COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University football team fell to Mount Union by a final score of 45-23 on Saturday afternoon. The result evens the Comets' record at 3-3, while Mount moves to 4-2 on the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Purple Raiders took a lead on a six-yard touchdown run from Mikey Maloney in the first quarter and they would hold that advantage through to the second quarter before they would add another score to lead 14-7.
Capital would get on the board thanks to a one-yard touchdown score from
Zion Solomon. The Comets got the ball back as
Diamonte Salley forced a fumble that was recovered by
Kingston Leon. On the following drive, Capital was aided by a few penalties before Solomon punched in from one yard out.
Mount went on to add another10 points before halftime, leading 24-7 at the break.
In the third quarter, Capital started to chip away as they benefited from a safety as the Purple Raiders botched a snap on a punt through the back of the end zone. That made the score 24-9.
Just under three minutes later, Capital scored on a nine-yard touchdown run from
Xavier Rodriguez off the ensuing free kick off the safety. That score made it 24-16.
In the fourth quarter Mount came back with three touchdowns to seal the game, but sandwiched those around a 12-yard TD pass from
Tyler Love to
Trent Renz. Those scores brought the final score of 45-23, Mount.
THE NUMBERS
Tyler Love threw for 208 yards and touchdown on 21 completions. He also rushed seven times for 13 yards.
Xavier Rodriguez carried the ball 10 times for 62 yards and a score, while Solomon added a score on four carries for eight yards.
Demoyne Stoney recorded two catches for 55 yards, followed by
Wesley Armstead who accounted for 52 yards on five catches.
Preston Hannika made two catches for 31 yards.
Finn Devine and Rodriguez each had four catches, while
Dareal King,
Trent Renz and Solomon combined for four catches.
Olaoluwa Obayemi led the defense with 13 tackles which included a half tackle for a loss. Obayemi also had a fumble recovery.
Diamonte Salley and
Marcus Young Jr. each had 10 tackles while Salley added a forced fumble and one TFL.
Bryson Roberts,
Bailey Johnson and
AJ Conti each made seven tackles in the game as well.
Kingston Leon added a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the game, while
Quincy Hains accounted for the only sack of the game, an eight yeard loss for Mount Union.
Wesley Armstead,
Hagan Lineberger and
Jensen Petro combined to punt nine times. Petro highlighted those efforts with a long punt of 67 yards.
Ethan Graham was good on three PAT tries.
UP NEXT
Capital will return back home next Saturday, October 24th as they host Anderson University for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff. That game will be Capital's Homecoming and Hall of Fame game. A campus-wide tailgate will kickstart the day at 11 a.m.
