NAIA FCS Semifinal Game Day - Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021

Morningside Mustangs No. 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 43 45 46 50 52 55 56 57 58 60 64 66 67 70 74 81 86 88 90 92 95 96 97 98 94

Name Austin Johnson Caleb Schweigart Jamal Jones Lonell Boyd, Jr. Bryson Freeberg Michael Payne Tyler Wingert Zach Norton Cajon Greene Joe Dolincheck Joshua Miller Braden Drehle Ben Steffens Weston Schultz Kaden Ladwig Jon Andreasen Chase Carter Jalen Portis Caden Ochsendorf Logan Macumber Ben Chelsvig Cooper Von Seggern Drew Bessey Michael Minor Jake Taute Matt Strecker Jack Sievert Brody Nelson Sione Tuifua Ryan Cole Isaac Bower Isaac Pingel Carter Anderson Colton Dreith Jack West Colton Irlbeck Jacob Murphy Hayden Thilges Tyler Anderson Colby Roos Haden Mendel Christian Riha Hunter Behrens Riley Lindberg Mason Williams Jason Hahlbeck Dylan Miller Tristin Johnston Reid Jurgensmeier Aiden Queen Laken Harnly Gage Haake Brady Schlaeger Carson Wadle Zack Keller Dominick Barrett Jonah Kollbaum Zach McKee

Pos. WR WR DB DB RB WR LB WR DB QB DB QB K DL QB DB K LB DB DB DB LB DB RB TE RB TE LB TE RB LB LB DL LB DB P LS OL OL OL LB OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR TE WR DL DL DL DL DL DL DL

Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr.

Ht. 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-1 5-9 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-3 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-0 .5-11 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1

ABOUT MORNINGSIDE Location: Sioux City, IA Founded: 1894 Colors: Maroon and White Great Plains Athletic Conference Champions Record: 12-0

Wt. 200 170 175 195 170 210 220 175 175 200 210 220 170 240 185 200 170 225 185 190 185 215 200 215 230 225 230 210 240 190 205 220 255 230 195 180 200 250 275 250 225 245 295 260 255 275 275 280 210 230 180 235 280 255 245 290 265 250

Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D. Omaha, Neb. Adelanto, Calif.

St. Louis, Mo. Neola, Iowa Omaha, Neb. Holstein, Iowa/ Sioux Falls, S.D. Oklahoma City, Okla.

Bellevue, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Waynesville, Mo. Spirit Lake, Iowa Mason City, Iowa Ida Grove, Iowa Lincoln, Neb. Knoxville, Iowa St. Louis, Mo. Amboy, Minn.

Elkhorn, Neb. Story City, Iowa Wisner, Neb. Palmyra, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Cedar Park, Tex. Columbus, Neb. St. Ansgar, Iowa Beatrice, Neb. Barrow, Alaska St. Ansgar, Iowa Massena, Iowa Spencer, Iowa Blair, Neb. Storm Lake, Iowa Davenport, Iowa Templeton, Iowa Sioux Falls, S.D. Kansas City, Mo. Ida Grove, Iowa Sioux City, Iowa Worthing, S.D. Omaha, Neb. Manning, Iowa Fremont, Neb. Omaha, Neb. O’Neil, Neb. Ankeny, Iowa Osceola, Neb. Wahoo, Neb. Fremont, Neb. Lincoln, Neb. Stapleton, Neb. Spencer, Iowa Dexter, Iowa Wilber, Neb. Baltimore, Md. Bronson, Iowa Hawarden, Iowa

Head coach: Steve Ryan Assistant coaches: Andrew Rode, Casey Jacobsen, Nathan Turner, Jay Schlichte, Taylor James, Darius Hicks, Klayton Nordeen, Deion Clayborne, Roger Jansen

Morningside Offense POS. QB QB RB RB TE TE LT LT LG LG C C RG RG RT RT H H WR WR WR WR

NO. 12 18 27 36 35 86 67 74 55 70 66 58 56 52 60 64 31 33 1 10 81 2

PLAYER Joey Dolincheck Kaden Ladwig Anthony Sims Ryan Cole Sione Tuifua Aiden Queen Jason Hahlbeck Tristin Johnston Tyler Anderson Dylan Miller Mason Williams Christian Riha Colby Roos Hayden Thilges Hunter Behrens Riley Lindberg Jake Taute Jack Sievert Austin Johnson Zach Norton Reid Jurgensmeier Caleb Schweigart

YR. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Jr.

