Beasts 17

Chicharrones 14

Conference Semifinals, 2067

played in Columbia, IL

26 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

West Virginia Beasts	7	0	7	3	-	17
Columbia Chicharrones	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:25 WVA - Toby Brim 10 pass from Glenn Pierce (Hunter Woodyard extra point)
1Q: 06:03 COL - Mercury Westfall 19 pass from Malachi Thai (Francisco Tait extra point)
3Q: 01:41 WVA - Albert Barlow 11 pass from Glenn Pierce (Hunter Woodyard extra point)
4Q: 09:38 COL - Mercury Westfall 5 pass from Malachi Thai (Francisco Tait extra point)
4Q: 00:55 WVA - Hunter Woodyard 30 field goal

Team Statistics	WVA	COL
Record	12-6	12-5
First Downs	18	18
- by Rushing	0	3
- by Passing	17	12
- by Penalty	1	3
Total Net Yards	341	282
- Offensive Plays	65	75
- Yards per Play	5.25	3.76
Net Rushing Yards	6	67
- Rushing Attempts	1	26
- Yards per Rush	6.00	2.58
Net Passing Yards	335	215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	63 - 36 - 2	47 - 28 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	341	224
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.23	4.39
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	8/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	10/65	3/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/8	4/38
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	3/60
Interception Ret./Yards	1/30	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 26
Time of Possession	25:45	34:15

Drive Charts

West Virginia Beasts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:46	OWN 29	6	71	Touchdown
1	11:41	0:12	OPP 22	1	0	Interception
1	5:53	1:23	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
1	1:25	2:50	OWN 20	5	50	Interception
2	12:10	0:26	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
2	9:28	0:51	OWN 6	3	7	Punt
2	6:05	2:15	OWN 38	4	11	Punt
2	1:45	1:45	OWN 14	5	31	Half
3	10:34	2:09	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
3	5:52	4:22	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
4	9:32	0:33	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
4	8:02	1:26	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
4	4:43	3:53	OWN 37	12	50	Field Goal

Columbia Chicharrones
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:14	0:33	OWN 25	2	1	Interception
1	11:29	5:36	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
1	4:30	3:05	OWN 42	5	12	Punt
2	13:35	1:25	OWN 22	3	9	Punt
2	11:44	2:16	OWN 40	6	8	Punt
2	8:37	2:32	OWN 44	6	18	Downs
2	3:50	2:05	OWN 16	6	20	Punt
3	15:00	4:26	OWN 32	6	29	Punt
3	8:25	2:33	OWN 24	4	20	Punt
3	1:30	6:58	OWN 13	16	87	Touchdown
4	8:59	0:57	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
4	6:36	1:53	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	0:50	0:50	OWN 23	3	-1	Game

Game MVP: Glenn Pierce, West Virginia Beasts

Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
QB Glenn Pierce	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Christopher Loftin	23	56	2.43	12	1	0
RB Taylor Dawson	3	11	3.67	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Glenn Pierce	63	36	341	1/6	2	37	2	69.6

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Malachi Thai	47	28	224	2/9	2	19	1	76.9

Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dakota Kelly	9	18	95	10.56	12	20	0
WR Toby Brim	5	8	76	15.20	45	35	1
WR Leland Markley	4	6	21	5.25	1	10	0
TE Braxton Ephraim	4	6	24	6.00	3	12	0
TE Harris Dubroc	4	5	29	7.25	4	12	0
WR Albert Barlow	4	6	23	5.75	11	11	1
WR Asher Rambo	2	4	5	2.50	0	5	0
TE Tristan Ritter	1	1	37	37.00	18	37	0
RB Tristan Pierson	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Harvey Moates	1	2	7	7.00	1	7	0
WR Ryan Winkler	1	3	19	19.00	4	19	0
TE Edgar McClintock	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Columbia	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mercury Westfall	7	7	65	9.29	35	19	2
RB Christopher Loftin	5	9	54	10.80	28	19	0
WR Blake Renfro	4	8	27	6.75	22	12	0
TE Terry Bernstein	3	8	25	8.33	8	18	0
WR Alonzo Sporer	3	6	30	10.00	0	18	0
TE Grayson Marshall	2	3	22	11.00	8	16	0
WR Rod Doyle	2	4	4	2.00	0	4	0
RB Taylor Dawson	2	2	-3	-1.50	0	-1	0

Interception Statistics

West Virginia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Bernie Azzoo	1	30	30.00	0

