Westminster Wins First-Ever PAC Football Championship

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster football team won their first-ever Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship with a 27-20 win over Washington & Jefferson at home Friday night. The Titans led 14-0 early in the first quarter and 14-10 at halftime. The Presidents took their first lead of the game (17-14) with a blocked punt and recovered the ball in the end zone late in the third quarter. Westminster, however, did not flinch as junior quarterback Cole Konieczka tossed a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns (a 13-yarder to junior tight tend Bryce Sallack and a 7-yarder to senior Ian Valente) to put Westminster back in the lead for good. The Titan defense once again rose to the occasion with four forced turnovers, including a 43-yard strip-sack and fumble-return by junior Ian Barr for the game’s opening touchdown. Barr added a sack and two forced fumbles. Junior Bryce Thomas and sophomores Luca Botti and Nicholas Treloar each had an interception. Westminster had seven sacks, led by junior Brayden Thimons with a career-high four – the most sacks in a single game by a Titan since the stat was kept. Thimons also had a game- and career-high 11 tackles, followed by Thomas with a season-high eight.