ARCATA — A toe-to-toe effort with the nation's No. 11 ranked NCAA Division II team proved unfullfilling for Humboldt State in a 34-14 loss to Central Washington on Saturday .

Humboldt State's defense kept the Wildcats under moderate control, but was impaired by three turnovers and other offensive mistakes that dropped the Jacks to 2-6 overall and kept them winless at 0-5 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Central Washington again rode the arm of All-American quarterback Mike Reilly, who completed 20 of 29 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns. The Wildcats improved to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the GNAC.

"The effort was there, as it has been all year," HSU head coach Rob Smith said. "Guys were making plays, especially on defense. They played outstanding as a unit."

Humboldt State's defense forced the Wildcats to the air, stuffing the CWU running game for only 64 yards. But the Wildcats were quick to take advantage when HSU starting quarterback Mike Proulx threw inteceptions on HSU's first two possessions, helping CWU gain a 14-0 after the first quarter.

The Lumberjacks struck back early in the second quarter when running back Bobby Thomas passed 14 yards to Devin Stearns for a touchdown, finishing off a 13-play, 60-yard drive the included two fourth down conversions. But Central countered with Jerome Williams' 49-yard kickoff return that set up a Reilly to Jamal Weems 7-yard scoring pass near the end of the half.

Linebacker Michael Lynch, who finished with 16 tackles and two sacks, led a strong second-half effort by the Jacks defense. Central still managed two Garrett Rolsma field goals, from 39 and 28 yards, and a one-yard touchdown plunge by Reilly after the break.

Garrett Hubrich took over for the Jacks at quarterback early in the first quarter, his first appearance at signal-caller since the season-opener. The senior finished 26-of-35 passing for 162 yards and one touchdown, a late 19-yard connection with tight end Matt Devlin, who had five catches for 74 yards.

"(Devlin) had an outstanding game tonight," Smith said. "We need to get him the ball more often."

Humboldt State is back on the road for another GNAC game this week, taking on Western Washington at 1 p.m. Saturday in Bellingham.

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Central Washington.. 14  7 10  3  - 34       Record: (7-1,6-0)
Humboldt State......  0  7  0  7  - 14       Record: (2-6,0-5)



Scoring
 Summary:
1st 09:10 CWU - Waller,M. 8 yd pass from Reilly (Rolsma kick), 6-59 2:39, CWU 7 - HSU 0
    00:26 CWU - Morris 10 yd run (Rolsma kick), 7-65 3:00, CWU 14 - HSU
 0
2nd 03:01 HSU - Stearns 14 yd pass from Thomas (Schierholt kick), 13-60 6:44, CWU 14 - HSU 7
    00:38 CWU - Weems 7 yd pass from Reilly (Rolsma kick), 7-34 2:11, CWU 21 - HSU 7
3rd 03:38 CWU - Rolsma 39 yd field goal, 12-54 5:32, CWU 24 - HSU
 7
    00:17 CWU - Reilly
 1 yd run (Rolsma kick), 5-51 1:39, CWU 31 - HSU 7
4th 07:00 CWU - Rolsma 28 yd field goal, 7-47 3:17, CWU 34 - HSU 7
    02:29 HSU - Devlin 19 yd pass from Hubrich (Schierholt kick), 2-31 0:46, CWU 34 - HSU 14



                                    CWU      HSU
FIRST DOWNS...................       15       11
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    36-64    18-13
PASSING YDS (NET).............      275     
 196
Passes
 Att-Comp-Int...........  29-20-0  40-29-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   65-339   58-209
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0     1-10
Punt Returns-Yards............     4-21     
 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     3-66    6-116
Interception Returns-Yards....     2-52      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-38.0   6-42.7
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-1      3-1
Penalties-Yards...............     5-64    
 6-57
Possession
 Time...............    31:35    28:08
Third-Down Conversions........  6 of 15  5 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   2 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      6-6      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-19     3-20


RUSHING: Central Washington-Morris 15-43; Skorney 5-21; Leonard 6-2;
Reilly 10-minus 2. Humboldt State-Stuart 10-30; Cueva 1-5; Stollmeyer 1-0; TEAM
1-minus 1; Hubrich 5-minus
 21.

PASSING:
 Central Washington-Reilly 20-29-0-275. Humboldt State-Hubrich
26-35-0-162; Proulx 2-4-2-20; Thomas 1-1-0-14.

RECEIVING: Central Washington-Spevak 4-64; Rohrbach 4-31; Waller,M.
 3-41;
Morris 3-20; Weems 2-37; Leonard 1-46; Landers 1-17; Helwege 1-13; Reno 1-6.
Humboldt State-Miles 6-36; Devlin 5-74; Smith,M. 4-22; Stearns 4-14; Stuart 4-7;
Stollmeyer 2-22; Simmons 2-11; Streck-Woodard 1-10; Gondkoff 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: Central
 Washington-Rogers,J.
 1-46; Bighill 1-6. Humboldt
State-None.

FUMBLES: Central Washington-Leonard 1-1. Humboldt State-Hubrich 1-0;
Devlin 1-0; Simmons 1-1.

Stadium: Redwood Bowl          Attendance: 2200
Kickoff time: 6 pm      End of Game: 8:38 pm   Total elapsed time: 2:38
Officials: Referee: Ken Sarna; Umpire: Kurt Renstrom; Linesman: Eric Crone;
Line judge: Jim Lenau; Back judge: Mike Baker; Field judge: Otis
 Byrd;
Side judge: Aaron
 Santi; Scorer: Ed Matthews;
Temperature: 52        Wind: nw 4mph   Weather: overcast