CHEYNEY, Pa. – The Lock Haven University football team dominated Cheyney University in every facet of the game, as the Bald Eagles soared to their first win of the 2014 season and spoiled the Wolves Homecoming with a 28-0 victory.
 
Lock Haven's (1-6, 1-5 PSAC East) win snapped a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season and marked the Bald Eagles first shutout in 12 years. The Haven's last shutout came vs. Cheyney (34-0) on October 4, 2002.
 
LHU is now 17-1 all-time vs. Cheyney (0-7, 0-6 PSAC East), who lost its 28^th straight game.
 
The Bald Eagles sensational defense was the story throughout and the offense soared in the second half to drop Cheyney.
 
Lock Haven also recorded a long list of firsts today.
 
Beau Swales (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield) rushed for over 100 yards for the first time in his career and Jeff Dincher (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore), and Farrell Boyd (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) both made their first career touchdown catches to spark Lock Haven's offensive attack.
 
Dincher's TD catch came from backup quarterback Shaun Jones (Harrisburg, Pa./Kentucky Christian Univ.), marking his first career touchdown pass.
 
For Swales, 63 of his career-high came in the first half. Coming into today's game, Swales' previous career-high was 78 yards from Week 1 vs. West Virginia State. He finished with 116 yards on 24 carries today.
 
Starting QB Caleb Walton (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) finished with 181 yards and two TDs. He was 21-for-31 passing.
 
David Cook (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) made eight catches for 69 yards and one touchdown.
 
Janosch Beauchamp (Newville, Pa./Loyalsock) finished with a team-high five tackles.
 
Both Lock Haven and Cheyney got off to a slow start offensively, as both defensive units stood strong in the first quarter. The two teams were knotted at 0-0 following the first 15 of the game.
 
Walton threw an interception on each of Lock Haven's first three possessions and LHU missed a field goal on its fourth possession of the game. Cheyney punted on three of its first four possessions and Lock Haven forced, and recovered a fumble on the Wolves' second drive of the game. 
 
The Bald Eagles found the end zone on their fifth possession of the game after engineering an 11-play, 67-yard drive (3:56), which started with 38 seconds left in the first quarter. The drive was aided by a gutsy fake-punt call. Facing fourth-and-10, punter Bryce Stambaugh (Elliottsburg, Pa./West Perry) passed the ball to defensive back Tyrai Anderson (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt), who got enough for the first down.
 
Walton capped the drive with a 28-yard TD pass to Cook. Alex Boumerhi's (Phillipsburg, Pa./Phillispburg-Osceola) kick was good and LHU led 7-0 with 11:42 left in the second quarter.
 
On the ensuing kickoff, Boumerhi recovered his own onside kick, but he missed a 45-yard field goal, after a 13-play drive.
 
Cook's TD was the lone score of the first half and had The Haven leading 7-0 at the break.

The Bald Eagles defense forced punts on each of Cheyney's first two offensive possessions of the second half and the Bald Eagles offense responded.
 
LHU made it 14-0 after Dincher hauled in a six-yard pass from Jones, who entered the game at quarterback prior to the start of the drive. Stambaugh's extra-point attempt was good and the touchdown capped a 12-play, 62-yard (4:59) scoring drive on the Bald Eagles' second possession of the half.
 
As time winded down in the third quarter, the Bald Eagles took full advantage of short field following another Cheyney punt. With 13:22 left in the fourth, Walton hit Boyd on a four-yard TD pass and Stambaugh's second extra-point attempt was good, as Lock Haven jumped out to a 21-0 lead. Walton's second touchdown pass of the game capped a seven-play, 32-yard drive (2:48).
 
For the first 20:22 of the second half, Lock Haven's defense held Cheyney to zero first downs. Finally after the Wolves fourth interception of the game, they got a first down and set up a second-and-goal from the one-yard line, but again the Bald Eagle defense stood strong and forced another turnover.
 
The Bald Eagles then marched 98 yards on 18-plays, erasing 7:56 from the final quarter. Walton's one-yard dive into the end zone put LHU up 28-0 with 1:01 left in the game.
 
Carlos Balkcom's (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg) first career interception on the final play of the game put the exclamation point on the win.  George Christas (Dallastown, Pa./Dallastown) added an interception, two fumble recoveries and two tackles.
 
The Bald Eagles ran 91 total offensive plays, compared to Cheyney's 40 and outgained the Wolves 402-79.
 
The Bald Eagles return home for their 2014 HOMECOMING GAME next Saturday, October 25. Kickoff vs. Millersville is set for 2 p.m. LHU beat Millersville 26-14 last year.
 
This year's Homecoming theme is "Haunted Haven Homecoming." Click Here for full LHU Haunted Haven Homecoming 2014 Schedule & Events.

 
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