Elizabeth City holds off Chowan U.

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina  –  And now it becomes a new battle.

Their hopes of first place outright in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) North dashed at the hands of Elizabeth City State, 47-21, Chowan now moves on to its next challenge: that of seizing second-place in the division race.

That and quickly putting the bitter memory of Saturday’s trip to Pasquotank County behind them.

Saturday marked the third time the Hawks had come to Roebuck Stadium and their second time as the Vikings’ Homecoming opponent. The result, well, it was the same.

This time the culprit was turnovers (four, including three fumbles) and for the second straight week over a hundred yards in penalties (12-for-129 yards).

On the bright side, senior running back Elliot Smalls had his second career hundred-yard rushing day with 23 carries for 109 yards.

Though not as sharp as he’d been in his previous five games, quarterback Cameron Stover amassed 165 passing yards completing 13-of-26. Ryan Nolan collected four of those passes for 74 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Defensively, T.J. Batchelor added to ...

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