By Joseph Holland

BUENA VISTA, Va.—The Southern Virginia football team suffered a tough loss to Montclair State 45-0, on their Homecoming weekend. The Red Hawks led the way with 491 yards of total offense, compared to the Knights' 176 yards.

The Knights (0-5, 0-4 NJAC) were held scoreless throughout the game but saw action from QB's Shawn Honeycutt and Jacob Hatch. Honeycutt was 7-13 and threw for 65 yards with three interceptions. Hatch went 1-8 with 28 yards and one interception

On the ground Jared Watts led the Knights in rushing with 52 yards on 8 carries. Nathan Wilson led the way for the Knights in receiving with one catch for 37 yards followed closely by Bryan Lorenzen's three catches for 34 yards.

The Knights' defence recorded 68 tackles and a forced fumble that led to a Knights recovery. Chris Owens led the Knights defence with 10 tackles, followed by Joel Bergman who had 8 tackles and Sam Mellor with 6 tackles.

Southern Virginia will head off next week to face Rowan on October 17th; kickoff is set for 1 p.m.