Columbia	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dean Owens	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Clyde Trippi	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

West Virginia	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Columbia	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

West Virginia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeffrey Dooley	7	321	45.9	40.4	58	2

Columbia	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Richard Bradley	8	365	45.6	37.1	56	2

Kicking Statistics

West Virginia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Hunter Woodyard	1/1	0/0	0/0	30	2/2

Columbia	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Francisco Tait	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chuck Murray	2	8	4.0	0

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kendrick Cottrell	4	38	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

West Virginia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ryan Winkler	1	23	23.0	0

Columbia	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Fred Stewart	3	60	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

West Virginia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bernie Azzoo	9	2	0.0	26	42
OLB Zack Otis	7	1	0.0	23	40
OLB Sedrick Collins	6	1	0.0	13	31
S Edward Roffmann	5	3	0.0	26	49
CB Teddy Madison	5	2	0.0	25	38
DE Otis Lynn	3	0	1.0	11	14
CB Logan Seibert	3	0	0.0	13	31
S Dustin Fiefia	2	1	0.0	10	34
DE Carter Friday	2	1	0.0	16	39
ILB Pedro Bowbliss	2	1	0.0	16	21
DT Jose Wagner	2	1	0.0	12	15
CB Chuck Murray	2	0	0.0	9	24
S Leroy Ramming	2	0	0.0	18	31
DT Benjamin Owens	2	0	0.0	18	41
DE Deon Gillespie	1	0	1.0	16	26
DT Jalen Makuch	1	1	0.0	11	20
QB Glenn Pierce	1	0	---	---	---
WR Asher Rambo	1	0	---	---	---
DT Frank Lavelli	0	3	0.0	11	12

Columbia	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Walter Thomason	9	2	0.0	1	64
OLB Conrad Horinek	5	3	0.0	1	53
DE Jim Hernandez	4	1	0.0	0	25
CB Dean Owens	4	1	0.0	1	63
CB Carlton Hines	4	0	0.0	1	39
OLB Broderick Ascencao	2	0	1.0	0	22
S Bernard Rasmussen	2	2	0.0	1	64
OLB Clayton Schulz	1	1	0.0	1	54
ILB Clyde Trippi	1	1	0.0	0	27
DE Thurman Sullivan	1	0	0.0	0	38
T Isaiah Wassick	1	0	---	---	---
CB Robert McGhee	1	0	0.0	1	31
CB Demetrius Perrault	1	0	0.0	0	22

Pass Rush Statistics

West Virginia	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Otis Lynn	1.0	0	1	1	14
DE Deon Gillespie	1.0	0	0	0	26
DT Benjamin Owens	0.0	1	2	1	41
DE Mario Woodson	0.0	1	1	1	29
DT Jalen Makuch	0.0	1	0	0	20
DE Carter Friday	0.0	0	2	3	39
OLB Zack Otis	0.0	0	1	0	40
OLB Bernie Azzoo	0.0	0	0	1	42

Columbia	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Broderick Ascencao	1.0	1	0	22
DE Thurman Sullivan	0.0	2	3	38
OLB Clayton Schulz	0.0	1	0	54
OLB Isaac Curtis	0.0	1	0	15
CB Carlton Hines	0.0	1	0	39
OLB Conrad Horinek	0.0	1	0	53
DE David Quinn	0.0	0	1	46

Pass Defense Statistics

West Virginia	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Zack Otis	7	2	0	40
OLB Bernie Azzoo	4	1	1	42
OLB Sedrick Collins	4	0	0	31
CB Teddy Madison	4	0	0	38
CB Logan Seibert	3	0	0	31
S Edward Roffmann	2	1	0	49
S Dustin Fiefia	2	0	0	34
CB Chuck Murray	1	1	0	24
DE Carter Friday	1	0	0	39

Columbia	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Walter Thomason	9	1	0	64
CB Carlton Hines	4	2	0	39
CB Dean Owens	4	1	1	63
OLB Conrad Horinek	4	1	0	53
DE Jim Hernandez	4	0	0	25
S Bernard Rasmussen	4	0	0	64
OLB Clayton Schulz	1	2	0	54
ILB Clyde Trippi	1	1	1	27
CB Demetrius Perrault	1	1	0	22
OLB Broderick Ascencao	1	0	0	22
CB Tom Dunn	1	0	0	16
DE Thurman Sullivan	1	0	0	38
CB Robert McGhee	1	0	0	31

