ALFRED STATION, New York - The Lyon College Scots football team took a two-day bus ride to up-state New York to take on the Alfred State Pioneers and lost 41-15 on Saturday afternoon.

The Scots (2-4) scored first after a 71-yard opening kickoff return by Reginald Brown II. On Lyon College's first play from scrimmage, quarterback Eli Funck threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Woods and Funck rushed for a 2-point conversion for an 8-0 led with 14:39 left in the first quarter.

The Pioneers came back down field to kick a 43-yard field goal and later in the first quarter scored on a 19-play, 82-yard drive on a 6-yard pass completion to take a 10-8 lead with seven seconds to go in the period.

Jaylin Babers ran for a 23-yard gain on first down on the last play of the first quarter and Funck completed a 19-yard pass to Karson Douglas to get the ball down to the Alfred State 29 a few plays into the second period. Short passes from Funck eventually led to a 2-yard pass to Long for a Scots' touchdown and a 15-10 lead with 11:51 to go before halftime.

Alfred State added another touchdown before halftime to lead 17-15. 

In the third quarter, a Scots' fumble resulted in a Pioneer's touchdown with 1:05 to go in the third quarter. Then an interception from Lyon College led to a 25-yard touchdown run for Alfred State to make it 31-15. 
After the Scots turned the ball over on downs twice, Alfred State scored with 3:12 left in the game for a 38-15 lead and another four-and-out for Lyon College led to a 30-yard field goal with 44 seconds left in the game to make it 41-15.

For the game, Funck was 24-of-43 for 257 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Babers rushed 14 times for 45 yards and Funck had nine carries for 34 yards. Douglas had seven catches for 84 yards, Aedan Huntsman had four catches for 55 yards, Long had five catches for 53 yards and Brown had four receptions for 25 yards. 

Defensively, the Scots were led by Will Litton who had 11 total tackles, seven of which were solo and one was a tackle for a loss. Gabriel Morris had eight tackles and one for a loss, Camden Clear and John Stockton had seven tackles each and Michael Wingo had six tackles. La'Kendrin Moore had an interception for a 9-yard return and Keidrick Wooten ended with five tackles, including one for a loss.