FULTON, Mo. - Last Saturday, the Minnesota Morris defense forced six Northwestern turnovers. They would tally four more turnovers Saturday, but came out on the losing end of a, 25-7, decision against Westminster in UMAC football action in Fulton, Mo.

Westminster drove into Cougar territory on both first quarter possessions, but the UMM defense kept the Blue Jays off the scoreboard. Westminster drove to the UMM 27 on the first drive before getting turned away on a fourth down try. Then Royal Weber intercepted a Trent White pass at the 3 to halt another drive.

In the first possession of the second quarter, the Blue Jays again drove into Cougar territory, but the defense held tight as Marcos Luna forced a fumble at the UMM 22 that was recovered by Brady Jergenson.

Towards the end of the half, Westminster drove into UMM territory for the fourth time and for the fourth time, the Cougar defense did not allow the Blue Jays to score. The Cougars forced an incompletion on a fourth down pass at the UMM 21 and the two teams would go into halftime scoreless.

The Blue Jays finally broke through on the opening possession of the second half. They drove 58 yards on 11 plays that ended with a Ketrick Large 2-yard touchdown run to break open the scoring at 6-0. Westminster would score again on their next drive as White took it in from 21 yards out to give the Blue Jays a 12-0 lead.

The Cougar offense would make some noise after the Westminster score. Justin Masloski found Carter Geyer for a 37-yard touchdown connection to pull the Cougars within 12-7 with 5:35 remaining in the third.

Westminster quickly answered though as White took into the end zone from 41 yards out on a 4th-and-1 to put Westminster up 19-7 at the end of the third.

White used his arm in the fourth quarter as he connected with Alec Fleetwood on a 48-yard score to finish out the scoring.

With two tackles for loss, Nathan Gehlen became the Cougars' all-time leader in career tackles for loss at 39.5. He leads the team with 11.5 this season.

Drew Shipley led the Cougars Saturday with 10 tackles and one sack. Joseph Loija and Brett Jansen also recorded a sack.

Minnesota Morris (2-5, 2-3 in UMAC) returns home to face Martin Luther next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Big Cat Stadium.