After a disappointing loss at Illinois Wesleyan, the North Central Cardinals responded with a 45-26 victory over Augustana College this past Saturday in Rock Island, Illinois. Trailing 6-0 after the first quarter, the Cards ripped off twenty four points in the second quarter to take a 24-20 lead into the locker room for halftime. The Cardinals would never relinquish that lead as they would score another twenty one points in the second half of the game.
Senior quarterback Aaron Fanthorpe turned out his best passing performance of the season completing 19-24 passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns, which included a forty six yard touchdown strike to receiver Steve Hlavac right before the halftime horn sounded.
On the ground the Cardinals were again led with an impressive performance from senior running back Butch Rossberg who earned every one of his 113 yards. On the day Rossberg averaged just over seven yards a carry and found the end zone on a fourteen yard scamper in the second quarter.
Leading the Cardinals aerial assault was Hlavac, who gave the Vikings secondary nightmares all afternoon. The junior wide receiver finished the day with seven catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively the Cardinals were led by junior linebacker Joe Schneiderbauer who posted eleven tackles, three of which were for a loss of yards. Sophomore defensive back Josh McLeod provided a key interception for the Cardinals in the second quarter that helped jump start the Cardinal offense.
The victory puts the Cardinals at 7-2 for the 2009 season. Ranked 16th in the nation by the latest D3Football.com poll, the Cardinals will look to finish the regular season 8-2 when the Elmhurst College Bluejays roll into town this Saturday. This last home game of the regular season and senior appreciation day is set for a 1 PM start. On Saturday the Cardinals will attempt to capture their forth consecutive CCIW Conference Championship.
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