SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Hamline (1-7, 0-7) lost to St. Scholastica (1-7, 1-6) 48-14 on Saturday at Klas Field. The Pipers threw for 259 yards on 30 completions but were intercepted three times and were held to 57 rushing yards.
The Pipers started in St. Scholastica territory and moved to the St. Scholastica 16, including
Daylen Cummings' 14-yard fourth-down completion to
Aiden Herz, but Maximilian Neaves intercepted Cummings at the St. Scholastica 4 at 12:15. St. Scholastica answered with a 96-yard drive, using Elijah Adzimahe runs of 13 and 25 yards before Adzimahe hit Brayden Dent for a 35-yard touchdown at 7:08 and Jack Schroeder's kick made it 7-0. After the Pipers went three-and-out, St. Scholastica converted third-and-12 with a 43-yard Adzimahe pass to Dent, reached the 1-yard line, and Neaves scored at 2:31 before another Schroeder kick made it 14-0. The Pipers' final drive started at its own 6 and picked up first downs on St. Scholastica penalties before
Kieran Barrientos' 48-yard punt sent St. Scholastica back to its 18 with 17 seconds left, and the first quarter ended with the Pipers down 14-0.
St. Scholastica stretched the Pipers' deficit on the first possession of the second quarter, as Blake Fox broke a 64-yard touchdown run at 14:27 and Jack Schroeder's extra point made it 21-0. The Pipers' defense got the ball back after
Chris Kujawa and
Isaiah Watson broke up passes on the next St. Scholastica drive, and the offense followed with a 15-play, 83-yard march capped by
Daylen Cummings' 4-yard touchdown pass to
Ty Burgoon at 1:29, with
Kieran Barrientos' kick making it 21-7. St. Scholastica answered quickly, moving 75 yards in four plays and scoring on Elijah Adzimahe's 36-yard touchdown pass to Stephan Jackson at 0:48 before the extra point pushed the score to 28-7. The Pipers crossed midfield in the final minute with completions to
DeAndre Smith and
Joseph McCarthy, but the drive ended on an interception in the end zone as the second quarter closed with St. Scholastica ahead 28-7.
The Pipers' defense opened the third quarter with consecutive tackles for loss by
Thomas Ikens,
Peter Schmitz and
Eliyas Dart, helping force a St. Scholastica punt before the offense drove from its own 17 to the St. Scholastica 46 and turned it over on downs. St. Scholastica followed with a three-play scoring drive, using an 18-yard run by Griffin Webb and a 9-yard Elijah Adzimahe rush before Stephan Jackson scored from 27 yards out at 6:47, and Jack Schroeder's extra point made it 35-7. The Pipers moved again after
Isaiah Watson's kickoff return, with
Daylen Cummings completions to Burgoon and Herz helping reach the St. Scholastica 43, but the drive ended on another fourth-down incompletion. St. Scholastica added a 3-yard Webb touchdown run at 1:45 after a 57-yard drive, failed on the two-point rushing attempt, and later took over after Logan Hammel's interception as the third quarter ended with St. Scholastica ahead 41-7.
Thomas Ikens' 14-yard sack backed St. Scholastica up after it had reached the Pipers' 9, and the Pipers got the ball at the St. Scholastica 48 when the fourth-down rush went backward at 12:48. The Pipers picked up a first down on
Jah Simmons-Dabney's 10-yard run, but the drive ended on a fourth-down incompletion at the St. Scholastica 34. St. Scholastica put together a 10-play, 66-yard drive from there, converting twice on third down and finishing with Christian Hoveland's 2-yard touchdown run before the extra point made it 48-7. The Pipers answered with an eight-play, 50-yard drive, with McCarthy completing passes to
Ryan Doan,
Will Jones, Smith and Leo FlintDaniel before running in a 2-yard touchdown at 1:59, and
Kieran Barrientos' extra point closed the scoring in a 48-14 final.
Cummings completed 26 of 49 passes for 208 yards and a touchdown and added 25 rushing yards. Burgoon caught seven passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Robert McCoy finished with a team-high nine tackles. McCarthy completed 4 of 5 passes for 51 yards, rushed for a touchdown and added a 6-yard reception.
The Pipers are 1-7 overall and 0-7 in conference play. St. Scholastica is 1-7 overall and 1-6 in conference play.
Up next, the Pipers host St. Olaf on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. at Klas Field in St. Paul, Minn.
