The University of St. Thomas reached the NCAA Division III national championship game by defeating Linfield 38-17 Dec. 12 at home. The Tommies will play in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, Virginia 6 p.m. Dec. 18. They will face Mount Union, which is making its 11th straight appearance in the title game and defeated St. Thomas in 2012.
The Tommies are led by junior running back Jordan Roberts, a seminarian at St. John Vianney College Seminary, who rushed for 256 yards and three touchdowns against Linfield. In the process, he reached 1,957 rushing yards for the season, and broke the school record of 1,861 by Gary Trettel in 1990.