Aegis Sentinels 31, Monolith Rhinos 28

Week 1 · Regular season · round 4 · Tuesday 29 September 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
AEG Aegis Sentinels	0	14	3	14	31
MNL Monolith Rhinos	21	0	0	7	28

Game recap

Down but not out, the Aegis Sentinels rallied past the Monolith Rhinos for a 31-28 win in round 4 of Week 1. They trailed by as many as 21 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 2%.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner with 2:43 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 21-14. The fourth quarter brought a 6-yard touchdown run by Malik Asante for the Sentinels (2:03 left, 24-21); a 4-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic for the Rhinos (1:05 left, 28-24); a 10-yard touchdown pass from Oren Lindqvist to Malik Asante for the Sentinels (0:00 left, 31-28).

The key moment arrived with 2:42 left in the fourth quarter: an interception by Matteo Bellamy off Brandt Kessler. It moved the Sentinels' chance of winning from 23% to 47%.

Top performer: Malik Asante (RB, Sentinels), with 24 carries for 129 yards and 2 TD; 1 catch for 10 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 18 carries for 126 yards and 1 TD; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 7 catches for 70 yards; Oren Lindqvist (Sentinels) had 16 of 25 passing for 127 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; Jules Ferrand (Sentinels) had 8 catches for 51 yards.

The Rhinos move to 0-3-1 and the Sentinels to 1-1-2 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	AEG-MNL
Q1 2:43	Rhinos	A 7-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	0-7
Q1 1:42	Rhinos	A 9-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	0-14
Q1 0:04	Rhinos	A 1-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	0-21
Q2 1:46	Sentinels	A 1-yard touchdown run by Malik Asante	7-21
Q2 0:11	Sentinels	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Oren Lindqvist to Quentin Jovanovic	14-21
Q3 1:29	Sentinels	A 32-yard field goal by Elio Underwood	17-21
Q4 2:03	Sentinels	A 6-yard touchdown run by Malik Asante	24-21
Q4 1:05	Rhinos	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Brandt Kessler to Orson Jovanovic	24-28
Q4 0:00	Sentinels	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Oren Lindqvist to Malik Asante	31-28

Team stats

	AEG	MNL
Total yards	283	340
Passing yards	127	89
Rushing yards	156	251
Completions	16 of 25	9 of 16
Offensive plays	59	57
Third downs	7 of 12	7 of 9
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	3
Sacks allowed	5	0
Time of possession	6:08	5:51

Aegis Sentinels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Oren Lindqvist	16/25	127	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malik Asante	24	129	2	23
Ivo Ashford	5	27	0	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Jules Ferrand	8	51	0	11
Cyrus Pellegrini	4	42	0	7
Matteo Ashford	2	21	0	2
Malik Asante	1	10	1	2

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Dorian Whitlock	8	1	0
Matteo Bellamy	8	1	0
Roman Coventry	9	0	1
Lazlo Hargrove	6	0	2
Jonas Achebe	6	0	0
Adrien Jovanovic	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Elio Underwood	1/1	32	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	9/16	89	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Valen Falkner	18	126	1	17
Titus Okafor	23	125	2	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Rory Blackwood	7	70	0	13
Ivo Underwood	1	15	0	2
Orson Jovanovic	1	4	1	1

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Nils Sandoval	9	0	0	0
Cyrus Varga	4	0	1	0
Wendell Bellamy	0	2	0	0
Roman Underwood	8	0	0	0
Bastien Sandoval	8	0	0	2
Adrien Pellegrini	7	0	0	0

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