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Discuss “Tartan football steamrolls Grove City and Rochester”

The Tartan football team improved to 2–0 on Saturday thanks to a 16–6 victory over the visiting Grove City Wolverines. The win comes a week after the Tartans traveled to the University of Rochester and ran over the Yellowjackets 33–10.

Carnegie Mellon trailed 6–2 against Grove City heading into halftime, only managing three first downs the entire first half. “We didn’t play our best offensively in the first half,” head coach Rich Lackner said.

“Defensively we felt strong,” senior linebacker Jonathan Bodnar said. “We made one mistake and they had a big play.” The Tartans finally found the end zone in the third quarter when senior fullback Travis Sivek scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. Their scoring drive was made possible...

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