VALDOSTA, Ga. – The University of West Alabama football team shoved its only score across the goal line with 1:40 remaining to play in the game to fall 35-6 at Valdosta State on Saturday, Sept. 26. UWA falls to 3-2 on the season and 1-2 in Gulf South Conference play. VSU improved to 2-2 and 2-1 in the GSC.

Roosevelt Ross rushed the Tiger TD in from five yards out. Ross, a Lowell, Fla.-native, became the Red and White’s first 100-yard runner of the season with 102 yards on the ground.

VSU, which racked up 488 yards of total offense, grabbed its first points of the contest on a Ronnye Nelson two yard run. The score capped a 10 play, 69 yard drive that eliminated 2:15 off the clock. Kellen Lewis put the Blazers up 14-0 on a two yard rush that was set up by a Brock Sharp blocked punt. Lewis and Nelson each added one more rushing TD before Lewis found Cedric Jones from 27 yards out to conclude the VSU scoring.

Eric Hendricks finished the night as the Tigers’ leading tackler with 11 stops. Hendricks added two forced fumbles, a tackle for loss and one sack to his defensive totals.

West Alabama returns to Tiger Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 3 to face Lambuth in the first of a three-game homestand. Kickoff has been rescheduled for 4:00 p.m. The original start was slated for 6:00 p.m. The game will be carried on FOX Sports, WSLY 104.9-FM and at athletics.uwa.edu.