HT. 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-10

WT. 210 190 200 190 240 230 265 280 280 280 260 250 250 250 290 250 230 215 190 180 215 175

HT. 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0

WT. 245 230 260 250 285 260 250 215 210 215 215 220 215 210 180 180 190 165 185 185 170 205

HT. 6-1 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-10

WT. 195 210 190 190 190 180 180 180

Morningside Defense POS. DE DE DL DL DL DL DE DE LB LB LB LB LB LB CB CB SF SF SF SF CB CB

NO. 17 90 41 99 97 98 96 95 39 28 9 57 21 34 3 19 29 22 4 26 11 24

PLAYER Weston Schultz Gage Haake Carter Anderson Zach McKee Dom Barrett Jonah Kollbaum Zack Keller Carson Wadle Isaac Pingel Cooper Von Seggern Tyler Wingert Haden Mendel Jalen Portis Brody Nelson Jamal Jones Jon Andreasen Drew Bessey Caden Ochsendorf Lonell Boyd Jr. Ben Chelsvig Cajon Green Logan Macumber

YR. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So.

Morningside Special Teams POS. K P S/Sn L/Sn H KR KR PR

NO. 20 46 50 50 18 2 8 2

PLAYER Chase Carter Colton Irlbeck Jacob Murphy Jacob Murphy Kaden Ladwig Caleb Schweigart Michael Payne Caleb Schweigart

YR. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Sr.

Northwestern Red Raiders NO. NAME POS. YR. 0/19 Tanner Schouten WR 6-3 1 Cade Moser WR 6-4 2 Logan Meyer RB 6-1 3 Konner McQuillan RB 6-0 4 Michael Storey WR 6-4 5 Tyson Kooima QB 6-0 5 Noah Van’t Hof DB 6-2 6 Lucas Nagel TE 6-4 6 Jaden Snyder DB/P 6-2 7 Luke Guggenmos QB 6-3 7 Gavin Lorenzen DB 5-10 8 Korbyn Gramstad DE 6-2 9 Lorenzo Jones WR 6-1 9 Eli Stader K 6-0 10 Clayton Bosma QB 6-4 11 Blake Fryar QB 6-1 11 Brett Moser LB 6-2 12 Jalyn Gramstad QB/DB 6-0 18 Bryce Paulsen DB 6-2 20 Kole Telford RB 5-11 21 Liam Stubbe DB 5-11 23 Drew Quinlin RB 6-0 23 Morris Hofer LB 6-1 24 Nate Rice RB 6-0 24/31 Tristan Mulder LB 6-2 25 Brendan Zeutenhorst WR 6-6 26 Tyce Ortman RB 5-11 30 Jessen Reinking DL 6-3 34 Jake Davies DB 6-1 35 Blake Anderson TE 6-4 35 Luis Ochoa LB 6-0 36 Garrett Packer RB 5-11 37 Chase Scheidegger DB 5-11 38 Ben Kingery LB 5-10 42 Mo Watson LB 5-10 43 Parker Fryar LB 6-3 44 Brennan Holder LB 6-0 51 Tanner Oleson LB 6-1 54 Jawan Grant OL 6-0 58 Travis Grover OL 6-6 60 Isaac Grev DL 6-3 65 Alan Garner OL 6-1 65/49 Patrick Gottburg OL 6-2 69 Jack Johnson OL 6-1 70 Jared Gerdes OL 6-2 74 Greg Will OL 6-4 75 Josh Thomas OL 6-2 78 Blake Sevier OL 6-3 79 Darlin Marquez OL 6-0 80 Braden Jahn WR 5-11 83 Canon Flores WR 6-1 85 Cole Gunderson TE 6-5 85 Altarik Lumpkins DE 6-3 87 Ben Vander Griend WR 6-0 89 Ty Schafer WR 5-11 90 Karlveon Ford DE 6-0 93 Peyton Nieuwsma DL 6-2 94/0 TJ Jones DL 6-4 95 Marshall Kleinhesselink DL 6-3 96 Garrett Raymon DL 5-11 99 Adam Gubbels DL 6-0

HT. 185 185 220 200 175 200 200 215 205 190 170 235 170 250 175 195 235 195 195 190 195 220 210 180 210 220 190 230 175 220 215 215 200 230 215 215 195 215 285 320 280 245 240 280 290 285 295 330 260 165 180 230 230 180 170 250 280 300 230 225 220

WT. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. So.

