CONWAY, Ark. - Looking to snap a six-game losing skid, the Warriors faced a tough Trinity Tigers team Saturday in the last home regular season contest of the season Saturday, also known as Senior Day. The Warriors answered a Tigers field goal by scoring a touchdown to take an early 7-3 lead in the opening quarter. Giving up 21 unanswered points to Trinity ultimately cost Hendrix as the Warriors fell 38-14 Saturday at Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.
THE BASICS
- Score: Trinity 38, Hendrix 14
- Records: Tigers (5-3, 4-2 SAA) | Warriors (1-7, 1-5 SAA)
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 27, | 12 p.m. Kick-off | TOG: 2:37| Temp.: 60's degrees | Wind: 3 mph S | Weather: Sunny and nice
- Location: Conway, Ark. | Attendance: 1,482
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- Up Next:Â at Rhodes Nov. 3Â | 4Â p.m.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- After the Tigers struck first, junior
Mason Doerr found senior wide received
Michael Spainhour from 77 yards out to take a 7-3 lead.Â
- Following 21 unanswered points by the road team, freshman
Austin O'Brien found the end zone towards the end of the third quarter.
- Two more touchdowns for the Tigers propelled Trinity to a 38-14 lead in Conway Saturday afternoon.
OFFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Doerr recorded 244 passing yards on 18-of-31 throwing and a score including a 77-yard strike to Spainhour
- On the ground, sophomore
Kip VanHoose added 63 yards on 12 carries.
- Spainhour registered 92 receiving yards on a pair of catches and one touchdown.
- O'Brien scored his first collegiate touchdown; finished with 28 yards on four carries.
DEFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Junior
Joel Brackett logged a team-best seven tackles on the day including a pair of solo ones.Â
- Senior
Collin Mayer recorded six total tackles and a tackle for loss; also had one sack on the day.
- Sophomores
Brooks Parham and
Jared Bazley combined to record a sack for a loss of seven yards.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES:
- Senior
Garrett Wolf carded six punts for a total of 233 yards (38.8 average).Â
- Wolf landed one inside the Tigers' 20-yard line and had a long of 47 on the day.
- Sophomore
Levi Jones combined for 35 kick return yards on two kick returns.Â
UP NEXT:
- Hendrix will have its eyes on Rhodes, looking to snap a seven-game skid. The Warriors take on the Lynx Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. from Memphis, Tenn.
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