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| 08/29/25 - Home | 23-22 W |
| 08/30/24 - Away | 35-0 W |
| 08/26/23 - Home | 14-22 L |
| 11/07/15 - Away | 22-45 L |
Columbia took care of business in their home opener (barely) on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 23-22 win over the Mater Dei Knights. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Eagles also won the last time the pair played back in August of 2024.
Jase Nelson went supernova, rushing for 153 yards and one TD, while also catching one score. Xavier Voegele was another key player, throwing for 110 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Columbia proved: they limited Mater Dei to a paltry 1.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Keegan Thompson for the heroic effort on defense: he. Columbia's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.8.
Despite the defeat, Mater Dei saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Hunter Hochbaum threw for 268 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also punched in one score on the ground. A healthy portion of Hochbaum's aerial production (89 yards to be exact) went to Beckett Wade.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Columbia is packing up and heading out for their first away game of the season: they will challenge Waterloo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Mater Dei, they will head out to square off against Breese Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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