ABOUT NORTHWESTERN Location: Orange City, IA Founded: 1882 Colors: Red and White Great Plains Athletic Conference Runner-Ups Record: 12-1 HOMETOWN Orange City, Iowa Rock Valley, Iowa Alvord, Iowa Leavenworth, Kan. Spencer, Iowa Hull, Iowa Lester, Iowa George, Iowa Larchwood, Iowa Palmer, Ark. Larchwood, Iowa Lester, Iowa Orlando, Fla. Cedar Grove, Wis. Sioux Center, Iowa Waukee, Iowa Rock Valley, Iowa Lester, Iowa Marshall, Minn.

Rock Rapids, Iowa Ackley, Iowa Oregon, Mo. Onieda, S.D. Sioux City, Iowa Rock Valley, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa Canistota, S.D. Kingsley, Iowa Brandon, Wis. Oakland, Neb. Surprise, Ariz.

Zearing, Iowa Rockwell City, Iowa Casey, Iowa Ankeny, Iowa Waukee, Iowa Rockwell City, Iowa Larchwood, Iowa Kansas City, Mo. Spencer, Iowa Odin, Minn.

Chula Vista, Calif.

Sioux City, Iowa Blue Springs, Mo. Chandler, Ariz.

Spirit Lake, Iowa Huntley, Ill. Orient, Iowa Ireton, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa Gretna, Neb. Harcourt, Iowa Palm Coast, Fla. West Point, Neb. Sioux Falls, S.D. Pueblo, Colo.

Sioux Falls, S.D. Manson, Iowa Sheldon, Iowa Hills, Minn.

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Head coach: Matt McCarty Assistant coaches: Josh Davis, Billy Kirch, Brad Zeutenhorst, Ross Fernstrum, Brice Byker, Gabe Davis, Sam Van Ginkel, Tarence Roby, Tanner Machacek, Benji Kasel, Jacob Kalogonis, Sam Rall, Levi Letsche, Mitch Van Beek, Jeremiah Delzer

Northwestern Offense POS. NO. PLAYER QB 5 Tyson Kooima QB 11 Blake Fryar RB 3 Konner McQuillan RB 2 Logan Meyer TE 35 Blake Anderson TE 25 Brendan Zeutenhorst LT 74 Greg Will LT 66 Patrick Gottburg LG 79 Darlin Marquez LG 54 Jawan Grant C 69 Jack Johnson C 65 Alan Garner RG 78 Blake Sevier RG 75 Josh Thomas RT 58 Travis Grover RT 70 Jared Gerdes WR 83 Canon Flores WR 87 Ben Vander Griend WR 4 Michael Storey WR 0 Tanner Schouten WR 1 Cade Moser WR 9 Lorenzo Jones

HT. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So Fr. Jr. Fr.

WT. 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-1

YR. 198 190 202 217 220 217 285 265 269 300 283 260 328 293 318 289 180 180 180 185 185 172

6-3 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10

238 218 299 240 288 230 232 233 216 214 229 212 217 194 192 172 205 174 200 195 193 168

Northwestern Defense DE DE DL DL DL DL DE DE LB LB LB LB LB LB CB CB SS SS FS FS CB CB

11 23 0 96 93 95 30 8 51 42 38 31 43 44 21 9 6 34 5 18 12 7

Brett Moser Sr. Morris Hofer So. Tyler Jones Jr. Garrett Raymon So. Peyton Nieuwsma So. Marshall Kleinhesselink So. Jessen Reinking So. Korbyn Gramstad So. Tanner Oleson Jr. Mo Watson Fr. Ben Kingery Fr. Tristan Mulder Fr. Parker Fryar Fr. Brennan Holder Fr. Liam Stubbe Sr. Lorenzo Jones Fr. Jaden Snyder Jr. Jacob Davies Fr. Noah Van’t Hof Jr. Bryce Paulsen Fr. Jalyn Gramstad Fr. Gavin Lorenzen Fr.

