San Antonio - Trinity's football team suffered its second straight loss on Saturday evening, dropping a 49-28 game against second-ranked University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

The Tigers fall to 2-2 on the season, after opening 2012 with two consecutive wins.  Prior to last week, Trinity had not suffered a regular season loss since the 2010 season.

Trinity got off to a rough start in tonight's game, as Mary Hardin-Baylor jumped out early with 21 first-quarter points.  The Tigers had two turnovers and a turnover on downs in the first half of play, and UMHB added 21 more points in the second quarter.

The Tigers got on the board with a touchdown early in the second quarter to make it 21-7, but the Crusaders continued scoring, and the game was never closer than that the rest of the game.  Trinity scored the only points of the third quarter to make it 42-14, then outscored UMHB 14-7 in the final quarter.

Hagen Kattner led all receivers with 119 yards and a touchdown on five receptions, highlighted by a 65-yard catch-and-run on a pass from Mason Blaschke.  Blaschke was 2-3 for 77 yards passing in the game.

Nykolas McKissic completed 17-29 through the air, accounting for 178 yards and one touchdown.  McKissic also had 18 yards and one touchdown on 15 rushing attempts, losing 33 yards on four sacks. 

Patrick Granchelli led Trinity with 49 yards rushing, while also grabbing 38 receiving yards on three catches.  Matthew Kennemer added 52 yards on five receptions, while also returning five kickoffs for 126 yards total.

Thomas Puskarich led Trinity with 11 tackles in the game, while J.P. Sanchez and Zach Wright finished with seven stops each.  Tomy Boboy recorded the only sack of the game for the Tigers, while Jamal Murray had a 56-yard interception return for a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Trinity will remain at home for its next game, which will be next Saturday against Rhodes College.  Kickoff is at 6:00 p.m. for the matchup between former Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opponents.