MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The Western Oregon football team won its fourth game in a row and took sole possession of second place in the Lone Star Conference with a 34-27 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday at Javelina Stadium.

The victory moves the Wolves to 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the Lone Star Conference - one game behind No. 8 Central Washington which moved to 6-0 in LSC play and 7-1 overall with a convincing win at Midwestern State (who WOU plays at home next Saturday). The two lone Division II West Coast teams finish the regular season against each other Nov. 15 - though there's plenty of football between then and now.

WOU trailed the Javelinas (3-5, 2-4) 20-19 at the half before a key third quarter for the Wolves changed the game.

WOU got things rolling with a 10-play, 65-yard scoring drive that included a key 20-yard, third-down run by quarterback Jordan McCarty and was capped by McCarty 5-yard touchdown pass to Keyvaun Eady (on third down). A two-point conversion (McCarty to Eady again) made it 27-20 Wolves with 8:30 left in the third.

TAMUK got a big return on the ensuring kickoff and an 11-yard run on its first play to move the ball into WOU territory, but Malik Ross intercepted a pass for the Wolves and returned it 42 yards to the Javelina 25 to set the WOU offense up in great position.

Five plays later, Carson Workman rushed for his second score of the game to make it 34-20 WOU with 4:57 left in the third as the Wolves held on from there.

WOU rushed for 216 yards as a team - averaging 4.8 yards per carry - with McCarty leading the team with 92 yards to go along with throwing for 180 yards and two scores. Jermaine Land rushed for 44 yards, Terayon Sweet rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown, Workman finished with 21 yards and two scores and Cyris Taylor had 18 yards on a pair of carries.

Eady led the Wolves with five catches for 70 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, last week's LSC Defensive Player of the Week Malcolm Liufauhad a team-best 12 tackles while Aden Murphy had 11 tackles and a fumble recovery. Joseph Northcutt, LJ Imo and Donovan Lee each recorded a sack for the Wolves with Lee adding a forced fumble.