ST. PAUL - In the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) game of the week, a fourth down, goal line touchdown by St. Scholastica with 2:41 remaining proved fatal for the University of Northwestern. The Eagles were unable to respond and came up short in their homecoming game by a 14-7 score, in front of a standing room only crowd of well over 2,000 at Reynolds Field on Saturday. With the loss, UNW falls to 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the UMAC.

The lone touchdown of the day was courtesy of the legs of junior quarterback Taylor Lindahl (Watertown, S.D./Watertown), as the Eagles' signal caller followed his offensive line into the end zone on a one-yard plunge. Lindahl finished the day with 72 yards passing. In a two-headed rushing attack, Dom McDew (Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley) led the way with 53 yards on 13 carries. Payton Bowdry (Minneapolis, Minn./South) also rumbled for 41 yards on 12 carries. Evan Pruitt (Temecula, Calif./Rancho Christian High School) led the Eagles in receiving with 37 yards on a pair of receptions.

In a low scoring day on both sides, the UNW defense put together an impressive performance, once again coming up with some timely turnovers throughout the contest. Daniel Stratton (Lucerne Valley, Calif./Lucerne Valley) continued his strong season on Saturday, racking up 11 tackles and forcing a fumble when the Saints were in UNW territory. Freshman Noah MacDonald (Fennville, Mich./Fennville) 11 tackles, 1.5 of which were for a loss. Ben Johnson found himself in the CSS backfield early and often, coming away with a sack, two tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. Nick Swore (Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian) came up with an interception in Northwestern territory, assisted by a tipped pass by teammate Caleb Sieben (Anoka, Minn./Anoka). Gideon Burnham (Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson) also picked off a pass, returning it to the St. Scholastica seven yard line in the first half. Senior Chris Compton (St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park) added a clutch blocked field goal in the fourth quarter.

Northwestern will take to the road again, traveling to Illinois on Saturday to take on MacMurray College at noon. The Highlanders currently sit atop the UMAC standings with a perfect record both in the conference and overall. Stay tuned to unweagles.com and follow @unwfb on Twitter for all things Eagles football.