Football Recap: Lutheran Northwest Crusaders vs. Loyola Bull Dogs
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lutheran Northwest can now relate to. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 60-40 to the Loyola Bull Dogs, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. That makes it the first time this season the Crusaders have let down their home crowd.
Lutheran Northwest lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brock Carpenter, who picked up 86 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Lutheran Northwest is undefeated when Carpenter posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Rudy Hauss, who rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns.
Lutheran Northwest's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5. As for Loyola, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
As of now, neither Lutheran Northwest nor Loyola have any future games scheduled.
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