Kevin Krows/Millikin University
16
Winner Kalamazoo KZOO 1-1
13
Millikin MILLIKIN 1-1
Winner
Kalamazoo KZOO
1-1
16
Final
13
Millikin MILLIKIN
1-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
KZOO Kalamazoo 7 6 0 3 16
MILLIKIN Millikin 3 10 0 0 13

Game Recap: Football |

Millikin Football Falls to Hornets

          The Millikin football team lost to the Kalamazoo College Hornets 16-13 at Frank M. Lindsay Field in Decatur, Illinois on September 12.  The game was part of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) vs. the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Challenge.
          Things looked good for the Big Blue early as the Millikin's Isaiah Blumenshine sacked Hornets quarterback Alex White forcing him to fumble at his own five yard line.  Millikin's Travis Goveia scooped up the fumble setting up the Millikin offense in the red zone.  Millikin couldn't generate any yardage on three running plays and had to settle for a 23 yard field goal from Chayce Volpert.
          Kalamazoo answered back on its next possession drove 10 plays for 64 yards capped by a five yard touchdown pass from White to K.J. Schultz to make it 7-3 Hornets.
          Kalamazoo used a 20 yard Viet Nguyen field goal to take a 10-3 lead early in the second quarter.
          The Millikin special teams would then make a big play to tie the game at 10-10 with 8:55 left in the first half. Goveia blocked a punt by Kalamazoo's George Fishback and   ran 29 yards for the touchdown.
          Millikin went up 13-10 on a 35 yard Volpert field goal with 1:01 left in the second quarter. 
          The Hornets answered back moving the ball into Millikin territory and getting a 32 yard field goal from Nguyen with two seconds left in the first half to tie the game at 13-13.
          The defenses dominated the second half with the only score of the half coming on the second play of the fourth quarter when Nguyen connected on his third field goal this time from 34 yards out.
          Millikin got in position to tie the game in the final minute, but Volpert's 48 yard field goal attempt came up short.
          Millikin had 266 yards of total offense, but here hurt by three interceptions and 10 penalties.  Kalamazoo had 392 yards of total offense throwing for 304 yards.
          Nick Pippin was 7-14-3 passing for 111 yards while Nicco Stepina was 7-13 for 82 yards.  Freshman Andre Colvin led the Millikin running backs with 29 yards on 10 carries.  Taylor Sanders and four catches for 78 yards to top the Big Blue receivers.
          White was 36-57-2 passing for Kalamazoo for 304 yards and one touchdown.  Schultz had 12 catches for 133 yards and a touchdown.
          Treyvon Hawkins and Chase Robbins led the Millikin defense with each tackles each.  Adam Rosner had six tackles with four tackles for a loss.  Goveia had five tackles with 3.5 tackles for a loss and one fumble recovery.  Mykal Neal and Demetreeus Loper had interceptions for the Big Blue.
          Dylan Zerki led the Kalamazoo defense with eight tackles.  Quentin Sweeney, Lucas Hartlee and Octavius Sanders each had an interception.
          Both teams are now 1-1 on the season.
          Millikin will have its bye week before traveling to Aurora University on Sept. 26 at 1 p.m.
 
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