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SRU
Falls to Notre Dame
Slippery Rock saw its season
come to an end with a 21-17 defeat at Notre Dame in the
quarterfinal round.
The Rock finishes with an 11-3
record, while Notre Dame improves to 13-0 and advances to the
national semifinals.
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Blazers
Dominate Lenoir-Rhyne
Valdosta State continued its
offensive onslaught with a 61-21 win over Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday
afternoon
VSU will host No. 11 Notre Dame
at 12 p.m. at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium with a berth in the
national championship on the line.
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Ferris
State Crushes OBU
Ferris State will face
Minnesota State on the road at 3 p.m. on Saturday for a berth in
the Division II title game.
Keyondre Craig carried the ball
just once, but it was a stellar 42-yard carry that finished with
a flourish
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Minnesota
State Freezes Tarleton
The game began in normal
weather conditions and with Tarleton going up 10-0. Before the
end of the first half, a snowstorm began that changed the tone
of the game. A standard pitch and catch became more difficult
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Tarleton
Knocks Off Defending Champs
To be the best, you
have to beat the best.
Tarleton State has proven all
season they were the best team in the Lone Star Conference, but
its biggest test yet came in the second round of the playoffs -
defending National Champions Texas A&M-Commerce.
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LRU
Reaches Into Bag of Tricks
With the season hanging in the
balance, Lenoir-Rhyne dug deeper than it had all year
long.
Wingate had pulled ahead by a
field goal after scoring with less than three minutes to
go.
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No
Campbell But Ferris Wins Anyway
Ferris State continued its own
version of a revenge tour, vanquishing a loss to Northwest
Missouri without its standout quarterback.
Jayru Campbell did not play but
the Bulldogs jumped out to a 20-0 lead.
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Notre
Dame Advances to Quarterfinals
"A sixty-minute game
against a good opponent is always going to be a little bit like
a rollercoaster."
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Wingate
Knocks Off West Georgia
Wingate scored a
pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday, rallying for a 41-31
victory over West Georgia
Shaw Crocker threw for two
scores to freshman wide receiver Jalen Brooks, including the
game-winner with 10:38 to go.
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Northwest
Downs Grand Valley
Northwest Missouri
used a punishing ground game and slowed down the Grand Valley
passing attack for a 42-17 victory.
Northwest rushed for 356 yards and the Bearcat defense held the
Lakers to 128 yards passing. |
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Defending
Champs Eliminate Duluth
Commerce punt returner
Dominique Ramsey was asked how many hands Minnesota Duluth put
on him during a return late in the first half of their playoff
opener.
Ramsey could not remember.
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Texans
Blast Azusa Pacific
In the first home
NCAA Playoff game in school history, Tarleton State dominated
Azusa Pacific in a 58-0 rout.
Tarleton moves on to the second round of the playoffs and will
host No. 6-seed Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday. |
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West
Chester Upset in First Round
In the span of just seven days,
the West Chester football program went from the euphoria of
capturing its first outright conference championship in 47
years, to a shocking first round playoff loss that ranks right
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2018 D2 Football Championship Headed to Texas
The NCAA Division II Football Committee has selected the city of
McKinney, Texas, and The Lone Star Conference as the host of
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