PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. (Oct. 17, 2015) - On Saturday afternoon, the LIU Post football team ran the ball for 261 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-7 triumph over Pace University in a Northeast-10 Conference battle at Pace Stadium.

The Pioneers' (5-2, 4-2 NE-10) 261 yards on the ground were the second-most for the green and gold in 2015. LIU Post has totaled 200-plus rushing yards in four of its seven contests thus far.

Junior running back David White (Bronx, N.Y.) and red-shirt freshman running back Malik Pierre (Holbrook, N.Y.) combined for 227 yards rushing on 40 carries. White ran for a game-high 119 yards, while Pierre had 108 yards rushing and one touchdown.

LIU Post drew first blood on its second series of the game. Starting at midfield, a 36-yard hook-up on a third-and-10 from junior quarterback Jeff Kidd (Salem, Ore.) to red-shirt junior wide receiver Shane Hubbard (St. Albans, N.Y.) put the Pioneers in the red zone. Three plays later, Kidd took a four-yard keeper in for the contest's opening score.

Later in the first half, the Pioneers led 9-7, until Kidd staged another drive that went for six. This time, Kidd again found Hubbard on third down, connecting on a 16-yard touchdown pass that made it a two-possession game (16-7) at the break.

It was another big third quarter for LIU Post that broke it open. The visitors scored 14 unanswered points in the period to widen their advantage to 30-7. Over its last five games, LIU Post has outscored its opposition, 78-27, in the third quarter.

On their first series of the latter half, the Pioneers' ground attack charged into plus-territory, as the trio of White, Pierre and Kidd pounded their way inside the Setters' five-yard line. Then, Kidd hit red-shirt sophomore wide receiver James Higgins (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) on a short one-yard pass for the touchdown.

At the conclusion of the quarter, an 11-play, 78-yard drive by the green and gold was capped by a Pierre four-yard plunge into the end zone.

Kidd finished the day 12-of-27 passing for 209 yards and two touchdowns. Red-shirt senior h-back Tyler Heuer (Oceanside, N.Y.) made five catches for a game-best 107 yards. Hubbard hauled in two balls for 52 yards and a TD.

Defensively, junior linebacker Nate Feliz (Bronx, N.Y.) paced LIU Post with nine tackles (four solo, five assist). Red-shirt junior linebacker Wayne Harris (Jamaica, N.Y.) made seven tackles (one solo, six assist). Senior defensive lineman James Athan (Franklin Square, N.Y.), red-shirt junior defensive back Kareem Folkes (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and sophomore defensive back Richard Wright (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had five tackles apiece.

Head Coach Bryan Collins and the Pioneers return to action next Saturday (Oct. 24), when they travel to West Haven, Conn. for a 1 p.m. showdown at NE-10 rival University of New Haven.