NAPIERVILLE, Ill. – RPI Football’s bid to reach the Amos Alonzo Stags Bowl ended with a shock in the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals.
The top-order’s north middle showed why it is the top seed in the tournament, with a 55-6 win over the Engineers on Saturday.
The Engineers (11-2) had no answer in trying to stop the Cardinals’ offense. North Central (12-0) complied 516 yards of the total offense. Running back, Ethan Greenfield gained 143 yards on 20 carries and scored two touchdowns. Quarterback Laika Lehanon was 13-for-17 for 197 yards and three touchdown passes.
North Central had a 28-6 halftime lead. He sealed the victory by scoring 20 more points in the third quarter.
The RPI’s only score came on a 3-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter from quarterback George Marinopoulos to Peter Lombardi.
RPi 0 6 0 0 – 6
North Central 14 14 20 7 – 55
NCC — Greenfield 2 runs (Mayor kick)
NCC — Hill 15 yd run (mayor kick)
NCC – Greenfield 4 runs (Mayor kick)
RPI — 3 passes from Marinopoulos, Lombardy (kick blocked)
NCC — Hardy 17 pass from Lehanen (mayor kick)
NCC — Kamensky 33 pass from Lehanen (mayor kick).
NCC – Williams 34 pass from Lehane (mayor kick)
NCC – Hill 10 Runs (Kick Fail)
NCC – Roberson 34 Interception Return (Mayor Kick)
More from The Daily Gazette:
Categories: college sports sports
!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)
{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};
if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;
n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,’script’,
‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’);
fbq(‘init’, ‘1844679482343900’);
fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);
