INDIANA, Pa. – The Lock Haven University football team (0-3) lost 38-13 on the road today at IUP (1-1) in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Crossover action.
 
Alex Boumerhi (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) connected on 34 and 24-yard field goal attempts, and for the second straight week Dan Krupko (Homeworth, Ohio/Urbana Univ.) caught a touchdown pass from Caleb Walton (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) to round out the Bald Eagles scoring.
 
Walton completed 18 of 35 passes for 165 yards and Beau Swales (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield) carried the ball 15 times for 78 yards to highlight the offense.
 
On defense, Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) once again led the way with 11 tackles. Daniel Strawbridge (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg) added 10 stops.
 
Boumerhi's 34-yard field goal as time expired in the first quarter put Lock Haven up 3-0.
 
The Crimson Hawks led 10-0 halftime and they tacked on 14 third-quarter points to pull away.
 
Boumerhi hit from 24 yards midway through the third quarter and Krupko's second career LHU TD reception capped a nine-play, 79 yard drive in the fourth.
 
Lock Haven return home next Saturday, September 19 to host East Stroudsburg at 12 p.m.
 
LHU Notes:
With the loss to IUP on Saturday (Week 3), the Bald Eagles fall to 0-3 on the season … The game at IUP marked Lock Haven's second straight road game (0-2) and also marked LHU's third straight game against a team from the PSAC Western Division (Clarion, Seton Hill & IUP) … The Bald Eagles open PSAC Eastern Division play next Saturday (September 26) at home vs. East Stroudsburg … The loss left first-year head coach Dave Taynor still in search of his first win at Lock Haven (0-3 at LHU; 37-43 career) … QB Caleb Walton made his 19 career (19^th consecutive) start for LHU … Senior Luke Erdman (center) made his 33rd career (33^rd consecutive start); he's started every game since Week 4 of his freshman year in 2012 … Walton's TD pass vs. IUP marked the 28^th of his career, tying him for No. 3 all-time with Dan Spittal (1977-79) … Walton now has 3,935 career passing yards, which ranks No. 6 all-time, just 51 away from No. 5 … DB Rahjeir Miles-Eubanks has led LHU in tackles in each of the first three games with 11, 12 and 11, respectively (he leads LHU with 34 tackles on the season.