Adrian, MI – Both Lenawee County college football teams played at home Saturday, with the Siena Heights Saints stomping Madonna University, 45-21, and Adrian College dropping their first game of the season against Hope College, 19-17.
Saints Set Record in Dominate Home Win…
The Siena Heights Football Team remained undefeated at home on Saturday afternoon with a 45-21 win over Madonna. The game saw the Saints defense shatter the single game school record for sacks when they brought down the Crusader quarterback 12 times on the afternoon.
On the game, Siena Heights never punted, scoring on every possession aside from one fumble lost and two punt return fumble recoveries by Madonna. They created 451 yards of total offense compared to their defense holding Madonna to only 155 yards of total offense. The game did see a large number of penalties with the teams combining for 20 accepted penalties for over 200 yards.
The highlight for the Saints was their defense which had 12 sacks on the game. That shattered the previous record high of nine, also against Madonna in 2022. They also created 15 tackles for loss, tying the all time record for tackles for loss in a game which was also against Madonna in 2022.
Greg Predina and A.J. Knox had three sacks on the afternoon.
Himmelein ended his day 19-27 for 252 yards and three touchdowns. Taylor added 67 yards late in the game with a 2-4 game and one touchdown. Haisenleder ran for 37 yards on nine carries with the one touchdown while Flowers added 33 yards on seven carries with the one touchdown. Himmelein added 29 yards rushing and Isaac Sexton had 29 yards rushing.
Prather led the receivers with 78 yards and one touchdown followed by Gwilly with 77 yards and one touchdown, Graham with 58 yards and a touchdown, and Alexander with 41 yards and a touchdown. Kendrick McBride added 32 yards receiving.
With the win, the Saints move to 4-3 on the season and 2-0 in MSFA Mideast play. They will return to action next weekend with a road game at Defiance. After a road game at Taylor, the Saints will wrap up their regular season with their final game at home against Indiana Wesleyan on November 15th at 12 pm.
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Bulldogs Drop Top-25 Showdown…
Adrian College football entered the weekend ranked number 25 in the country, and one of ten remaining undefeated teams in D3 football. Both of those statements are no longer true after suffering a heartbreaking 19-17 loss at home Saturday afternoon to one-loss and 19th ranked Hope College.
Bulldog head coach Joe Palka had this to say following the loss…
With his team up 17-16 early in the fourth quarter, AC tried a half-back pass inside the Hope College 10 yard line on 4th down and 5. The Flying Dutchmen broke-up the pass, preventing Adrian from expanding their lead. Coach Palka talked, in general, about big plays in the game…
The 6-1 Bulldogs have three more games left in their regular season, and a MIAA title is still not out of the question for Adrian College, despite the late-game field goal giving them their first loss Saturday…
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