RIVER FALLS, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) - The UW-River Falls football team played an outstanding game today despite windy conditions and numerous injuries. The Falcons went on to beat nationally ranked UW-Platteville Saturday 31-24.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: River Falls: 31
                        Platteville: 24
Location: Ramer Field, River Falls, Wisconsin
Record: UWRF 2-8; UWP 7-3
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Early in the first quarter, Ben Beckman's pass to Alex Wickliff was complete for a 6-yard touchdown to tie up the score. The extra point by Bobby Patterson was good
• Starting the second quarter, Beckman's pass to Wickliff was complete, following with a pass to Luke Fugate who rushed the remaining 2 yards to get a touchdown for the Falcons
• With 42 seconds left on the clock in the second quarter, Beckman made a pass to Alex Herink that allotted the Falcons their third touchdown of the afternoon, ending the second quarter with a score of 24-21 Platteville
• Right out of the gate to start the third quarter, Beckman made a 39-yard pass to Wickliff for his second touchdown of the game bringing up the score to 28-24 in favor of the Falcons
• At the start of the fourth quarter, amidst the incomplete pass for the touchdown, Bobby Patterson completed a field goal to bring the final score of the game to 31-24 Falcons
• Ben Beckman had an outstanding 405 passing yards on 27 complete passes, as well as 41 net rushing yards. 
• Alex Wickliff and Alex Herink led the receivers, pulling in 178 yards in 11 receptions and 116 receiving yards on seven catches respectively.  Both scoring touchdowns for the afternoon
• Athen Ashton, Max Praschak, and Spencer Scott led the defense with 9 tackles each, with D Turner and Antoion Kaloha following with 7 tackles each
• Kaloha had two interceptions and Dom Turner had one
• Mason Craker had 150 kicking yards off 4 attempts, followed by Bobby Patterson had 116 kicking yards off 2 attempts

THE OPPOSITION

• The Pioneers scored two touchdowns in the first quarter.  The first came on their opening drive of the game.  Colin Schuetz made a 25-yard pass to David Urke. 
• The second came at 2:54 in the first on a two-yard rush by Donald Allender.
• The Pioneers took a 21-14 lead in the second when they scored on a 6-yard rush by Wyatt Thompson. 
• Colin Schuetz completed 31 of 53 attempts for 346 passing yards for the Pioneers
• Tyler Knigge led the receivers with 126 receiving yards on nine receptions.
• Jordan Zilbar had the most tackles for the Pioneers, coming in at 11 tackles for the game