JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabods withstood a 62-minute lightning delay and the Ichabod defense held the Blue Tigers to 85 yards of offense through three quarters in a 24-10 win on Saturday night in Jefferson City improving to 1-2 on the season winning their 10th-straight game over Lincoln. The Ichabods will return to Yager Stadium on Sept. 23 to host Central Missouri at 1 p.m.
 
The Ichabods jumped on the board first on their first possession with a 25-yard field goal by Trenton Brehm with 10:42 to go in the first quarter wrapping up an eight-play, 57-yard drive.
 
After a 5-yard Lincoln (0-3) punt, the Ichabods took over at the Blue Tiger 45 yard line and needed just seven plays scoring their first touchdown of the day on Sam Van Dyne's first touchdown pass of his Ichabod career hitting Connor Searcy on a 7-yard completion stretching the Ichabod lead to 10-0 with 6:34 to go in the opening quarter.
 
A quick four-play drive by the Ichabods was capped by a 60-yard touchdown run by Taylon Peters stretched the Washburn lead to 17-0 after the Washburn defense forced another three-and-out by the Blue Tigers. The touchdown was Peters' 18^th of his Ichabod career.
 
At the end of the first quarter, at 6:34 pm local time, lightning hit the area and the game was delayed for 62 minutes when teams were allowed to return to the field to start the second quarter.
 
Neither team scored in the second quarter as the Ichabods outgained the Blue Tigers 91 to 24 running one more play overall.
 
With 2:44 left in the third quarter, Van Dyne hit fellow true freshman Tylan Crochett on a 48-yard touchdown strike stretching the lead to 24-0 capping a 10-play, 83-yard drive.
 
Washburn was tossing a shutout until the 11:36 mark of the fourth quarter when Xzavier Vaughn hit Aderias Ealy on a 54-yard touchdown pass. After the Ichabods were held short on a fourth down play, the Blue Tigers cut the Washburn lead to 24-10 after a 6-play drive ending in a 30-yard field goal with 3:23 to go wrapping up the scoring in the game.
 
Van Dyne, making his first career start, was 18 for 29 with two touchdowns and 217 yards passing while Peters finished with 121 yards on 11 carries and one score. Teondre Carter had 11 carries for 88 yards and Jaylon Walker had 11 carries for 44 yards.
 
Ten different receivers had a catch with Crochett recording three catches for 53 yards and Carter had two catches for 43 yards and D.J. Bell had a team-high four catches for 30 yards.
 
Defensively Patrick Altenor had a sack and two tackles for loss with five tackles overall. L.J. Minner had five tackles with three tackles for loss for 10 yards.
 
The Ichabods outgained the Blue Tigers in the game 516 to 198 with 113 coming in the fourth quarter for Lincoln. Washburn had 26 first downs compared to 10 to Lincoln while piling up 299 total rushing yards compared to 58 for Lincoln.
 
Washburn was 9 for 16 on third down while the Ichabod defense held the Blue Tigers to 2 of 11 on third down conversions.