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GAME #8<br />
AUGUSTANA 28, CARTHAGE 0<br />
on November 2 in Kenosha, Wisconsin<br />
KENOSHA, Wis. – One week after dropping a 45-35 shootout to North<br />
Park on a blustery night at Lindberg Stadium, Augustana went on the road<br />
and picked up a 28-0 shutout victory over Carthage on Saturday, November<br />
2 at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Vikings got a big day<br />
from the defense, which limited the Red Men to just 79 yards rushing and<br />
a pair of backup players who stepped up huge.<br />
Last week the Augustana defense gave up 45 points and over 500 yards<br />
of total offense in the loss to North Park. On Saturday, things were a bit<br />
different as the Vikings completely shut down the Carthage rushing attack,<br />
allowing just 79 yards on 31 attempts. That is an average of 2.5 yards per<br />
rush.<br />
Senior linebacker Erik Westerberg (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.), who earlier<br />
this week was named as a National Football Foundation postgraduate<br />
scholarship recipient, led the way with nine solo tackles. The Vikings<br />
also played takeaway against the Red Men, intercepting quarterback A.J.<br />
Simoncelli three times and sacking him three times as well. Junior Ben<br />
Fornek (Batavia HS, Batavia, Ill.), junior Caleb Nickels (Sierra Canyon HS,<br />
Northridge, Calif.) and senior Mike O’Donoghue (Mundelein HS, Mundelein,<br />
Ill.) recorded the interceptions. O’Donoghue also had seven tackles to<br />
finish second on the team in that department.<br />
The offense got a spark from a pair of former high school teammates.<br />
Freshman running back Brandon Price (Providence Catholic HS, Plainfield,<br />
Ill.) led the rushing attack with 94 yards on 10 carries for a whopping<br />
9.4 average per attempt. He was in the lineup because second leading<br />
rusher Eric Chandler (Cary-Grove HS, Cary, Ill.) missed the game due to<br />
injury. Sophomore quarterback Chris Salazar (Providence Catholic HS,<br />
Plainfield, Ill.) came off the bench to replace starter Sam Frasco (Prospect<br />
HS, Mount Prospect, Ill.) in the first quarter and wound up passing for 180<br />
yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 47.<br />
It didn’t take long for the Vikings to get on the scoreboard as they took the<br />
opening kickoff and marched 71 yards in nine plays with Frasco hitting<br />
sophomore Sean Fitzgerald (Providence Catholic HS, Manhattan, Ill.)<br />
with a seven yard scoring pass to culminate things. Junior Connor Murray<br />
(Conifer HS, Morrison, Colo.) was perfect on the first of his four extra<br />
points on the afternoon and Augustana led 7-0 with the game less than<br />
five minutes old.<br />
Fornek’s interception of Simoncelli at the goal line thwarted a Carthage<br />
drive midway through the first quarter and the Viking offense, with Salazar<br />
at the controls put together an impressive march. Augustana went 97<br />
yards on just seven plays with Price bouncing over from a yard out to<br />
make it 14-0 after Murray split the uprights with 1:17 left in the first period.<br />
On first down from his own three yard line Salazar hooked up with senior<br />
Nick Krantz (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.) for a 49 yard completion past midfield<br />
to get the Vikings out of the shadow of their own goal posts. Later in the<br />
drive Salazar hit Fitzgerald for 39 yards to the Carthage eight yard line.<br />
Late in the second quarter Salazar hit Krantz with a nine yard scoring toss<br />
just four seconds before the horn sounded to make it 21-0 at intermission.<br />
In the second half the Vikings scored just once, a 65 yard pass from Salazar<br />
to Krantz with 3:49 left in the third quarter.<br />
Augustana ripped off 252 yards of rushing offense on 39 attempts with<br />
Price’s 94 yards leading the way. Frasco added 71 yards on just five attempts<br />
and Salazar had 47 yards on 17 carries. Krantz had one rushing<br />
attempt for 35 yards. Krantz caught three passes for 123 yards and two<br />
touchdowns while Fitzgerald had two catches for 46 yards.<br />
