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Krause,
Flisakowski Lead Pointers to Another Comeback Win
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Scott Krause threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for
two more for his seventh career fourth quarter comeback victory as
UW-Stevens Point rallied for a 38-27 victory over UW-River Falls Saturday
at Ramer Field in River Falls.
All four of Krause�s touchdowns went to sophomore running back
Cory Flisakowski, who tied a school record with his four scoring catches.
The catches were Flisakowski�s only four receptions of the game and were
the Pointers� first four touchdowns as they rallied from an early 20-0
deficit. He is the sixth player in school history to catch four touchdowns
in a game and first since Bill Ott against UW-Platteville on Sept. 27,
1997.
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Falcons scored on the first play of the game when quarterback Dustin
Vogelgesang hit Weeysama Kennedy with a play-action pass for 68 yards and
a touchdown. Vogelgesang and John Peterlik each added touchdown runs
before Krause found Flisakowski for their first touchdown from 66 yards to
cut the lead to 20-6.
After a nine-yard scoring pass from Krause to Flisakowski cut the
lead to 20-12 in the second quarter, the Pointers rallied late in the
third period with a 16-play, 85-yard drive as Krause hit an open
Flisakowski in the back of the end zone on a fourth-and-one play from the
Falcons� 16-yard line. The pair hooked up again for a successful
two-point conversion, but a tripping penalty nullified the play and the
Pointers failed on the re-try to trail 20-18.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Vogelgesang hit Peterlik
with a screen pass on the right sideline that Peterlik cut up the middle
of the field to score from 28 yards and give UW-River Falls a 27-18 lead.
Just two plays later, Krause hit a wide open Flisakowski on a fly
pattern for a 68-yard score to pull the Pointers within 27-24 as they
missed their fourth extra point of the game.
The Pointer defense, which held UW-River Falls to just 93 total
yards in the second half, stopped the Falcons on their next possession
before UW-Stevens Point used a nine-play, 71-yard drive to take the lead
for the first time with 8:33 left.
Krause hit Kurt Kielblock for two screen passes on the drive,
including a 14-yard pass on a third-and-13 play at midfield. The junior
quarterback finished the drive with a one-yard sneak for the 31-27 lead.
UW-Stevens Point junior linebacker Nick Haffele, who finished with
a career-high 16 tackles and 11 solo stops, recovered a fumble at the
UW-River Falls 26-yard line just over a minute later. The Pointers took
advantage of the short field as Krause again hit Kielblock on a sideline
screen pass for 16 yards on third down to the four-yard line. Krause
finished the drive with another one-yard sneak with 4:25 left.
The win marked the Pointers� first victory in River Falls since
1994. UW-Stevens Point improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the WIAC, while
UW-River Falls fell to 1-5 for the first time since 1971 and 0-3 in the
WIAC for the first time since 1977.\
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