St. Norbert 30, Carroll 6
WAUKESHA, Wis. - St. Norbert College remained in contention for
its first Midwest Conference championship since 2007 with a 30-6
win over Carroll University at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights (4-3) moved into a five-way tie for second-place
in the MWC standings at 4-2. St. Norbert, Carroll, Grinnell,
Illinois College and Monmouth are all one game behind Ripon with
three weeks left to play.
St. Norbert led 7-6 after the first quarter, breaking open the game
with two second-quarter touchdown. Rob Berger scored on a 3-yard
touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter for a 13-6
lead, a drive set up by a Carroll fumble in its own end.
The Green Knights boosted their advantage to 20-6 with 6:05 left
before halftime on a 2-yard plunge by John Weninger on
fourth-and-goal. St. Norbert converted on two fourth downs on the
drive, which lasted nine plays covering 59 yards.
Following a scoreless third quarter, St. Norbert made it a
three-possession game with a 30-yard field goal by Roger Nault with
12:27 left. Berger's 60-yard bomb to Joe Green with 6:30 left
closed out the scoring.
St. Norbert, which did not have any turnovers, put up 355 yards of
total offense on the Midwest Conference's top-ranked defense, and
became the first team to score at least 30 points on Carroll this
year. Berger completed 14 of 25 passes for 248 yards and one
touchdown and also rushed 13 times for 42 yards and one touchdown.
Weninger rushed 23 times for 45 yards and two touchdown. Green
hauled in five receptions for 133 yards and one score.
Carroll put up just 178 yards of total offense, with 69 coming on
the ground. Pioneer quarterback Chris Casper completed 11 of 22
passes for 72 yards. Joe Beckstrand, who scored Carroll's lone
touchdown with a 3-yard run in the first quarter, rushed 18 times
for 82 yards.