With the victory the Vikings move to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the CCIW while<br />
Carthage falls to 1-7 and 0-5. The win upped Augustana’s series advantage<br />
of the Red Men to 64-14-5 with wins in the last six meetings between<br />
the two teams that share affiliation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church<br />
in America.<br />
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score<br />
Augustana 14 7 7 0 - 28 Record: (5-3,3-2)<br />
Carthage 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (1-7,0-5)<br />
Scoring Summary:<br />
1st 10:30 AUGIE - Fitzgerald, Sea 7 yd pass from Frasco, Samuel (Murray, Conner<br />
kick), 9-71 4:21, AUGIE 7 - CARTHAGE 0<br />
01:17 AUGIE - Price, Brandon 1 yd run (Murray, Conner kick), 7-97 3:57,<br />
AUGIE 14 - CARTHAGE 0<br />
2nd 00:09 AUGIE - Krantz, Nick 9 yd pass from Salazar, Chris (Murray, Conner<br />
kick), 7-35 2:12, AUGIE 21 - CARTHAGE 0<br />
3rd 03:49 AUGIE - Krantz, Nick 65 yd pass from Salazar, Chris (Murray, Conner<br />
kick), 4-81 1:59, AUGIE 28 - CARTHAGE 0<br />
AUGIE CARTHAGE<br />
FIRST DOWNS................... 15 19<br />
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 39-204 29-69<br />
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 214 238<br />
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 16-11-0 42-27-3<br />
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 55-418 71-307<br />
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0<br />
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-25 3-0<br />
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-24 4-40<br />
Interception Returns-Yards.... 3-24 0-0<br />
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-38.5 5-35.6<br />
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 2-1<br />
Penalties-Yards............... 6-65 4-35<br />
Possession Time............... 27:53 32:07<br />
Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 14 7 of 17<br />
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 3 of 3<br />
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 0-3<br />
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-14 4-19<br />
RUSHING: Augustana-Frasco, Samuel 5-71; Price, Brandon 10-56; Salazar,<br />
Chris 18-39; Krantz, Nick 1-35; Hodges, Ben 5-3. Carthage-Bellamy,<br />
Derek 20-67; Evans Jr., J 3-12; Anzelmo, Nick 1-minus 4; Simoncelli, AJ<br />
5-minus 6.<br />
PASSING: Augustana-Salazar, Chris 10-13-0-207; Frasco, Samuel 1-3-0-<br />
7. Carthage-Simoncelli, AJ 25-40-3-218; Djurickovic, P 1-1-0-17; Anzelmo,<br />
Nick 1-1-0-3.<br />
RECEIVING: Augustana-Krantz, Nick 3-123; Frake, Kyle 3-14; Fitzgerald,<br />
Sea 2-46; Snow, Kyle 2-11; Josupait, Eric 1-20. Carthage-Djurickovic,<br />
P 11-126; Jackson, Evan 6-39; Hines Jr., M 3-36; Clark, Mark 2-10;<br />
Rhoades, Javier 2-4; Nawrot, Alex 1-9; Anderson, R 1-7; Bellamy, Derek<br />
1-7.<br />
INTERCEPTIONS: Augustana-Nickels, Caleb 1-21; Fornek, Ben 1-3;<br />
O’Donoghue, Mik 1-0. Carthage-None.<br />
FUMBLES: Augustana-Price, Brandon 1-1; Salazar, Chris 1-0.<br />
Carthage-Simoncelli, AJ 1-1; Anzelmo, Nick 1-0.<br />
SACKS (UA-A): Augustana-Mulholland, Sea 2-0. Carthage-Sullivan, B<br />
1-0; Anderson, G 1-0; Allen, Terrance 1-0; Storment, Seth 1-0.<br />
TACKLES (UA-A): Augustana-Westerberg, Eri 9-0; O’Donoghue, Mik 5-3;<br />
Walker, Sean 5-1; Kalble, Frank 5-0; Stiers, Brandon 5-0; Gruca, Justin<br />
4-1; Smith, Dylan 3-1; Maroder, Tim 3-0; Kowalczyk, Luke 3-0; Daniels,<br />
Michae 1-2; Mulholland, Sea 2-0; Goshorn, Bo 2-0; Asquini, Jack 1-1;<br />
Fornek, Ben 1-1; Nickels, Caleb 0-2; Stratton, James 1-0; Dyche, Justin<br />
1-0; Johnson, Erik 1-0; Coleman, Ryan 1-0; Bastian, John 1-0. Carthage-<br />
Money, Greg 7-1; Hayden, Damon 7-1; Riddle, Dan 6-0; Simpson, K.J.<br />
4-0; Storment, Seth 3-0; Oroni, Sean 3-0; Anderson, G 2-1; Allen, Terrance<br />
1-2; Harnett, Marcus 2-0; Best, Justin 2-0; Pallissard, Zac 1-1; Carter,<br />
Dylen 1-0; Gahgan, David 1-0; Sullivan, B 1-0; McDorman, Seth 1-0;<br />
Ward, Darin 1-0; Hines Jr., M 1-0; Motter, Richard 1-0; Anderson, R 1-0.<br />
The Vikings’ next game will be Saturday, November 9 against Illinois Wesleyan<br />
at Lindberg Stadium at 1:00 p.m.<br />
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