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Spiders Fall At Coastal Carolina In FCS Playoffs
12/06/2014 | Football
CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 16/18 Richmond Spiders fell to the No. 6 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 36-15, on Saturday afternoon in Conway, S.C. in the second round of the FCS Playoffs.
QB Michael Strauss passed for a season-high 402 yards and two touchdowns, while WR Brian Brown had eight receptions for a career-high 181 yards and two scores. WR Reggie Diggs had eight catches for 140 yards, while WR Rashad Ponder had nine receptions for 82 yards.
Defensively, LB Omar Howard had a game-high 12 tackles, while DB Justin Grant had 10 stops. DL Winston Craig has six tackles, including a sack, while DB Tafon Mainsah had two stops and three pass breakups.
In a defensive first half, Coastal Carolina was able to take a 14-0 lead in to the break. After pushing their lead to 21-0, Richmond got on the board with a 76-yard touchdown strike from Strauss to Brown – a career long for both players. After a two-point conversion, the lead was trimmed to 13, 21-8.
Coastal was not to be denied, however, as the Chanticleers responded with 15 unanswered points to seize control of the game in the third quarter.
In the fourth, Brown and Strauss would connect on a 15-yard touchdown, but it would not be enough as Coastal would advance to the FCS Playoff Quarterfinals, 36-15.
With the loss, Richmond's terrific 2014 season comes to an end. The Spiders won nine games in a season for the first time since 2009 and also reached the playoffs for the first time in five years.
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