for 155 yards and the Probst touchdown capped off an eight-play, 80-yard drive.

Slippery Rock quarterback Nigel Barksdale was the game's biggest story. With 6:25 left in the first quarter, he already had four TD passes. He finished the game with a 178 yards passing and accounted for all five Rock touchdowns. Barksdale rushed for a TD in the second quarter.

Brandon Brader (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) carried the ball 25 times for 62 yards.

Coming into the game, Brader needed just four yards to move into sole possession of eighth-place on Lock Haven's all-time career rushing list. He's now just 134 away from seventh.

The Lock Haven defense recorded a two-interception game for the third straight week. The Bald Eagles only had three INTs all of last year. The Haven now has nine on the year, the most since the 2007 season (14).

James Goins (Marion Heights, Pa./Mount Carmel) and Tashawn Bunch (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) led LHU with eight and six tackles, respectively.

George Christas (Dallastown, Pa./Dallastown) and Derrick Watkins (Emmaus, Pa./Eummaus) each had an interception.

Lock Haven closes out the 2012 season next Saturday, November 10 at home vs. Cheyney (1 p.m.).

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