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25
Fort Lewis FLC 0-2
49
Winner Arizona Christian ACU 1-1
Fort Lewis FLC
0-2
25
Final
49
Arizona Christian ACU
1-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
FLC Fort Lewis 0 3 10 12 25
ACU Arizona Christian 14 0 7 28 49
Carter Cameron vs. Arizona Christian - Sep. 10, 2022
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Carter Cameron taking down the Firestorm quarterback at home in 2022.

Game Recap: Football | | Hayden Mangan, Athletic Communications Assistant

Thomas Jr., Monson shine as Fort Lewis comes up short in Glendale

GLENDALE, Ariz. – An 89-yard house call from Peyton Monson and a pair of trips to the end zone for Christopher Thomas Jr. highlight the evening but the Fort Lewis College football team could not otherwise find an answer for the Firestorm offense falling 49-25 at Arizona Christian University Saturday night.
 
The Skyhawks drop to 0-2 to begin the season while the Firestorm capture their first win and move to 1-1.
 
Senior Braden Wingle set a pair of career-highs tonight in total passing yards and longest completion after slinging the rock for 248 yards and a pair of touchdowns including a 79-yard dime to Thomas Jr. for his second receiving touchdown of the evening. Thomas Jr. hauled in both scores – matching his two scores across all of 2022 – in the fourth quarter and becoming the first Skyhawk to do so since Isaac Leppke in 2019.
 
Arizona Christian's Tyler Duncan picked up right where he left off against Fort Lewis last season. The six-foot senior just edged Wingle with 259 passing yards and three touchdowns of his own but added another 97 yards rushing and a trip to the end zone on the ground.
 
After giving up a pair of scores in the opening quarter to AJ Sibley and Damarreon Nelson, the Skyhawks' defense came up big in the second forcing a turnover on downs and halting the Firestorm's march downfield as time expired. Amidst Fort Lewis' defensive success, Hunter Villavicencio was able to drive a 37-yard field goal through the uprights and put FLC on the board.
 
Out of the half, momentum exploded for the Skyhawks when Monson returned the opening kickoff 89 yards, breaking two tackles and putting an ACU gunner on skates in the process, to pull Fort Lewis within its smallest deficit of the game, 14-10. Monson's return is the first for a touchdown since Juquelle Thompson in 2014.
 
ACU would not be denied, however, as the Firestorm answered Monson's return with a touchdown on the following drive and exploded in the fourth quarter for 28 points. All told Arizona Christian's offense racked up 611 yards of total offense against Fort Lewis' 330. The Skyhawks won the turnover battle forcing two fumbles to the Firestorm's lone interception. Parker Cunningham and Christopher Ponce each led FLC with nine tackles on the night.
 
Notables
-Wingle set new career-highs in total passing yards (248) and longest completion (79 yards) in tonight's contest.
-Thomas Jr.'s two touchdowns tonight equal his two scores across all of the 2022 season. Thomas Jr. is also the first Skyhawk with two receiving touchdowns in a single game since Isaac Leppke did so against Dixie State in 2019.
-The Skyhawks' 82 rushing yards tonight tops all but one game from last season.
-Cunningham set a career-high with nine tackles tonight.
-Monson's 89-yard kickoff return touchdown is the first by a Skyhawks since Juquelle Thompson made a 75-yard return at Colorado Mesa in 2014.
-Fort Lewis has produced over 300 yards of total offense in back-to-back games for the first time since the end of the 2021 season.
 
Home Sweet Home
Next weekend Fort Lewis will look to carry tonight's momentum into Durango, Colo., and Ray Dennison Memorial Stadium for its 2023 home and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener against New Mexico Highlands University. The showdown with the Cowboys is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start.
 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play Visiting Team Score Home Team Score
1st Quarter FLC ACU
ACU
12:57 - ACU - Damarreon Nelso 20 yd pass from Tyler Duncan (Abiel Lepe kick) 5 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:57
0 7
ACU
06:45 - ACU - AJ Sibley 25 yd pass from Tyler Duncan (Abiel Lepe kick) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:06
0 14
2nd Quarter FLC ACU
FLC
10:24 - FLC - Hunter Villavic 37 yd field goal 14 plays, 58 yards, TOP 10:36
3 14
3rd Quarter FLC ACU
FLC
14:44 - FLC - Peyton Monson 89 yd kickoff return (Hunter Villavic kick)
10 14
ACU
10:45 - ACU - AJ Sibley 14 yd run (Abiel Lepe kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:59
10 21
FLC
02:53 - FLC - Hunter Villavic 23 yd field goal 13 plays, 65 yards, TOP 7:46
13 21
4th Quarter FLC ACU
ACU
14:24 - ACU - Chase Tompkins 15 yd pass from Tyler Duncan (Abiel Lepe kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:29
13 28
FLC
08:53 - FLC - Christopher Tho 13 yd pass from Braden Wingle (Braden Wingle pass failed) 3 plays, 63 yards, TOP 1:33
19 28
ACU
07:04 - ACU - AJ Sibley 17 yd run (Abiel Lepe kick), 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:49
19 35
FLC
06:03 - FLC - Christopher Tho 79 yd pass from Braden Wingle (Braden Wingle pass failed) 3 plays, 82 yards, TOP 0:53
25 35
ACU
03:06 - ACU - Tyler Duncan 20 yd run (Abiel Lepe kick), 6 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:56
25 42
ACU
01:51 - ACU - Johnny Herrera 9 yd run (Abiel Lepe kick), 2 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:53
25 49

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