MARIETTA, Ohio — Sophomore quarterback Joe Tenta (Palm Bay, Fla./Heritage) threw four touchdown passes leading Marietta College to a 37-14 win over Bluffton University Saturday (Nov. 15) afternoon. The Pioneers and the Beavers both end the season with 5-5 overall records.
 
Trailing 14-9 with 5:49 left in the second quarter, Marietta scored 28 unanswered points to beat Bluffton. Those 28 points came on Tenta's four touchdown passes, including three to senior John Sierputowski (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor).
 
Tenta completed scoring strikes to Sierputowski of 16 yards, 25 yards and 6 yards. His other touchdown pass was a 7-yarder to Dalton Miller (Grove City, Ohio/Bishop Ready).
 
Marietta opened the scoring when Benny Lewis (Sanderson, Fla./Baker County) ran it in from 7 yards out with 5:29 left in the first quarter. The Pioneers' two-point conversion failed. Bluffton responded with a 5-play, 76-yard drive for a 7-6 Beaver lead.
 
James Cornwell (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller) made it 9-7 in favor of the Pioneers with a 41-yard field goal in the first minute of the second quarter. The Beavers struck right back as Jashawn Wyckoff connected with Tywuan Clark on a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 14-9 Bluffton lead.
 
Tenta completed 17-of-30 passes for 283 yards and four touchdowns. Sierputowski caught 6 passes for 120 yards and three scores. Miller had 3 catches for 54 yards and one touchdown.
 
Vante' Hodges (Horn Lake, Miss./Horn Lake) led the ground attack with 84 yards on 14 carries. Lewis finished with 75 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries.
 
Clark completed 13-of-21 passes for 148 yards and one touchdown for the Beavers. Wyckoff had 5 catches for 53 yards and one score. Jaivon Hudson ran the ball 9 times for 97 yards.
 
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