Frostburg, Md. -- The football team (5-2) beat Frostburg State (0-7) 20-10 Saturday. Senior quarterback Brian Grastorf (Niskayuna/Rexford) threw three touchdown passes and the Bombers withstood a late rally, stopping the Bobcats twice on downs in the fourth quarter.

Grastorf capped Ithaca's opening drive with a six-yard pass to junior wide receiver Dan Ruffrage (Notre Dame/Whitesboro) and added a nine-yard touchdown throw to junior wideout Thomas Vossler (Saranac Lake/Loon Lake) 32 seconds into the second quarter.

After Frostburg State's only touchdown pulled the Bobcats to within 13-10 the Bobcats intercepted a Bomber pass and drove to the Ithaca 28-yard line early in the fourth quarter. Senior defensive tackle Joe Goetz (New Hyde Park/New Hyde Park Memorial) tackled the Bobcat running back for a loss and Ithaca forced three incomplete passes -- including a third-down throw broken up by sophomore cornerback Spence White (Yonkers/Sleepy Hollow) -- then drove 71 yards in a 14-play, seven-minute drive to seal the win. Junior tight end Dan Higgins (Gates-Chili/Rochester) caught a 10-yard pass from Grastorf to cap the drive.

White intercepted a Frostburg State pass on the Bobcats' next play and the hosts' final drive ended when junior strong safety David Ahonen (Victor/Farmington) broke up a fourth-down pass.

Ahonen, junior linebacker Eric Toporoff (Montville Township/Towaco, N.J.) and senior defensive end Adam Drescher (Christian Brothers Academy/Fayetteville) all collected seven tackles. Drescher was in on three stops for loss, including a career-best two sacks.

Grastorf threw for 192 yards and raised his season total to 17 touchdown passes. Sophomore running back Adam Lajara (Cambridge/Cambridge) ran for a career-best 97 yards to lead all rushers. Vossler caught six passes and moved into 15th on the program's all-time list, upping his career total to 78 receptions. Ruffrage made five catches.

Sophomore Andrew Rogowski (Canisius/East Amherst) added extra points after Ithaca's second touchdowns. His first-quarter miss snapped a streak of 32 straight tries dating back to 2008.

Linebacker Matt Scalice (North Tonawanda/North Tonawanda), a graduate student, made his first start in five weeks and collected four tackles. He moved into sixth all-time at Ithaca and his 291 career stops leave him nine short of becoming the fifth Bomber to reach 300.

The Bombers are idle next week and travel to Springfield for an Empire 8 game Saturday, Oct. 31.

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