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Four Touchdowns Not Enough to Thwart Elmhurst
By Craig Pinley
ELMHURST, ILLINOIS (October 28, 2002) - Despite four scoring passes by North Park
University (NPU) quarterback Phil DeWald, Elmhurst College edged the
Vikings 42-28 for a homecoming victory Saturday at Langhorst Field.
Elmhurst raised its overall mark to 3-4, 1-3 in the College Conference of
Illinois and Wisconsin as Eric Luna tied a school record with four
touchdown runs while rushing for 158 yards on 33 carries. North Park is
1-6, 0-4 in the CCIW even though DeWald had
his best passing performance as a collegian.
NPU jumped out to a 7-0 lead less than a minute into the game as DeWald hit
Jon Harris from 27 yards out. Elmhurst answered quickly though as Luna
scored from six yards out to tie the score at 7-7.
North Park reclaimed the lead 14-7 just 15 seconds into the second quarter
as Quintrell Porter scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 22-yard
reception of a DeWald pass. Elmhurst pulled even at 14-all as Luna dove in
from a yard out with a just over two minutes to play in the half, but the
Vikings recaptured the lead 21-14 just before the half as DeWald hit Harris
from 35 yards out with his third touchdown pass.
Elmhurst quarterback Derek Bonaparte hooked up with Todd Evans for a
17-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 21-21 just over six minutes into
the third period.
On the very next possession North Park took the lead 28-21 as DeWald
connected with Porter from 14 yards out. However, the lead was short lived
as the Bluejays intercepted a DeWald pass and Elmhurst tied the game 28-all
on Luna's 11-yard run.
Luna scored again in the fourth period to put Elmhurst ahead 35-28 and,
after the Vikings moved into Elmhurst territory late in the game, Taj
English picked off a DeWald pass and ran it back 83 yards to ice the
contest.
DeWald's 259 yards passing was the highest yardage compiled by a North
Park quarterback since 2000 when Dana Anderson threw for 260 yards against
Elmhurst.
NPU travels to Decatur Saturday for a 1 p.m. CCIW contest at Millikin
University.
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