Steffan stars again, sets records, but U-Mary falls to Winona State

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BISMARCK — In an offensive explosion that featured six lead changes, one tie and nearly 1,000 yards of offense, time simply ran out for the University of Mary in a 46-43 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference loss to Winona State.

The Warriors scored the winning touchdown with 51 seconds remaining and the Marauders were unable to find a way to score one more time.

Dickinson native Tyler Steffan caught three touchdown passes to set a U-Mary single-season record with 17 touchdowns.

He broke the old Marauders record of 16, set by Jake Pfau in 2003. The 6-foot-5 junior receiver has caught at least three scoring passes in each of the past four games and finished the day with eight catches for 100 yards. It was his fourth straight game with more than 100 yards receiving.

WSU 16 7 6 17 — 46

Mary 7 7 14 15 — 43

First Quarter

WSU—Rayon Simmons 1 run (Thomas Kinney kick), 13:13

WSU—Simmons 1 run (Kinney kick), 9:00

Mary—Josh Murray 1 run (Tyler Ryan kick), 7:33

WSU—Ryan Williams safety, 5:26

Second Quarter

Mary—Tyler Steffan 12 pass from Craig Bagnell (Ryan kick), 5:19

WSU—Sean Hertz 10 pass from Alex Nelson (Kinney kick), :28

Third Quarter

Mary—Murray 3 run (Ryan kick), 9:51

Mary—Elby Pope 33 pass from Bagnell (Ryan kick), 7:48

WSU—Simmons 26 run (pass failed), 3:17

Fourth Quarter

Mary—Steffan 13 pass from Bagnell (Bryan Sandy pass from Bagnell), 14:15

WSU—Simmons 25 run (Kinney kick), 11:54

WSU—Kinney 44 field goal, 6:45

Mary—Steffan 5 pass from Bagnell (Ryan kick)

WSU—Hertz 14 pass from Nelson (Kinney kick), :51

TEAM STATISTICS WSU Mary

First downs 28 25

Rushes-yards 47-286 33-99

Passing yards 214 372

Comp.-Att.-Int. 19-31-0 27-35-1

Total yards 500 471

Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2

Penalties-yards 4-35 4-44

Punts-Avg. 6-36 2-47

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: WSU, Rayon Simmons 28-203, Chichi Ojika 7-55, C. Dewberry 8-22, Alex Nelson 3-6. Mary, Josh Murray 23-132, Tyler Ryan 1-13, Evan Gross 1-3, Craig Bagnell 7-(-49).

PASSING: WSU,Alex Nelson 19-31-0, 214. Mary, Craig Bagnell 27-35-1, 372.

RECEIVING: WSU, Sean Hertz 7-77, Jay Adams 7-52, Rayon Simmons 2-2, Tyler Speer 1-42, Tim Ohlrich 1-21, Roy Polk 1-20. Mary, Tyler Steffan 8-100, Curtis Darrah 5-91, Bryan Sandy 4-64, Jared Wolf 2-37, Avan Leday 2-16, Brady Martin 2-14, Elby Pope 1-33, Nick Jolliffe 1-17, Jon Burke 1-1, Josh Murray 1-(-1).

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