Preston Robinson rushed for 137 yards on 25 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead St. Scholastica to its first football victory of the season, 22-10 over MacMurray College in a UMAC game Saturday at Public Schools Stadium.
St. Scholastica limited MacMurray to just 277 total yards of offense in evening its record at 1-1.
Robinson scored on a 9-yard run in the first quarter and kicker Donovan Blatz capped a 20-play, 62-yard drive with a 30-yard field goal to make it 9-3.
Shortly before halftime, Nick Murphy hauled in a 19-yard scoring strike from Dakota Paulson to give the Saints a 15-3 lead.
But MacMurray trimmed the deficit to 15-10 as time expired in the first half when Dervon Francis scored on a 1-yard plunge.
Robinson’s second TD on an 11-yard run with just over two minutes left in the third quarter was the only scoring of the second half.
Paulson was 11-for-20 for 101 yards passing.
MacMurray (0-1) was paced by Patrick Hall’s 106 rushing yards on 18 carries.
MacMurray 0-10-0-0-10
St. Scholastica 6-9-7-0-22
CSS - Preston Robinson 9 run (kick failed)
M - Grant Cooper 26 field goal
CSS - Donovan Blatz 30 field goal
CSS- Nick Murphy 19 pass from Dakota Paulson (kick failed)
M - Dervon Francis 1 run (Cooper kick)
CSS - Robinson 11 run (Blatz kick)
