Valdosta State seemed to have fed off their close win over Albany State beating Southern Arkansas 38-21 at home on Saturday. Blazers drew first blood when quarterback Austen Roberts found Tray Herndon in the endzone for the quick strike to give VSU the 7-0 lead.
Southern Arkansas had come to play though, the Muleriders tied the game when Tyler Sykora fired a bullet to Corey Bailey to knotting things up at 7. VSU would muster up some more offense later on. David Bailey took a hand off 59 yards for a touchdown making it a 14-7 Blazer lead.
Before the break, Muleriders evened things up. Sykora found his big tight end Brooks White down the seem tying things up a 14-14 at halftime.@
VSU would eventually pull off the 38-21 win and stay perfect on the year. They'll play at Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday.
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