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Wartburg Advances to NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 37-31 win over St. Thomas

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WAVERLY, Iowa-- Fifth-ranked Wartburg advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in its 37-31 win over No. 20 St. Thomas (8-3 overall) Saturday. The Knights remain a perfect 11-0.





Notes:
-Junior Logan Schrader (Killdeer, Ill.) surpassed the 1,000 rushing mark for his career on the day on his 44-yard carry in the fourth quarter.
-This was the eighth NCAA playoff victory for Wartburg under Coach Willis and 11th in program history.
-This was the most points St. Thomas has allowed in the seven-year Glenn Caruso era (86 games).
-James Garlock had an interception on the Tommies' second drive of the day that the Knights capitalized on and had their second score of the game.
-St. Thomas attempted an on-side kick in the third quarter that Wartburg recovered.
-The Tommies attempted another on-side kick late in the fourth quarter that they were successful in recovering.
-However, Wartburg junior Logan Pitz had a game-clinching interception on 3-7 from the Wartburg 39.
-Brandon Domeyer had three touchdowns on the day and had his fourth 100-yard game of the season as he finished with 138.
-Schrader finished 11-21-0 for 168 yards. He has thrown for triple digits in every game this season.
-Taylor Jacobsmeier led the receivers with 109 yards on seven catches.
-This marked Wartburg's first home playoff game since 2010 and first home playoff win since 2003.
-The Knights will face St. John's next Saturday at noon. Game site will be announced Sunday.

Scoring summary:
1st 09:10 WARFB  Brandon Domeyer 4 yd run (Michael Bohlke kick) 
      10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:21 0 - 7 
 00:57 WARFB  Logan Schrader 5 yd run (Michael Bohlke kick failed) 
      10 plays, 64 yards, TOP 4:33 0 - 13 
2nd 13:55 UST  Nick Waldvogel 1 yd run (Paul Graupner kick) 
      6 plays, 72 yards, TOP 1:55 7 - 13 
 09:10 UST  Brenton Braddoc 11 yd run (Paul Graupner kick) 
      10 plays, 47 yards, TOP 3:50 14 - 13 
 03:55 WARFB  Brandon Domeyer 3 yd run (Michael Bohlke kick) 
      13 plays, 93 yards, TOP 5:08 14 - 20 
3rd 06:45 WARFB  Michael Bohlke 25 yd field goal 
      18 plays, 80 yards, TOP 8:08 14 - 23 
 00:21 UST  Charlie Dowdle 15 yd pass from John Gould (Paul Graupner kick) 
      15 plays, 67 yards, TOP 6:19 21 - 23 
4th 12:17 WARFB  Brandon Domeyer 1 yd run (Michael Bohlke kick) 
      9 plays, 46 yards, TOP 3:01 21 - 30 
 09:24 UST  Charlie Dowdle 48 yd pass from John Gould (Paul Graupner kick) 
      7 plays, 89 yards, TOP 2:44 28 - 30 
 04:30 WARFB  Will Ebert 10 yd pass from Logan Schrader (Michael Bohlke kick) 
      9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:54 28 - 37 
 00:52 UST  Paul Graupner 28 yd field goal 
      11 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:38 31 - 37 

Junior Will Janssen (Mediapolis) led the defense with 11 total tackles on the day (five solo and six assists).

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