University of St. Thomas Athletics
6-3 , 5-2
Presbyterian
2-8 , 0-7
Team Stats
PRE 0, TOMMIES 7
TOMMIES - Nick Rice 16 yd run (Louis Hyde kick), 5 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:24
PRE 8, TOMMIES 7
PRE - Rivera,Matthew 37 yd pass from DAVIS, Jake (DAVIS, Jake rush) 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:22
PRE 8, TOMMIES 14
TOMMIES - Hope Adebayo 4 yd run (Louis Hyde kick), 7 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:47
PRE 15, TOMMIES 14
PRE - WITCHER, Jalyn 6 yd pass from HEFLEY, Ren (MBANWEI, Acha kick) 13 plays, 71 yards, TOP 5:42
PRE 15, TOMMIES 21
TOMMIES - Nick Rice 40 yd run (Louis Hyde kick), 1 plays, 40 yards, TOP 0:08
PRE 15, TOMMIES 29
TOMMIES - Luke Glenna 27 yd interception (Kolby Gartner rush)
PRE 15, TOMMIES 35
TOMMIES - Hope Adebayo 1 yd run (Kolby Gartner passfailed), 2 plays, 5 yards, TOP 0:26
PRE 15, TOMMIES 42
TOMMIES - Tom Loeffler 9 yd run (Louis Hyde kick), 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:33
PRE 15, TOMMIES 48
TOMMIES - Branden Smith 8 yd run (S. Rudelius-Pal kickfailed), 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:52
PRE 15, TOMMIES 54
TOMMIES - Wyatt Draper 2 yd run (S. Rudelius-Pal kickblocked), 8 plays, 88 yards, TOP 4:10
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St. Thomas Football rattles off 40 unanswered points against Presbyterian to finish season 7-3 with a 54-15 win on Senior Day
11/20/2021 5:30:00 PM | Football
"The pride that I have in our seniors is difficult to put into words," said Head Coach Glenn Caruso. "It's a group that's seen a lot, these 23 guys, they've come to us in many different ways, some high school, and four years, some five years, some are graduate students. They were there when (Coach Caruso's wife) Racheal (Caruso) shared the news about her battle with cancer in the family – they were freshmen. They were there when teams didn't want to play us. They were there when we didn't have a league, they were there when we didn't have a division. They have served each other and this program very well."
St. Thomas scored first, just over four minutes in the ball game and Presbyterian answered and had a successful two-point conversion to open up an 8-7 lead at the end of the first quarter – that's when things started getting interesting.
Three seconds into the second quarter, sophomore RB Hope Adebayo plunged into the endzone to regain the lead, 14-8. With 9:10 to play in the first half, the Blue Hose capped off 13-play, 71-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to regain the lead 15-14.
The Tommies rattled off 40 unanswered points by way of scores from senior RB Nick Rice, a 40-yard touchdown run, a 27-yard pick-six from senior DB Luke Glenna, Adebayo's second touchdown run, a 9-yard rush from senior RB Tom Loeffler, an 8-yard rush from freshman QB Branden Smith and a 2-yard touchdown strike from senior RB Wyatt Draper.
St. Thomas recorded 227 rushing yards and averaged 5.4 rushing yards per carry with seven touchdowns on the ground. The Tommies also aired it out for 209 passing yards, while completing 12-of-21 passing attempts. On the afternoon, the Purple tallied 436 yards on offense.
The league's leading defense continued its dominance, led by senior DB Joe Hird who posted two interceptions and returned them 43 yards. In addition to Hird's two interceptions and Glenna's pick-six, freshman DB Yusef Leak added an interception in the contest as well. Senior DB Nick Ektanitphong led the team with 10 total tackles, including five solo stops.
St. Thomas finished its first season in the Pioneer Football League third in the standings, trailing only Davidson and San Diego, both of which handed the Purple their only two conference losses. The third loss of the season came at the hands of Northern Iowa, and FCS powerhouse that spent most of the season ranked in the top-25 nationally.
