Football: 2025 Season Ends in Double OT Thriller in NCAA Playoffs

12/6/2025 | Football | Box Score

ALLIANCE, Ohio - The Mount Union football team lost 10-7 in a double overtime thriller to John Carroll in the 2025 NCAA Third round on Saturday.

On Mount Union's first offensive play of the game, redshirt-freshman QB Mikey Maloney (Concord Township, OH/Painesville Riverside) connected with senior WR Nick Turner (Strongsville, OH/Strongsville) for an 85-yard touchdown.

The Purple Raiders' defense shut out John Carroll in the first half, the first time the Blue Streaks were held scoreless in the first half this season.

John Carroll (11-1) scored its first points with 9:58 left in the third quarter when graduate QB Nick Semptimphelter found junior WR Shane Lindstrom for a 29-yard touchdown to tie at 7 with a 5-play, 62-yard drive.

The 7-7 score remained, and the game went into overtime. In the first overtime, Mount Union had its 37-yard field goal attempt blocked, and John Carroll's field goal from 18 yards out hit the post. The Blue Streaks' kicker Colin Schuler made a 39-yard field goal in the second overtime, and Mount Union was stopped on fourth down.

Mount Union's defense had five sacks, led by senior end Kaleb Brown (La Plata, MD/La Plata) with a season-high three. Brown finishes with 32 career sacks, ranking third in program history. Senior DB Kosta Thrasivoulou (North Ridgeville, OH/North Ridgeville) and junior S Jerry Cooper (Miami, FL/South Fort Myers) both had a team- and career-high 11 tackles-tying the most by Mount Union defender this season.

Turner had over 100 yards receiving for the second time this year and the third time of his career, as he finished with a game- and career-high 145 off a team-high nine catches (tied a career best).

Maloney went 17 for 24 for 230 yards and a touchdown through the air, while adding 32 yards on the ground.

Graduate RB Darnell Williams (Cleveland, OH/John Adams) led on the ground with a game-high 44 yards.

Today marked only the second loss to former Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) foe John Carroll in the last 35 years-the first time in the playoffs.

Mount Union (11-1) goes to 117-23 (.836) all-time in NCAA playoff games. Mount Union has made the tournament an NCAA record 37 times.