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09/06 13:19 CDT Wheaton snaps Mount Union's 85-game, regular-season win streak
by blocking a PAT in closing seconds
Wheaton snaps Mount Union's 85-game, regular-season win streak by blocking a
PAT in closing seconds
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) --- Mount Union's 85-game, regular-season winning streak
ended Saturday when Aiden Byrne blocked a potential tying extra point with 22
seconds left in Wheaton's 24-23 victory.
Wheaton also snapped Mount Union's streak of 38 straight season-opening wins in
their Division III matchup.
Kayden Minner's 1-yard run put Mount Union on the verge of tying the game
before Byrne blocked the extra point.
Mount Union had rallied from a 17-7 halftime deficit to tie it late in the
third quarter. Wheaton pulled ahead for good when Malachi Jones caught a 5-yard
pass from Mark Forcucci to cap a 10-play, 96-yard drive with 5:28 remaining.
Mount Union has won an NCAA Division III-record 13 titles and has reached at
least as far as the semifinals in 29 of the last 33 seasons. Mount Union's last
championship came in 2017.
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