St. John's ran for just 62 yards but Alex Kofoed was 22-for-35 passing without an interception and the Johnnies covered an onside kick to hold on and beat Central 21-13 in the West Region first round. Vance Schuring ran for 100 yards for Central but Tim Connell was sacked four times. The Johnnies will head west. Joel Clark threw a touchdown pass to Drew Griggs with 23 seconds left to lift Whitworth past Occidental 27-23.

Mary Hardin-Baylor won the regular season meeting and won the rematch on Saturday, beating conference rival Hardin-Simmons 33-21. The Crusaders host Washington and Jefferson, which won 27-23 at Christopher Newport after sprinting out to a 27-0 lead.

Springfield's Chris Sharpe put on another show, carrying 28 times for 242 yards before being relieved in the fourth quarter of a blowout of Curry (Photo gallery). The Pride scored the first 42 points and went on to win 42-14, ensuring a home rematch next week against St. John Fisher. The Cardinals held Tom Arcidiacono to 10 yards on 11 carries.

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Rowan survived a Hobart touchdown and two-point conversion with 1:52 left and came back to hit a 32-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining to win 20-18.

"I didn"t want to go into overtime," Hobart coach Mike Cragg told Rowanfootball.com. "I wanted to take it now (with the conversion). On a short field in overtime, I didn"t want to be playing man coverage against their offense." The Profs head to Wilkes for a second-round game next week.

Photo galleries: Capital/Wittenberg, Central/St. John's, Christopher Newport/Washington and Jefferson, Concordia (Wis.)/North Central), Mary Hardin-Baylor/Hardin-Simmons, Springfield/Curry, UW-La Crosse/Bethel, UW-Whitewater/St. Norbert, Wesley/Dickinson.

Mike Niedzwiecki (left, photo by David Rich for D3football.com) caught 12 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Capital past Wittenberg 32-14.

Carnegie Mellon improved to 11-0, getting a pair of touchdowns from Travis Sivek and shutting down the Millsaps offense in a 21-0 win. North Central had little trouble in the rematch with Concordia (Wis.), winning 35-6 after a double overtime loss in September. UW-La Crosse knocked Bethel out of the field, as Corey Geldernick ran for two touchdowns for the Eagles.

And it was another bad day for No. 8 seeds. Only Dickinson had any real highlights, leading 13-0 early against Wesley before a 49-21 loss. Mount Union destroyed Hope 49-0, Wilkes crushed Washington and Lee 42-0 and UW-Whitewater blew out St. Norbert.

One week is in the book on the Road to Salem.