Blocking Statistics

West Virginia	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Roy Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	64

Columbia	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Denzel Railey	4	12	1	26	1	49
G Sammy Freeman	1	5	0	26	0	49
TE Terry Bernstein	1	2	0	26	0	45
T Wendell Walton	0	4	0	26	0	49
T Norman Berry	0	2	0	26	1	49
T Isaiah Wassick	0	1	0	26	0	49

Special Teams Tackles

West Virginia	Tackles	STPlays
Daquan Ferrett	2	22
Harvey Moates	2	15
Tristan Ritter	1	23
Harris Dubroc	1	14
Robbie Rastok	1	4

Columbia	Tackles	STPlays
Gilbert Campbell	2	12
Wendell Walton	1	8

Participation

West Virginia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Zack Otis	---	---	23	40	22	85
S Edward Roffmann	---	---	26	49	8	83
CB Teddy Madison	---	---	25	38	15	78
G Damian Seegert	1	64	---	---	8	73
G Kim Napier	1	64	---	---	8	73
T Roy Edwards	1	64	---	---	8	73
T Francisco Clayton	1	64	---	---	8	73
OLB Bernie Azzoo	---	---	26	42	---	68
QB Glenn Pierce	1	64	---	---	---	65
C Stan Duncan	1	64	---	---	---	65
DT Benjamin Owens	---	---	18	41	---	59
DE Carter Friday	---	---	16	39	---	55
OLB Sedrick Collins	---	---	13	31	8	52
RB Harvey Moates	0	36	---	---	15	51
S Leroy Ramming	---	---	18	31	---	49
S Dustin Fiefia	---	---	10	34	---	44
WR Leland Markley	1	43	---	---	---	44
CB Logan Seibert	---	---	13	31	---	44
TE Braxton Ephraim	1	39	---	---	3	43
DE Deon Gillespie	---	---	16	26	---	42
CB Chuck Murray	---	---	9	24	8	41
WR Dakota Kelly	1	39	---	---	---	40
DE Mario Woodson	---	---	9	29	---	38
ILB Pedro Bowbliss	---	---	16	21	---	37
TE Tristan Ritter	0	12	---	---	23	35
DT Jose Wagner	---	---	12	15	8	35
WR Albert Barlow	1	33	---	---	---	34
TE Harris Dubroc	0	19	---	---	14	33
DT Jalen Makuch	---	---	11	20	---	31
FB Michael Plesko	0	12	---	---	16	28
ILB Daquan Ferrett	---	---	3	2	22	27
DE Otis Lynn	---	---	11	14	---	25
WR Tre Shapiro	0	8	---	---	16	24
DT Frank Lavelli	---	---	11	12	---	23
RB Tristan Pierson	1	20	---	---	---	21
WR Toby Brim	0	20	---	---	---	20
WR Asher Rambo	0	18	---	---	---	18
S Hunter Torres	---	---	0	0	15	15
TE Edgar McClintock	0	14	---	---	---	14
WR Ryan Winkler	0	7	---	---	3	10
C Dustin Burgess	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Jeffrey Dooley	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Hunter Woodyard	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Robbie Rastok	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Rob Cooper	0	0	---	---	1	1
G Ronald Gunn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Columbia	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
TE Terry Bernstein	26	45	---	---	22	93
WR Mercury Westfall	25	45	---	---	14	84
T Norman Berry	26	49	---	---	8	83
T Wendell Walton	26	49	---	---	8	83
G Sammy Freeman	26	49	---	---	8	83
S Walter Thomason	---	---	1	64	15	80
QB Malachi Thai	26	49	---	---	---	75
C Denzel Railey	26	49	---	---	---	75
T Isaiah Wassick	26	49	---	---	---	75
RB Christopher Loftin	23	43	---	---	7	73
S Bernard Rasmussen	---	---	1	64	1	66
OLB Conrad Horinek	---	---	1	53	12	66
CB Dean Owens	---	---	1	63	1	65
WR Alonzo Sporer	18	42	---	---	4	64
OLB Clayton Schulz	---	---	1	54	7	62
WR Blake Renfro	15	37	---	---	---	52
DE David Quinn	---	---	1	46	---	47
OLB Broderick Ascencao	---	---	0	22	23	45
CB Carlton Hines	---	---	1	39	---	40
DE Thurman Sullivan	---	---	0	38	1	39
ILB Clyde Trippi	---	---	0	27	12	39
DE Dixon Biondo	---	---	1	35	---	36
CB Robert McGhee	---	---	1	31	---	32
CB Tom Dunn	---	---	0	16	15	31
TE Grayson Marshall	13	16	---	---	---	29
CB Demetrius Perrault	---	---	0	22	7	29
DT Roderick Tilson	---	---	1	27	---	28
DE Jim Hernandez	---	---	0	25	---	25
RB Fred Stewart	1	2	---	---	22	25
DT Carson Ward	---	---	0	24	1	25
DT Peyton Benedict	---	---	0	17	7	24
WR Kendrick Cottrell	4	3	---	---	14	21
CB Gilbert Campbell	---	---	0	8	12	20
OLB Isaac Curtis	---	---	0	15	1	16
OLB Marco Kiani	---	---	1	12	---	13
TE Samuel Stone	2	3	---	---	4	9
P Richard Bradley	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Tom Horn	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Darryl Healy	0	0	---	---	8	8
WR Rod Doyle	0	6	---	---	---	6
RB Taylor Dawson	3	3	---	---	---	6
K Francisco Tait	0	0	---	---	3	3
ILB Kenny Giles	---	---	0	2	---	2
TE Nicholas Pinckney	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Herman Richmond	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Cameron Bush	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	1	6	6.0
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	21	3.0
Middle	11	22	2.0
Right	8	24	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Glenn Pierce	63	36	4	3	6	9	7	4	2

