Football Recap: Albany Warriors vs. Princeton Tigers
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Albany). They breezed by the Princeton Tigers on the road to the tune of 96-46 on Friday. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 22 points or more this season.
Kyle Emerson was a one-man wrecking crew for Albany as he picked up 124 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Albany's imposing defensive line, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Elliot Mercer was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Albany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 451 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Albany's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Princeton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Albany will be playing at home against Stanberry at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Albany is facing Stanberry at the right time seeing as Stanberry is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Princeton, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges North Andrew at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Princeton's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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