DIVISION III FOOTBALL Wheaton earns showdown with Mt. Union
Baldwin-Wallace let a 12-0 first-half lead slip away .
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WHEATON, Ill. -- Dan Price ran for two touchdowns on Saturday and unbeaten Wheaton rallied to beat Baldwin-Wallace 16-12 in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Wheaton (12-0) moves to the quarterfinals against Mount Union (11-0).
Baldwin-Wallace (10-2) took a 12-0 lead on Dan Larlham's 1-yard run in the first quarter and his 10-yard scoring pass to Dave Erhman in the second.
Price's 8-yard run capping a 72-yard drive got Wheaton to within 12-7 at the half. His 1-yard TD run midway through the third capped a 71-yard drive and put Wheaton up by a point. Andrew Day added a 24-yard field goal later in the period.
Brad Musso caught five passes for 73 yards to set Wheaton's single-season receiving record with 1,256 yards. Price finished with 93 yards on 25 carries. Baldwin-Wallace's Mark Anders rushed for 78 yards on 21 carries.
Wheaton's defense had two interceptions and sacked Larlham four times.
St. John's, Minn. 38, St. Norbert 13
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- Ryan Keating threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns to lead St. John's.
Blake Elliott was all over the stat sheet for the Johnnies, catching twelve passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns and rushing five times for 81 yards and a TD.
RPI 40, Springfield 34
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Dan Cole completed 26 of 44 passes for 348 yards and five touchdowns to lead RPI.
Springfield (10-1) led 27-17 after Shawn McGowan returned a fumbled punt snap 49 yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter. But Cole threw three touchdown passes in the quarter, including a 58 yarder to Dan Stephens, to give the Engineers 37-27 lead after three.
Stephens caught six passes for 124 yards while Flynn Cochran had 11 receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns. Both of Tony Branche's catches went for touchdowns.
Lycoming 13, E. Texas Baptist 7
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Quarterback Phil Mann ran for a 9-yard touchdown in overtime to give Lycoming a win over East Texas Baptist.
Mann, who was 8-of-30 for 100 yards and two interceptions for Lycoming (9-1), also scored on a 7-yard run early in the fourth quarter to tie the score 7-7.
East Texas Baptist (9-3) took the lead in the first quarter on a 49-yard run by RoShawn Johnson, capping a four-play, 70-yard drive. Johnson finished the day with 177 yards on 36 carries.
Bridgewater 26,Christoper Newport 3
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Marcus Washington ran for 104 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown to lead Bridgewater.
Washington's four-yard TD run with 3:13 left gave the Eagles (11-1) 323 total offensive yards, compared to 124 for the Captains (8-3). Winston Young had a 2-yard TD run in the third quarter for Bridgewater, and Brandon Wakefield started the game with a 1-yard run in the first quarter.
Jason Broskie kicked a 30-yard field goal for the Captains' lone score.
Ithaca 33, Montclair St. 13
UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- Pete Celebre rushed for two touchdowns, leading Ithaca to a victory over Montclair State.
Linfield 23, Wartburg 20
SALEM, Ore. -- Garrett Wales kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Linfield.
The Wildcats (11-1) drove 59 yards in five plays with 1:16 left to set up Wales' game-winning kick. Casey Allen caught a 35-yard pass and Thomas Ford rushed three times for 24 yards on the drive.
Wartburg's Cody Kelley scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally the Knights from a 20-6 deficit. Kelley caught a 25-yard touchdown from Reed Hoskins with 7:26 left, then scored on a fourth-and-6 play from the Linfield 9. Hoskins found Kelley in the right corner of the end zone, tying the game with 1:21 to go.
The Knights (11-1) moved the ball effectively during the final two quarters, but four second-half turnovers, including three interceptions deep in Linfield territory, thwarted them until late in the final period.
Linfield opened up the scoring on its second possession, going 80 yards in 17 plays. Tyler Matthews found Josh Armstrong in the left corner of the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown with 43 seconds left in the first quarter. Linfield went on top 17-6 in the final minute of the half, when Allen caught a pass from Matthews and bulled his way past Eugene Thomas for a touchdown.
The Wildcats outgained the Knights 424-417. Matthews passed for 272 yards, completing 17 of 43 attempts with two interceptions. Ford rushed 28 times for 158 yards.
In defeat, Hoskins 23 of 38 passing for 324 yards but was intercepted four times.
The Wildcats next face St. John's, Minn., the team that eliminated them in last season's quarterfinal.
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