MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny College football team capped off the 2025 season with a bang on Saturday, as the Gators clobbered visiting Bethany College for a 42-6 victory on Senior Day at Frank B. Fuhrer Field.

Allegheny (4-6, 4-4 PAC) put together one of its most impressive performances in recent memory and was one play away from a 42-point shutout against the Bison (1-9, 1-7 PAC). The win was the team's fourth, the most in a season since 2019, while the Gators ended the year with their best conference win percentage since going 6-3 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) in 2018.

The afternoon began with the traditional Senior Day festivities, but it was freshman quarterback Sean Siska (Greenacres, Fla./American Heritage) who garnered most of the spotlight on the field. Filling in for the injured Carson Colucci (Brewster, Ohio/Fairless) and Nick Barker (Cleveland, Ohio/Padua Franciscan), Siska became the second true freshman to earn a start this fall, but looked more like a veteran in the first significant playing time of his career. He completed 14-of-19 pass attempts (73.7%) for 274 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. In the second quarter, Siska found Chris Gisewhite (Corpus Christi, Texas/Flour Bluff) wide open down the middle of the field for a 55-yard, one-play scoring drive. In the third quarter, he tossed a 31-yard touchdown to Devin Larry (Loganville, Ga./Loganville Christian), who beat the Bethany defense with a hitch-and-go down the far sideline.

Perhaps Siska's best friend all afternoon was his teammate in the backfield, Dominic Berarducci (Erie, Pa./McDowell), who kept the chains moving with a formidable ground game. The second-year back logged 146 yards and two touchdowns on the ground while averaging more than seven yards per carry. His highlight-reel run came near the end of the first quarter, as Berarducci followed his pulling center Aiden Watt (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) to the right side of the formation before breaking off a 49-yard score.

The defense's bend-but-don't-break performance nearly led to Allegheny's second shutout of the season. Bethany was forced to punt on four of their first five possessions. The lone exception was a turnover by the Bison punter, who fumbled a snap and allowed the Gators to gain possession on Bethany's 17-yard line. One of Bethany's most promising drives in the first half ended with a David Williams (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton) interception in the end zone. Alas, after the Bison were stopped on downs on back-to-back drives in the second half, they managed to break off a 57-yard touchdown on a fourth-and-seven play after the two-minute timeout.

Inside the Box Score

• Allegheny produced 456 yards of total offense and averaged 7.4 yards per play.
• The Gators threw for 310 yards and ran for another 146 yards.
• Bethany finished with 321 yards of offense, but punted five times, committed two turnovers, and missed a field goal in the second quarter.
• Siska completed 14 passes for 274 yards and four touchdowns.
• Berarducci ran 20 times for 146 yards and two touchdowns.
• Gisewhite was Allegheny's leading receiver with five catches for 91 yards and two scores.
• Terran Mitchell (St. Louis, Mo./Affton) recorded one carry for nine yards and had three receptions for 76 more.
• Bethany quarterback Brett Phillips completed 23-of-38 pass attempts (60.5%) for 256 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
• Jermain Beersingh led all receivers with nine catches for 149 yards and scored Bethany's only touchdown.
• Robbie Janis (Fombell, Pa./Riverside) and Drew Evans (Erie, Colo./Erie) each had one sack, while Huriel Calice (Peabody, Mass./Phillips Academy Andover) and CJ Gissentaner (Woodmere, Ohio/Orange) each earned a half-sack on an intentional grounding play.
• Evans led all Gators with 2.0 tackles for a loss, followed by Calice and Ian Hutter (Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant Area) with 1.5 apiece.
• Williams made four tackles with one interception.
• Bethany linebacker Charlie DiSaia had a busy day with 14 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and one blocked field goal.

News and Notes

• Allegheny added three games to the win column from last season and finished 2025 with a 4-6 overall record.
• Allegheny's .500 conference win percentage is its best since going 6-3 (.667) in the NCAC in 2018.
• The 42 points scored against the Bison are the most since 2021, when the Gators dropped 42 on Thiel College in the season opener and Oberlin College in the season finale.
• Allegheny's 36-point margin of victory is its best since beating Kenyon College, 49-0, on October 19, 2019.
• The Gators improved to 4-0 against Bethany since returning to the PAC and 22-16-1 all-time dating back to 1926.
• Siska is the third quarterback to earn a start and the fourth Gator to throw a touchdown in 2025.
• Siska is the first Allegheny quarterback to throw four or more touchdowns in a game since Jack Johnson '24 tossed five in a 42-38 victory over Oberlin on November 13, 2021.
• Berarducci ended his sophomore year second in the PAC with 771 rushing yards, the most by a Gator since Tre Worship '24 ran for 773 in 2022.
• Freshman linebacker Ryan Croston (Jefferson, Ohio/Pymatuning Valley) concluded his rookie season with a team-high 87 tackles.
• Williams' second-quarter interception was his fourth of the season and the sixth of his career.
• Before kickoff, Allegheny honored its 10 senior football student-athletes: Coltin Colucci (Brewster, Ohio/Fairless), Will Griffin (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), Fletcher Hammond (Gibsonia, Pa./Deer Lakes), Donovan Mowry (Youngwood, Pa./Hempfield), David Marquez (Chandler, Ariz./Basha), Jake Kaminski (Springdale, Pa./Springdale), Alex Rogowski (West Seneca, N.Y./West Seneca East), Andre Barnes (Fresno, Texas/Elkins), Gisewhite, and Hutter.