Columbia	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Malachi Thai	47	28	0	2	1	5	7	7	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	56	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	28	19	101	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	9	109	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	75	10.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	13	10	81	6.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	84	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	41	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	18	3.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dakota Kelly	18	9	3	95	1	39
WR Toby Brim	8	5	0	76	2	20
WR Leland Markley	6	4	1	21	0	43
TE Braxton Ephraim	6	4	0	24	0	39
WR Albert Barlow	6	4	0	23	0	33
TE Harris Dubroc	5	4	1	29	0	19
WR Asher Rambo	4	2	0	5	0	18
TE Edgar McClintock	3	0	1	0	0	14
WR Ryan Winkler	3	1	0	19	0	7
RB Harvey Moates	2	1	0	7	0	36
TE Tristan Ritter	1	1	0	37	1	12
RB Tristan Pierson	1	1	0	5	0	20

Columbia	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
RB Christopher Loftin	9	5	0	54	43
TE Terry Bernstein	8	3	1	25	45
WR Blake Renfro	8	4	0	27	37
WR Mercury Westfall	7	7	0	65	45
WR Alonzo Sporer	6	3	0	30	42
WR Rod Doyle	4	2	0	4	6
TE Grayson Marshall	3	2	0	22	16
RB Taylor Dawson	2	2	0	-3	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Columbia	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Christopher Loftin	2	5	2.50	2.43

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Glenn Pierce	7	5	30	4.29	5.41

Columbia	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Malachi Thai	5	3	32	6.40	4.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Albert Barlow	2	2	18	9.00	3.83
TE Braxton Ephraim	1	1	0	0.00	4.00
TE Harris Dubroc	1	1	2	2.00	5.80
WR Toby Brim	1	1	10	10.00	9.50
TE Edgar McClintock	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Dakota Kelly	1	0	0	0.00	5.28

Columbia	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mercury Westfall	2	2	24	12.00	9.29
TE Terry Bernstein	1	1	8	8.00	3.13
TE Grayson Marshall	1	0	0	0.00	7.33
WR Alonzo Sporer	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

West Virginia	Rushes	Conversions

Columbia	Rushes	Conversions
RB Christopher Loftin	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

West Virginia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Glenn Pierce	13	7	4

Columbia	Att	Comp	Conversions
Malachi Thai	16	11	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

West Virginia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dakota Kelly	5	3	3
WR Leland Markley	2	1	0
TE Braxton Ephraim	2	1	0
WR Asher Rambo	2	1	0
WR Ryan Winkler	1	0	0
WR Albert Barlow	1	1	1

Columbia	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Blake Renfro	5	3	1
WR Mercury Westfall	3	3	3
TE Terry Bernstein	2	0	0
TE Grayson Marshall	2	2	1
WR Rod Doyle	2	1	0
RB Christopher Loftin	2	2	1

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,800 (16,800)
End Zone	12,000 (12,000)
Mezzanine	6,900 (6,900)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (10,600)
Club Seats	10,000 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	8,700 (8,700)