WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College Football Team snagged their 10^th-consecutive victory over the Bethany Bison, 48-7.
 
The win streak for W&J spans back to the 2014 season where the Presidents picked up a 34-3 win against the Bison.
 
The win over Bethany moves the Presidents to 7-1 one the season overall and in Presidents' Athletic Conference play.
 
The Presidents' win was spearheaded by the suffocating defensive front led by Dawson Dietz (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton). Dietz logged three sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries and nine total tackles in his best statistical showing of the season. Justin Johns (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional) inched closer to W&J history with six tackles, two sacks and two tackles for loss on the day. Avery Keith (Hartville, Ohio/Lake) made his presence known with one sack, three tackles for loss and eight total tackles. W&J also created three turnovers through interceptions from Brock Sherman (Copley, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit), Angelo Volomino (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) and Sam Coleman (Steubenville, Ohio/Indian Creek).
 
Offensively, W&J's senior quarterback Jacob Pugh (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) led the way with 263 passing yards and five total touchdowns on only 11 completions (11-for-13). Jacob Macosko (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township) saw most of the work with seven grabs for 172 yards and two touchdowns. This marks the second-straight week Macosko has posted a 160+ yard, two touchdown performance. John Peduzzi (Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head Christian Academy) also hauled in two catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Owen Petrisek (Ellsworth, Pa./Bentworth) led the ground game with 89 yards rushing and one touchdown.
 
The Presidents started the scoring early and often in their eighth bout of the season, logged their first touchdown of the day on their second play from scrimmage. Pugh connected with Peduzzi on a 66-yard catch and run for six. Minutes later, Pugh connected with Anthony Rosati (Chardon, Ohio/Perry) for a 10-yard receiving touchdown. With 31 seconds remaining in the first quarter, W&J logged another short drive due to good field position courtesy of the Presidents' defense. Pugh found Macosko for a 44-yard receiving touchdown to close out the first quarter, 21-0.
 
With six minutes remaining in the second quarter, W&J continued to add to the scoring column with a one-yard rushing touchdown from Pugh on the read-option. Before the close of the first half, Pugh continued to put on a clinic, finding Macosko for another Presidents touchdown, taking a 34-0 lead into the half.
 
Coming out of the half, the Presidents' defense picked off the Bison quarterback, as Volomino gave the W&J offense good starting position on their first drive of the second half. The offense quickly gashed the Bison defensive front down the field for a methodical touchdown drive. Petrisek capped off the drive with a six-yard rushing score.
 
W&J scored their final touchdown of the day in the fourth quarter from a one-yard rushing touchdown by Andrew Sharp (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) to close out the bout, 48-7.
 
W&J begins its final stretch of the season starting with a road matchup with Case Western Reserve on Saturday (Nov. 2). Opening kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.