Vector Strikers 34, Monolith Rhinos 24

Week 1 · Regular season · round 11 · Thursday 1 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
VEC Vector Strikers	7	10	10	7	34
MNL Monolith Rhinos	10	0	7	7	24

Game recap

Down but not out, the Vector Strikers rallied past the Monolith Rhinos for a 34-24 win in round 11 of Week 1. They trailed by as many as 10 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 18%. The result went against the odds, which had the Strikers at 36% before kickoff.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 29-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood with 1:35 left in the first quarter. At the break the Strikers were up 17-10. The fourth quarter brought an 8-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner for the Rhinos (1:55 left, 27-24); a 2-yard touchdown run by Teo Briggs for the Strikers (0:15 left, 34-24).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:59 left in the fourth quarter: a fumble by Titus Okafor, recovered by the defense. It moved the Strikers' chance of winning from 46% to 69%.

The standout was Nico Saint-Clair (WR, Strikers), with 13 catches for 213 yards and 2 TD. Elsewhere, Titus Okafor (Rhinos) had 25 carries for 187 yards and 2 TD; 1 catch for 6 yards; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 12 catches for 150 yards; Dax Holloway (Strikers) had 25 of 38 passing for 361 yards, 3 TD; Teo Briggs (Strikers) had 15 carries for 86 yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 1 yard.

The Rhinos move to 5-5-1 and the Strikers to 7-3-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	VEC-MNL
Q1 1:35	Rhinos	A 29-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-3
Q1 1:06	Rhinos	An 18-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	0-10
Q1 0:28	Strikers	A 1-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Elio Falkner	7-10
Q2 2:07	Strikers	A 27-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair	14-10
Q2 0:58	Strikers	A 22-yard field goal by Adrien Lachance	17-10
Q3 1:41	Strikers	A 13-yard touchdown pass from Dax Holloway to Nico Saint-Clair	24-10
Q3 1:03	Rhinos	A 3-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	24-17
Q3 0:14	Strikers	A 45-yard field goal by Adrien Lachance	27-17
Q4 1:55	Rhinos	An 8-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	27-24
Q4 0:15	Strikers	A 2-yard touchdown run by Teo Briggs	34-24

Team stats

	VEC	MNL
Total yards	489	463
Passing yards	361	171
Rushing yards	128	292
Completions	25 of 38	14 of 28
Offensive plays	64	66
Third downs	4 of 10	5 of 9
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	1	4
Sacks allowed	4	0
Time of possession	4:59	6:56

Vector Strikers box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Dax Holloway	25/38	361	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Teo Briggs	15	86	1	16
Yannick Whitlock	7	42	0	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Nico Saint-Clair	13	213	2	23
Elio Falkner	5	52	1	7
Bastien Kincaid	3	50	0	4
Adrien Yardley	3	45	0	3

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Cyrus Whitlock	5	1	1
Anders Delacroix	9	0	0
Ivo Falkner	8	0	0
Jonas Ingram	7	0	0
Yannick Thorne	6	0	1
Cyrus Bellamy	6	0	3

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Lachance	2/2	45	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	14/28	171	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	25	187	2	18
Valen Falkner	13	105	1	22

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Rory Blackwood	12	150	16
Hector Quarles	1	15	4
Titus Okafor	1	6	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Emeric Hargrove	9	0	0
Nils Sandoval	8	0	0
Bram Garrow	0	2	0
Roman Underwood	6	0	0
Adrien Pellegrini	6	0	1
Cyrus Varga	5	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	1/1	29	0/0

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