Greensboro College Pride and Quakers collide with GCP taking victory

Soup Bowl Final from the Guilford College campus….

Greensboro College Pride 17
Guilford College Quakers 15

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Quarterback Seth Adams (Burlington, N.C./Williams) ran
for two second-half scores in Greensboro College’s 17-15 win over Guilford
College Saturday night in the 14th annual Gate City Soup Bowl.

The Pride (1-0) evened the series between Greensboro’s two NCAA Division III
football teams at seven wins apiece with its second straight victory.

On third and goal, Adams snuck the ball across from one yard out, capping a
10-play, 99-yard drive that gave Greensboro a 9-8 third-quarter lead. The
Pride’s game Most Valuable Player also scored on the Pride’s next possession
on a seven-yard keeper that opened a 15-8 edge. Two penalties moved the
point-after-attempt to the Quakers’ 23-yard line, but Adams hooked up with
Antwan Thorpe (Oxford, N.C./Webb) for the conversion that ultimately provide
the game-winning points.

Guilford scored on its opening drive of the fourth quarter on a 27-yard
end-around run by wideout Ben King (Archdale, N.C./Trinity (Appalachian
State)), the sophomore’s second score of the day. He also tallied the game’s
first touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Luke Vandall (Graham, N.C./Southern
Alamance) and earned Guilford’s game MVP honor.

Greensboro enjoyed an over 17-minute edge in time of possession, rolled up
335 total offensive yards and earned seven of its 23 first downs via
Guilford penalties. Nick Bryant (Los Angeles, Calif./Burroughs) gained a
game-high 73 rushing yards on 16 carries and Robert Byrd (Atlanta,
Ga./Grady) added 47 rushing yards on 11 carries. Thorpe finished with 172
all-purpose yards, including 77 receiving yards on a team-high five catches.

King made a game- and career-high six catches for 53 yards and a touchdown
in his first Guilford game. Vandall completed 10-of-17 passes for 87 yards
and a score in his first college start. Sophomore De’Shawn Lindsey
(Charlotte, N.C./Independence) made a game-high 11 tackles for Guilford.

The Quakers host Methodist University Saturday (9/11) at 7:00 p.m. The Pride
host Emory & Henry College next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

The annual canned-goods drive that accompanies the game yielded 7,101
non-perishable food items for the benefit of the Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest North Carolina and the Greensboro Urban Ministry.

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Dave Walters
Guilford College Athletics