Box Score San Antonio - The Tiger football team
wrapped up its regular season schedule with a 42-13 win over Austin
College on Saturday afternoon of Trinity's Alumni Weekend.
Trinity finishes the regular season with a 7-3 overall record,
the 'Roos for the 16th consecutive time. The Tigers last lost
to Austin College in 1993.
Patrick Granchelli led the team with 89 yards rushing in the
game, pushing him over 2,000 yards in his career. Granchelli
is the ninth player in school history to reach the milestone,
averaging 5.9 yards/carry in today's win.
Mason Blaschke accounted for five of Trinity's six touchdowns,
with the Tiger defense picking up the sixth. Blaschke
completed 9-17 through the air for 230 yards and four touchdowns,
as well as rushing for 44 yards and another score.
Austin College actually struck first in the game, taking
advantage of a turnover in the first quarter to set up a three-yard
score on its first play from scrimmage. The Tigers answered
quickly with a four-play drive that was capped by a 53-yard
touchdown pass to tie the game.
Neither team scored again until early in the second quarter when
Blaschke plunged across the goal line from a yard out. Austin
drove to the Trinity three yard line on its next drive, but the
Tiger defense forced its first of two turnovers to stop the drive.
After the fumble, Blaschke then hit Mason Lytal for a 58-yard
touchdown score to put the Tigers up 21-7, then after the defense
held, the duo hooked up for another long score from 46 yards out.
Austin picked up the first score of the second half to make it
28-13, but once again, Trinity countered with a quick score from
Blaschke to Matthew Kennemer. The game's final score came on
a fumble recovery in the Austin end zone, as defensive lineman
Trevor Holt picked up the score.
Lytal finished with 104 yards and two touchdowns on his two
catches, while Riley Walker picked up Trinity's first score on his
only catch - the 53-yard strike that tied the game in the first
quarter.
Nick Darling led Trinity with 13 tackles in the game, while
Thomas Puskarich finished with 12. Puskarich had three
tackles for loss, while Darling picked up one of three sacks in the
game for the Tigers. Tomy Boboy increased his team-leading
total to 9.5 sacks this season, picking up six total tackles on the
day.