COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Dominican Panthers (1-2) football team returned back to Panther Stadium for the 2024 home opener after two weeks away. ODU hosted the Thomas More Saints (2-1) for the first time on Sunbury Road on Saturday (Sept. 22) afternoon. 

The Panthers and the Saints participated in a low-scoring battle with Ohio Dominican falling 6-0 in the lowest combined scoring game in program history. 

BOX SCORE NOTES

• Drew Gallehue completed 22 of his 33 passes for 160 yards passing. 
• Nathan Webster set a career-high with 92 yards rushing on ten carries. He had a 56-yard run in the first quarter, the longest run of the season for the Panthers. Shane Lindstrom rushed for 43 yards on nine attempts. 
• Dimitri Mitsopoulos led with eight catches for 77 yards. 
• Jayden Cornell and Antonio Johnson each caught four passes.
• Daishaun Hill made ten tackles with a fumble recovery. 
  • Hill is now sixth all-time for solo tackles (145), eighth with 261 total tackles, and tenth in assisted tackles. 
• Michael Powers added nine tackles and is now 12th in total tackles (244). 
• Mo Conteh had eight tackles in the game. 
• Qwyn Williams forced a fumble with seven tackles on the day. 
• The Panthers won the total offense category 284-228. ODU rushed for 124 yards on the ground, the best rushing game of the season so far. 
• This was only the fifth time in program history that ODU has been shutout and the second in the Division II era. The last time ODU was shutout was September 1, 2016 against Ferris State. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• On the fourth combined drive, Thomas More got on the board with a 31-yard field goal by Luke Iden. The Saints led 3-0 with 5:25 left in the first quarter. 
• The next ODU drive looked promising after Webster went 56 yards on the first play. The Panthers got inside the red zone and could not convert a fourth down play from the 11-yard line. 
• To begin the second quarter, Thomas More attempted a 38-yard field goal and came up empty as Iden missed wide right. 
• Ohio Dominican attempted to answer on the next drive, getting back to the red zone once again before Gallehue was strip sacked and the Saints took over deep in their own territory. 
• After a three-and-out, Ohio Dominican got the ball back. Ivan Ermlich missed a 21-yard field goal as the Panthers drove down and attempted to tie the game. The game was 3-0 at halftime. 
• The Saints' second drive of the second half turned into a missed fourth down conversion deep in ODU's part of the field. 
• As the third quarter ended, Williams forced a fumble that was recovered by Hill, giving the ball back to ODU as the game shifted to the last quarter - still 3-0. 
• Iden capped the scoring with a 24-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. 

UP NEXT

• Ohio Dominican will host Kentucky Wesleyan for Homecoming next Saturday (Sept. 28) at 1:00 PM.