KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Eric Cline connected on all four of his field-goal attempts and added a perfect 3-for-3 on PATs Saturday, lifting OUAZ (Ariz.) to a 33-14 win over Texas Wesleyan that kept the Spirit alive in the Sooner Athletic Conference, into the final week of the regular season.
As a result of his 15-point night in the win, Cline was named Nov. 9 PrestoSports NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week.
Cline scored the Spirit’s first 12 points in the game, including a 39-yard field goal in the first quarter to give OUAZ its first lead. Texas Wesleyan scored a touchdown to answer in the first quarter, but Cline got OUAZ within a point at the half, and then hit the third quarter’s only score, a 24-yard field goal that put OUAZ in front 9-7.
He made another field goal in the fourth quarter, which is also where he added all three of his PATs, as OUAZ turned a one-point halftime deficit into a 26-point fourth-quarter lead.
OUAZ will close the regular season Saturday with a Sooner Athletic Conference championship on the line, at ranked Louisiana Christian, with kickoff set for 1 p.m. CT, in Pineville, La.
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