ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern's defense forced Northwestern Oklahoma State into minus-37 yards of rushing on the strength of 12 tackles for loss and five sacks as the Savage Storm got back in the win column with a 25-10 victory on Saturday afternoon at Ranger Field in Alva, Okla.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 5-2 on the season as they are set to return home to Paul Laird Field at Spend Life Wisely Stadium to host Oklahoma Baptist at 2 p.m. on Oct. 24 for Homecoming.
 
William Wallis led the defense with nine tackles, two of them for a loss, while Brandon Green Jr. logged a pair of sacks.
 
Fors the third-straight week Kole McKnight logged an interception and a defensive touchdown, this time doing it on two separate plays.
 
Christian Brumley snagged an interception as well.
 
Offensively, Chancy Lester Jr., Jaylen Holloway, and Isaiah Nelson each scored a rushing touchdown.
 
Lester led the way with 38 yards on 11 carries, while Holloway added 36 on 10 totes.
 
Levay Duncan had 25 yards and Kameron Lockhart finished with 24.
 
Braylon Colgrove and Nelson each finished with 18 yards rushing.
 
Duncan tossed for 103 yards through the air on 11-of-23 passing with an interception.
 
Jax Sternberger hauled in four catches for 21 yards, while Christopher Jackson had three grabs for 29 yards.
 
Sean Steens led the receiving corps with 36 yards on a pair of catches.
 
The Rangers opened scoring with a 21-yard field goal with 4:28 to play in the first quarter and NWOSU would take that lead into the second.
 
Early in the second quarter McKnight would pick off a Jacob Jones pass at the NWOSU 24-yard line to set the Storm up with great field position.
 
Six plays later SE would cash in as Holloway scored from a yard out, but the lead would stay at 6-3 after the PAT was blocked.
 
The Storm forced a three-and-out and would take advantage of a 15-yard punt by the Rangers to take over at the NWOSU 28-yard line, needing five plays to move those 28 yards with Lester scoring from four yards out to push the lead to 13-3 with 4:38 to go in the half.
 
NWOSU took the opening kickoff of the second half and marched all the way to the Storm 19 yard line on 14 plays before Brumley would snag his first interception of the year and return it 45 yards before handing off to McKnight who took it the remaining 40 yards to the house for his third defensive score of the season, pushing the SE lead to 19-3.
 
The defense held the Rangers to three and out and the Storm offense got its first possession of the second half with 6:42 to play in the third quarter.
 
SE would take that drive 62 yards on 10 plays with Nelson scoring from three yards out to push the lead to 25-3 with 1:01 to play in the third.
 
That score would hold until the 10:36 mark of the fourth quarter when the Rangers Jones connected with Henry Wilson for a 21-yard touchdown pass, cutting the Storm lead to 25-10 which would hold as the final.