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OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE THOMAS MORE SAINTS
49
Winner Bethel (Tenn.) BU 1-0, MSC 1-0
7
Thomas More (Ky.) TM 2-1, MSC 2-1
Winner
Bethel (Tenn.) BU
1-0, MSC 1-0
49
Final
7
Thomas More (Ky.) TM
2-1, MSC 2-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BU Bethel (Tenn.) 14 14 7 14 49
TM Thomas More (Ky.) 0 0 0 7 7

Game Recap: Football |

Thomas More Falls to Bethel on Friday Night

(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) – The Thomas More University football team fell, 49-7, to Bethel University tonight (Friday, February 26, 2021) in a Mid-South Conference Bluegrass Division game at BB&T Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.

  • The Wildcats led 14-0 after one quarter as they had touchdowns of two and four yards.

  • Bethel extended the lead to 28-0 at halftime as it had touchdowns of five and four yards.

  • Bethel had a three-yard touchdown in the third quarter to lead 35-0 after three periods.

  • Thomas More cut the lead to 35-7 with 11:30 to play in the fourth quarter when first-year quarterback Blaine Espinosa (Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville) connected on a 44-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Roques Dowdy (Athens, Ga./Oconee County) and junior kicker Alexander Haley (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) added the pointer-after-attempt.
  • Bethel scored two more touchdowns for the final score of 47-7.

  • Thomas More falls to 2-1 on the season.
  • Bethel improves to 1-0.
  • Espinosa was three-for-five for 109 yards and a touchdown.
  • Sophomore Jay Volpenhein (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) was seven-for-24 for 117 yards.
  • Dowdy had three catches for 63 yards and one touchdown.
  • Senior wide receiver Charles Gaines (Elsmere, Ky./Lloyd Memorial) had one catch for 56 yards.
  • Junior tight end Mason Kramer (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) had two catches for 21 yards.
  • Senior running back Monalo Caldwell (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) had six rushes for 28 yards.
  • Sophomore linebacker Del Thomas (Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield) had 16 catches (seven solo/nine assisted), including a tackle for a loss.
  • First-year linebacker Issac Abdon (Erlanger, Ky./Lloyd Memorial) finished with two tackles (three solo/seven assisted), including a half tackle for a loss.
  • First-year defensive back Kolton Reeves (Paducah, Ky./McCracken County) had eight tackles (six solo/two assisted), including a tackle for a loss.
  • Senior defensive back Brian Manning, Jr. (Burlington, Ky./Conner) finished with eight tackles (five solo/three assisted).
  • Junior defensive lineman Dominic Valentino (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton Badin) had eight tackles (three solo/five assisted), including two and a half tackles for a loss.

  • The Saints are idle next week and return to action on March 12 when they travel to Pikeville, Kentucky to play the University of Pikeville at 5 p.m.
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