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The Prospector www.carroll.edu Football team dominates Tech photo by George Lane, Helena IR Jed Thomas runs through Tech’s defense Saturday in Carroll’s 45-3 win. By Tom Cotton Helena IR When Montana Tech and Carroll College face off, more often than not, you can count on a hard-hitting affair that comes down to the final gun. Saturday’s meeting between the two teams was the exception to that rule. The hits were there, but the out come was decided well before the final seconds ticked off as Carroll routed the Orediggers 45-3 on a perfect fall day at Nelson Stadium. The win gives Carroll (6-0), 4- 0) a half-game advantage in the Frontier Conference standings at the midway point of the confer ence season. Despite owning the top spot in the conference, the Saints know there is still some football left to be played. “It’s just week by week,” said offensive lineman Nick Hammond. “We have to keep getting better. We looked at times pretty good, but there is some stuff we can work on.” If Saturday is any indication, the Saints don’t have much to shore up. The offense was balanced, rush ing for 245 yards and passing for 221 yards more. Carroll was able to run the ball effectively against the Orediggers rugged defensive front, averaging 4.8 yards per carry. On one third- quarter drive the Saints ran the ball 10 straight times which ended in an Emmert one-yard touchdown run. “All three of those guys, (run ning backs Jed Thomas, Ryan Grosulak and Sean Herrin) you give them a little seam and its through the gates,” Hammond said. “It showed today. You don’t have to give them the biggest hole and they turn a five yard gain into a 10 yard gain.” Carroll College coach Mike Van Diest said that patience played an important part in the success of the Saints running game. “I think guys stayed on blocks,” Van Diest said. “The other thing was I think was the backs were patient, making sure that if the guards were pulling or tackles were pulling, they got out in front.” Defensively, Carroll was able to completely befuddle, the Orediggers, limiting them to just over 200 yards in total offense and six first downs in the game. Quarterback Justus Sheets returned after a two week absence and was largly ineffective, throwing for just 54 yards on the day. The Saint special teams also contributed to the win in a big way. Regan Mack returned a punt for a touchdown in the second quarter and Zach Richardson blocked a punt that led to another score in the third quarter. “Coach Van Diest always stress es that special teams are one of the most important parts of the game,” Richardson said. “We knew Tech had good special teams. We didn’t want any big plays against us. We came out to play and made some big plays on special teams. We executed.” Perhaps the biggest play of the day, came when Mack returned a Cole Loeffler punt 34 yards for a score. The fifth-year senior from Gardiner, took a line-drive punt, which was very nearly blocked by Richardson and broke through a seam on the left side and went in untouched. “We got a lot of pressure on them,” Mack said. “What hap pened is they ended up kicking it short and they didn’t have a chance to set up their defenses. I didn’t do anything. I followed my blockers and went into the end zone.” Mack’s score seemed to ignite the Carroll offense, which then scored two more times before the half, to put Carroll up 28-7. The first touchdown came when Tyler Peterson scored his eighth touch down of the year. This one one went 56 yards and Peterson showed off his athletic ability, snatching the ball from Tech cornerback Tyler Muzanna and scooting in the rest of the way. “Tyler did a great job hanging in there and throwing the ball well,” Van Diest said. “That was a great pass to Tyler Peterson.” It took all of one minute for the Saints to score again. Mack recov ered a fumble, setting up Carroll on the Tech 26 yard line and two plays later, Emmert and Jed Thomas hooked up on a 15-yard touchdown on a screen play. That score sealed Tech’s fate, although early on, they had a chance to jump on the three-time defending champions. On the Saints opening posses sion, Emmert was dumped by a host of Tech defenders and lost the ball. Shane Hensleigh pounced on the fumble and according to Emmert, Tech dodged a bullet on the play. “On that fumble we were a half- second away from having a touch down,” Emmert said. “I am look ing for Peterson and I am looking to the house. We weren’t that far off on the first series.” Instead the ’Diggers scored a few plays later, entering the scor ing column on a 25-yard field goal from Dan Kleckner. Later in the game, Tech misfired on what could be a sure touch down, Sheets overthrew Teague Egan. “We thought we could make some plays early,” said Tech coach Bob Green. “You just have to make plays. Credit Carroll College. They are good in all phases of the game.” The Saints will hit the road next weekend as they travel to Havre, to take on the Montana State University-Northern. Montana Tech will head to Dillon to take on the University of Montana- Western. Soccer team ends winning streak at MSU-B By IR Staff Carroll College ended its six- game winning streak after suffer ing a 2-1 loss to MSU-Billings Saturday on the road. “We didn’t play particular bad, just a couple of unlucky bounces,” Carroll head coach Mark Mark Hiemenz said. Jenni Annicchiarico scored Carroll’s lone goal. “Defensively, we were a little sloppy at times,” Hiemenz said. “We had a little indecisiveness and could have played better.” The Saints (9-3-1) will travel again to Billings Friday against Rocky Mountain College at 3 pan. “We need to rebound in a posi tive way,” Hiemenz said. “Rocky Mountain is a big rival and it is going to be a big match.” MSU-Billings 2, Carroll 1 Carroll College (9-3-1) — Jenni Anniochiarico (Cassidy Merrick, Jacque Hunthausen), 45:57. Shots: 6. Goalie: Nikki Skaggs, 6 saves. Montana State-Billings (9-3-1) — Brittney Sandau (Melissa Carlson), 29:35; Ally Stroup (Carlson), 48:48. Shots: 11. Goalie: Megan Plank, 3 saves. Halftime: MSU-Billings 1, Carroll 0. photo by Jon Ebelt, Helena IR Jenni Annicchiarico goes after the ball in a recent game. The Saints soccer team dropped their last game against MSU-B, 1-0. Thursday, October 20, 2005 VOLUME 89, NO. 2
