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PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Michigan Tech scored touchdowns on seven of its 12 offensive drives and added two more scores on special teams in a 63-23 victory at Lake Erie today in both teams' season finale.

The Huskies' offense exploded for 601 yards including 437 on the ground to earn the win and finish at 7-3 on the season.

After a shaky start, where Lake Erie scored two touchdowns on four offensive plays, Tech's defense settled in. The Black and Gold held the league's leading rusher, Anthony Bilal (166 yard rushing average) to just 26 yards.

"It doesn't matter who it's against in this league, wins are hard to come by," said Tech coach Tom Kearly. "It was a ping-pong game in the first quarter, but we turned up the gas on the defensive end after that.

"We played well up front and ran the ball hard. We felt like that was the part of the game we could succeed, and we did."

Brandon Cowie hit Kevin Miller for a 25-yard pass on the opening drive for a 7-0 lead. Lake Erie answered with a 67-yard run on an option play on their second play from scrimmage to tie it at 7-all. 

The Huskies drove the field again with Cowie scoring on a 27-yard keeper with 8:04 left in the first quarter. The Storm struck back two plays later with a 40-yard pass, but missed the extra point for a 14-13 score.

Tech made it 21-13 on Miller's 19-yard run at the 4:41 mark of the 1st. The Huskies defense then got four straight stops. 

The third stop was a punt block by Derek Ferris and four-yard scoop and score byCayman Berg-Morales for a 28-13 advantage.

LEC added a 30-yard field goal for a 28-16 score with 33 seconds remaining in the half. 

James Henderson returned the ensuing kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown to break the game open 35-16 heading into halftime.

In the second half, Tech continued to dominate the line of scrimmage. The Huskies scored on rushing plays of four yards (Cowie), 27 yards (John Williams) and three yards (Alex Sherbinow) for a 56-16 advantage. 

The Storm's Shane Van Fleteren scored his second TD of the game with 10:54 left. 

Williams pushed the Huskies over the 60-point mark with a 12-yard TD with 7:19 to go. He finished with a game-high 140 yards on just 15 carries. Miller (79 yards), Cowie (71) and Henderson (55) all finished with more than 50 in the contest.

Nick Brajak and Brett Gervais both had interceptions for the Tech defense. Paul Kuoppala notched a team-high nine tackles. Tanner Agen added eight tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack.

Michigan Tech finished its 2015 campaign at 7-3. The 14 seniors on the team will leave with a four-year record of 29-12.

Notes: Tech's kickoff return TD was the program's first since Akeem Cason vs. Grand Valley State in 2012 … The punt block for a touchdown was the first since Nick Brajak (block) and Cody Moederndorfer (return) vs. Saginaw Valley State in 2013 … The Huskies last 60-point output on offense was Oct. 23, 2010, vs. Northwood (62-30).