ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Wide receiver
Nick Heenie (SR, Victoria, Minn./Waconia HS) topped the 1,000-yard mark in receiving this season, leading Augsburg University in its season-ending 27-9 loss at Hamline University in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football action on Saturday.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE:Â Hamline 27, Augsburg 9
LOCATION:Â Klas Field, St. Paul, Minn.
RECORDS:Â Augsburg 2-8Â overall (0-8Â MIAC), Hamline 1-9 overall (1-7Â MIAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Heenie caught six passes for 58 yards, including a seven-yard touchdown pass fromÂ
Chad Costello (SO, Champlin, MInn./Champlin Park HS) in the fourth quarter.
• Heenie finished his senior season with 84 catches for 1,154 yards and 11 touchdowns, tied for the fourth-most catches in a season in Augsburg history. In his 32-game Augsburg career, he finished with 2,739 receiving yards (fifth-most in school history) on 201 receptions (sixth in school history) and 29 touchdowns (fourth in school history).
• In the battle for "The Hammer" traveling trophy between the two teams, Hamline outgained Augsburg by a 408-268 margin, including a 307-200 advantage in passing yardage.
• Costello completed 19-of-51 passes for 200 yards in the game.
Josiah Ferguson (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) caught four passes for 64 yards, and
Nate Herber (FY, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) caught five passes for 45 yards.
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RaQuan Cunnigan (SR, Madison, Wis./Memorial HS) rushed 12 times for 58 yards.
• KickerÂ
Tyler Hanson (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) connected on a season-best 37-yard field goal late in the first quarter.
• Defensively,
Derek Glynn (JR, Lonsdale, Minn./Faribault HS) and
Barclay Bates (SR, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice HS) had six tackles each, while
Clayton Byrd (SR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) and
Jake Borchert (JR, Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) had five tackles each.
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John Martin (SR, North Oaks, Minn./Roseville HS) and
Collin Feld (JR, Baraboo, Wis./Baraboo HS) each recorded interceptions for the Auggies.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The game marked end of the collegiate football careers for 18 Augsburg seniors: Bates, Byrd, Cunnigan, Hanson, Heenie,
John Martin,
Mustafa Adam (SR, River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS),
Keith Anthony (SR, New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS),Â
Tory Bailey (SR, La Vergne, Tenn./La Vergne HS),
Jermaine Borward (SR, St. Paul, Minn./Tartan HS),
Lakeem Johnson (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS),
Cortez Killing (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS), Jake Kraft (SR, Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS),
Quentin Lake (SR, Portland, Ore./Lincoln HS),
Christopher Lemke (SR, Glencoe, Minn./Glencoe-Silver Lake HS),
Chris Martin (SR, Parker, Colo./Regis Jesuit HS),
Graham Romero (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) and
Shannon Storley (SR, Waconia, Minn./Waconia HS).
FOR THE FOES
• Justice Spriggs completed 24-of-42 passes for 307 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Harrison Jones. Jones caught 13 passes for 196 yards.
• Adan Rodriguez had 11 tackles (six solo) and Noah Jacobson had 10 tackles to lead the Piper defense.