Club football will host VCU Saturday for championship game

The Mason club football team will be hosting the VCU Rams Saturday in the Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship after defeating Longwood to finish the regular season, 48-0 (Ariff Azahari).

Thanks to the Mason club football team’s blowout victory over the Longwood Lancers back on Nov. 19, 48-0, the squad will move on to the Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship to face the VCU Rams at home once again this Saturday, Dec. 3.

The Patriots played the Rams earlier in the season, winning that contest easily, 41-12. Saturday’s kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at Robinson Field next to the RAC.

“Here is your chance to do something that has never been done here,” said head coach Matt Dyson to his players. “It’s going to come down to how bad you want it.”

The Patriots (4-6) capped off a solid season with their win over Longwood. With the game decided in the first half as a result of numerous TDs, the Patriots only had to worry about keeping the Lancers at a standstill.

The game was important not only to beat the Lancers, but also to determine Mason’s standing in the National Club Football Association’s first MAC Championship.

If Longwood scored more than seven points, Mason would have traveled to play Coppin State in Baltimore, Md. If their total were six or less, they would stay home and face the VCU Rams.

“Longwood played tough,” said senior QB Jack Langley after the game. “We had guys who really wanted this game and to shut them out so we could have the championship game here.”

The Patriots almost had to travel after Langley threw an interception in the second quarter. Sprinting as hard as he could, Langley chased down and tackled the receiving player near the goal-line. The defense fought hard and kept the Longwood offense from scoring that drive.

“We’ve been there before, we’ve had that struggle and have been on the losing end of a game like this and it’s tough,” center DJ Dumas said. “We all came together and just really played well. We kept and came out and did our business.”

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