#5/7 Jacks Hold Off UIW in Nail-Biting Finish in Nacogdoches

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – #5/7 Stephen F. Austin held off (RV) Incarnate Word 28-26 in a nail-biting finish on Saturday night inside Homer Bryce Stadium at Jimmy W. Murphy Field. The win keeps the Jacks unbeaten at 6-0 and improves the squad’s Southland Conference record to 3-0. Clayton Wayland hauled in a 53-yard pass, SFA’s longest play of the night, from Gavin Rutherford and the pair connected moments later on the first play of the fourth quarter with an eight-yard pitch and catch to put the Jacks up 28-20, and Jamel Acosta-Lewis delivered the hammer on a Cardinals receiver to deny…