St. Thomas seniors quarterback Dakota Tracy and wide receiver Fritz Waldvogel used their experience to lead the St. Thomas football team to a 45-10 victory over St. John Fisher. After three years of bowing out in the NCAA quarterfinals, the team will finally get to experience the semifinals.
The Tommie seniors will leave the comforts of Palmer Field for good as UST travels down I 94/90 to Whitewater to play the two-time defending NCAA Division III national champion UW-Whitewater Warhawks with the winner of Saturday’s game earning a berth in the December 16th Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, Virginia.
After three straight games in O’Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul, the Tommies will hit the road to play a Whitewater team that Caruso calls “the standard” in Division-III football.
“We are working hard to be in the position that Whitewater is in,” Caruso said. “This is such an enormous step for us because if we want to get there, we’ll have to go through them.”
The Warhawks have won the national championship three of the last four years and are undefeated and largely unchallenged this season.
Whitewater senior running back Levell Coppage has 1,919 yards and 27 touchdowns this season behind a big offensive line.
“They have a legitimate run game,” Caruso said. “Their offensive line is a lot like ours. Coach K (Wallie Kuchinski) and our defense are going to have their hands full this week.”
Whitewater advanced to its seventh consecutive berth in the semifinal round with a 34-14 victory over Salisbury (Maryland) Saturday afternoon at Perkins Stadium.
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