BW Drops First Game of the Season, Falls to No. 4 Mount Union on Homecoming

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BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University football team suffered its first loss of the 2024 campaign as it fell to No. 4 Mount Union in an Ohio Athletic Conference and Homecoming game by a final score of 52-14 on the Tressel Field inside the George Finnie Stadium.

Mount Union (3-0, 2-0 OAC) improved to 40-21-1 in the all-time series with BW (3-1, 2-1 OAC).

Sophomore quarterback Charlie Bubonics (Solon) was named the was named Frank Ropollo Offensive Player of the Game and junior defensive lineman Hasim Rashid (Cleveland/Shaker Heights) was named the Dick Miller Defensive Player of the Game.

Offensively for the Yellow Jackets, Bubonics completed 25-of-36 passes for 177 yards with one touchdown.   Sophomore running back George Linberger (Barberton/St. Vincent-St. Mary) rushed for 20 yards on five carries.  Sophomore wide receiver Colin Quinlan (Willoughby/South) led the receiving corps as he caught six passes for 50 yards.   Defensively, senior defensive back Alden Steele (Lorain/Amherst) had seven tackles.

Offensively for the Purple Raiders, junior quarterback Noah Beaudrie completed 14-of-24 passes for 282 yards with two touchdowns.  Beaudrie also rushed for a game-high 95 yards on 12 carries with a touchdown. Junior wide receiver Jerry Cooper, Jr. caught seven passes for 112 yards with one touchdown. Defensively, senior All-American linebacker Rossy Moore tallied 10 tackles

First Quarter (MTU, 14-0)

  • 9:28       Echeverry 10-yard run (Sophomore place kicker Ivan Maric kick is good)
  • 5:43       Turner 83-yard pass from Beaudrie (Maric kick is good)

Second Quarter (42-14)

  • 13:03    Beaudrie 8-yard run (Maric kick is good)
  • 11:00    Senior Academic All-OAC linebacker Marcus Jackson 40-yard fumble return (Maric kick is good)
  • 7:12       Senior wide receiver Oliver Kelleher (Hobe Sound, Fla./Martin County) 19-yard pass from Bubonics (Sophomore place kicker Joseph Evans (Chardon) kick is good)
  • 5:02       Shaun Thomas 2-yard run (Maric kick is good)
  • 1:43       Junior wide receiver Connor Awad (North Ridgeville/Midview) 13-yard pass from Bubonics (Evans kick is good)

Third Quarter (MTU, 45-14)

  • 12:25    Maric 47-yard field goal

Fourth Quarter (MTU, 52-14)

  • 4:12       Senior wide receiver Tyrell Sanders 13-yard pass from freshman quarterback Mikey Maloney (Maric kick is good)

BW is idle next week.   The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, October 12 when it hosts an OAC and Hall of Fame game against Otterbein University at 1:30 p.m.