It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Loyola had no problem doing just that on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 30-13 win over the Tustin Tillers.
The critical scores for Loyola came from Markus Kier, Sean Morris Ii, and Desi Valdes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Loyola's defense and their five sacks. Daequan Jeffes was especially locked on to Tustin's QB and sacked him 2.5 times. Jeffes has become a key player for Loyola: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least one sack, but 3-5 otherwise.
Special teams was a major factor in the game for Loyola, racking up 12 points in total. All came courtesy of Jacob Kreinbring: he went 3-for-3 kicking field goals for nine points, and 3-for-3 again kicking extra points for an additional three.
Despite the loss, Tustin still got an impressive performance from Eimesse Essis, who rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 38 receiving yards.
Loyola's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Tustin, they moved to 9-2 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Loyola will take on Crean Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Crean Lutheran is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.7 points per game this season. Tustin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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