Northwestern Special Teams K P S/Sn L/Sn KR H KR PR

9 6 89 89 0 11 20 89

Eli Stader Jaden Snyder Ty Schafer Ty Schafer Tanner Schouten Blake Fryar Kole Telfrod Ty Schafer

Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr.

6-1 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-11

235 205 168 168 185 195 188 168

Mustang A pair of Great Plains Athletic Conference titans duke it out for a second successive season for a spot in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Football Championship Series finale.

Second-seeded Morningside University, sporting a 12-0 record, toppled Northwestern College (12-1) 55-49 in a memorable Week Nine conference clash at De Valois Stadium in Orange City. The fourth-seeded Red Raiders find themselves in similar territory to 2020 when they dropped the regular-season game to the Mustangs. However, they did exact a measure of revenge, scoring a touchdown in the final moments to upend the then two-time defending national champs 44-41 in the national last four.

THE SERIES Morningside has a 19-12 edge on NWC. That lead is due, in large part, to winning 14 of the last 16 meetings.

THE MATCH-UP Something will have to give on the FieldTurf inside Elwood Olsen Stadium this afternoon. Morningside and Northwestern are the number one and three teams scoring-wise (59.3 ppg/46.8 ppg). At the same time, the two defenses can take over games, too, with the visitors surrendering only 15.3 points per outing and the hosts allowing only 17.3 per appearance.

Digging deeper into the national numbers, Mside is ranked atop the NAIA in 17 different categories. NWC is among the best three in 11 categories.

Individually, the offensive storyline remains the same. Senior quarterback Joe Dolincheck is the country’s leader in completions (271), completion percentage (68.4), yards (4085), yards per game (340.4), touchdowns (40), and pass efficiency (184.9). His counterpart, senior Tyson Kooima, despite appearing in only seven games, has a spot in the top 35 in passing scores (19 – No. 31). Dolincheck’s favorite target, senior wide receiver Reid Jurgensmeier, leads the nation in receptions (85). On the other side of the field, Red Raiders’ junior Cade Moser is among the top 10 in receptions (75 – No. 9), yards (1,375 – No. 2), and touchdowns (20 – No. 2). Freshman Ryan Cole has made the most of his postseason opportunities on the ground, with four of his 12 scores occurring while averaging more than four yards a carry. Northwestern rushing attack has been two-pronged, with freshmen Konnor MacQuillan and Logan Meyer each finding the end zone 10 times.

Both defenses have had their fair share of heroics, too. Morningside is led by senior linebacker Tyler Wingert who’s totaled five-or-more tackles, including a combined seven tackles for losses, an interception, and a forced fumble over the last six games. Freshman defensive back Jaden Snyder’s seven interceptions and sophomore defensive lineman Jessen Reinking’s six and a half sacks and ten and a half tackles for losses guide NWC, who has accumulated 30 takeaways.

Morningside scored touchdowns on its first five drives on Nov.27 and didn’t look back en route to a quarterfinal round victory. Riding the arm of Dolincheck throughout 60 minutes, the Mustangs opened up a 38-7 halftime advantage towards a 58-21 win over 10th-seeded Kansas Wesleyan University. Dolincheck, surpassing the 12,000-yard and 125-touchdown career milestones to spotlight Offensive Player of the Game honors, went for 417 yards and five scores, topping an offense that collected more than 550 yards to highlight a fifth straight advancement

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to the national last four. Senior wide receiver Austin Johnson returned to the field in a big way with two touchdowns as part of a seven-catch, 153-yard afternoon. Jurgensmeier, becoming only the second receiver in program history to reach 70 touchdowns with one end zone visit, also hauled in seven catches, with his yardage total sitting at 77.

Sophomore Zach Norton and senior Caleb Schweigart also collected four-or-more receptions with four each.

For the second straight season – and the second time in the 2021 calendar year – Northwestern advanced to the semifinals. Head coach Matt McCarty’s squad did so behind 164 receiving yards from Cade Moser en route to a 25-20 victory over No. 7-ranked Marian last weekend. In a game heavily affected by the wind with gusts anywhere from 25- to 30-mph, the Raiders were able to prevail thanks, once again, to timely interceptions to stymie Marian momentum swings and walk out with the victory. Kooima threw for 227 yards on 16-for-28 passing with one touchdown toss.