By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Friday, April 17, 2015

The San Jose SaberCats remain undefeated after four games of the Arena Football League schedule Friday after upending the winless Jacksonville Sharks 68-48 at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in Jacksonville.
Sharks fullback Derrick Ross carried 11 times for 35 yards, but also scored four touchdowns, including his 150th career Arena League TD. Joe Hills snagged 14 passes for 155 yards and four scores for the Sharks.

San Jose quarterback Erik Meyer threw for a season-high eight touchdowns while completing 19-of-30 for 246 yards. Anthony “Tiger” Jones caught seven of those passes for 100 yards, and Reggie Gray grabbed nine passes for 80 yards and three scores.

Wide receiver Adron Tennell returned to the SaberCats starting lineup and contributed five catches for 65 yards and four touchdowns. On the defensive side, linebacker David Hyland had an interception and led the SaberCats with 14 tackles.

Touchdowns by Gray and Odie Armstrong gave San Jose (4-0) a 21-7 lead in the second quarter, but the Sharks (0-4) bounced back with a 1-yard TD run by Ross that pulled Jacksonville to within 21-14. A TD pass from Meyer to Gray gave the SaberCats a 28-24 halftime lead.

In the second half, Hills hauled in a touchdown pass for the Sharks, but Gray took the ensuing kickoff 58 yards for a TD – San Jose’s first kickoff return score of the season. The SaberCats built a 48-38 fourth quarter lead, which Jacksonville cut to 48-45 on an 18-yard touchdown reception by Jerod Harvery.

With eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, Meyer found Stephens in the back of the end zone for a San Jose touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, SaberCats defensive end Donte Paige-Moss recovered the ball off the upright, giving San Jose the ball at the Sharks 8-yard-line. A Gray TD reception with 3:46 remaining gave San Jose a 62-45 lead.

A late interception by DB Erik Crocker sealed the victory for the SaberCats.