Spires Earn Big Road Win
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Saint Mary (2-4) | 6 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
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Ottawa (0-6) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
Ottawa, Kan.- The University of Saint Mary Football team took on the Ottawa Braves this weekend, resulting in a 33-23 win. The Spires are now 2-4 overall and 2-3 in Conference play.
The first quarter started with a Spires possession that resulted in a two-yard rushing touchdown from Erick Covington to give them the early 6-0 lead. The rest of the quarter featured great defensive stands by the Braves and the Spires. The second quarter saw another rushing touchdown by Covington that made the score 12-0. Ottawa quickly responded after a long touchdown put the Braves on the board 12-7. A stalled drive by Saint Mary allowed Ottawa to go down and kick a field goal to make the score 12-10. With five minutes to go in the half, the Braves looked to take the lead on a long pass play, but Keylin Hodge forced a fumble through the end zone that gave the ball back to Saint Mary. The Spires capitalized with another rushing touchdown by Covington to give the Spires a 19-10 lead heading into halftime.
Both offenses had stalled drives to begin the second half until Hennessey Thomas recovered a fumble and ran it back, giving the Spires a 26-10 lead. The rest of the quarter had more great defense as each team was held scoreless. Ottawa started the fourth quarter with a touchdown to cut the Spire's lead to 26-16. Saint Mary was forced to punt on the following possession. The Spire's defense held strong again as Kevin Orange forced a fumble that was recovered in the end zone by Thomas, making the score 33-16. That looked to be all the Spires needed as one more late score by Ottawa made the final score 33-23.
Covington, Caleb Bigpond, and Jartavious Martin all combined for 244 yards rushing today as Thomas led the way on defense with ten total tackles, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries for two touchdowns. The defense forced five turnovers, with Jaxon Curtis, Garrett Carter, Hodge, and Thomas all contributing.
Up Next
The Spires will host Bethany College for Homecoming at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Charles J. Berkel Memorial Stadium.