Area roundup: Kicking game keeps Augustana unbeaten

Drew Behrens kicked a school-record five field goals for Augustana in the Vikings' 22-16 NSIC victory over Concordia (St. Paul) on Saturday in St. Paul.

The Vikings, at 6-0, are off to their best season start since starting the 1942 season 5-0.

Behrens converted field goals of 46 and 30 yards in the first half. The score was tied 13-13 going into the fourth quarter, before Behrens kicked field goals of 20, 33, and 32 yards, giving Vikings a 22-13 lead. The Golden Bears got a 27-yard field goal from Steven King with 1:39 remaining. Concordia then got the ball back with 37 seconds remaining but was stopped on downs.

Joe Clark rushed for 132 yards for the Vikings, who were playing without receiver Tyler Schulte, who entered the game leading NCAA Division II in receiving yards per game.

Spencer Ohm passed for 229 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Bears.

In other NSIC games:

Wayne State 38, SW Minnesota State 20: Fredrick Bruno caught two touchdown passes and returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown for the visiting Wildcats in Marshall, Minn. Evan Johnson passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns for the Wildcats.

Evan Aber passed for 256 yards and three touchdowns for the Warriors. Steve Pachan threw two touchdown passes for the Mavericks.

Bemidji State 51, Upper Iowa 12: Derek Edholm threw two touchdown passes and Dustin Kroeplin rushed for two touchdowns, leading the Beavers past the Peacocks in Bemidji.

Mary 48, Minn.-Crookston 0: The host Marauders returned three interceptions for touchdowns and a blocked punt for a touchdown in the victory in Bismarck, N.D.

Three of the defensive touchdowns came in the first half as the Marauders built a 34-0 lead.

Minn. Duluth 56, MSU Moorhead 7: The visiting Bulldogs built a 35-point halftime lead en route to their 24th consecutive NSIC victory.

St. Cloud State 42, Northern State 10: Phillip Klaphake threw four touchdown passes -- all four to Fred Williams -- in leading the visiting Huskies past the Wolves in Aberdeen, S.D. Klaphake, a redshirt freshman, completed 14 of 19 passes for 218 yards. Williams caught nine passes for 170 yards. The Huskies led 35-0 at halftime.

UMAC

Northwestern (Roseville) 37, MacMurray 34: Dan Sunde's 1-yard touchdown run with 3:16 remaining helped the host Eagles outlast MacMurray for their first victory. Sunde's touchdown and Cody Crum's extra-point kick gave the Eagles a 37-26 lead. MacMurray scored with 1:07 remaining to get within three.

St. Scholastica 41, Crown 21: Alex Thiry completed 20 of 24 passes for 265 and threw four touchdown passes in leading the host Saints past the Storm in Duluth. Jake Jensen rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns for the Saints, who led 28-0 at halftime.

Crown's Amos Schmidt rushed for 218 yards and two touchdowns.