Pulse Jackals 30, Comet Stingrays 20

Week 2 · Regular season · round 20 · Thursday 8 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	7	10	3	10	30
CMT Comet Stingrays	0	6	0	14	20

Game recap

The Pulse Jackals beat the Comet Stingrays 30-20 in round 20 of Week 2. They led by as many as 24 points.

The Jackals opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Adrien Esposito with 2:02 left in the first quarter. The Jackals led 17-6 at halftime. In the fourth quarter: a 39-yard field goal by Roman Zamora for the Jackals (2:33 left, 23-6); a 1-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright for the Jackals (1:44 left, 30-6); a 2-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Keon Ashby-Grant for the Stingrays (0:46 left, 30-13); an 8-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Lior Bendavid for the Stingrays (0:00 left, 30-20).

Top performer: Jace Albright (RB, Jackals), with 26 carries for 130 yards and 2 TD; 2 catches for 14 yards. Elsewhere, Darius Wolcott (Stingrays) had 36 of 54 passing for 307 yards, 2 TD; Keon Ashby-Grant (Stingrays) had 9 carries for 66 yards; 2 catches for 11 yards and 1 TD; Lior Bendavid (Stingrays) had 19 catches for 155 yards and 1 TD; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 21 of 36 passing for 216 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT; 4 carries for 36 yards.

Before kickoff, the Stingrays' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Cassius Thorne; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Cassius Thorne finished with 1 carry for 9 yards; 7 catches for 65 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Cassius Achebe; on defense: bracket Lior Bendavid (Cassius Achebe finished with 8 catches for 108 yards).

The Stingrays move to 8-11-1 and the Jackals to 8-11-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-CMT
Q1 2:02	Jackals	A 7-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Adrien Esposito	7-0
Q2 2:43	Jackals	A 4-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright	14-0
Q2 1:43	Stingrays	A 22-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	14-3
Q2 0:58	Jackals	A 39-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	17-3
Q2 0:09	Stingrays	A 38-yard field goal by Quentin Whitlock	17-6
Q3 0:33	Jackals	A 51-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	20-6
Q4 2:33	Jackals	A 39-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	23-6
Q4 1:44	Jackals	A 1-yard touchdown run by Jace Albright	30-6
Q4 0:46	Stingrays	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Keon Ashby-Grant	30-13
Q4 0:00	Stingrays	An 8-yard touchdown pass from Darius Wolcott to Lior Bendavid	30-20

Team stats

	PLS	CMT
Total yards	464	424
Passing yards	216	307
Rushing yards	248	117
Completions	21 of 36	36 of 54
Offensive plays	74	78
Third downs	3 of 8	8 of 18
Fourth downs	1 of 1	3 of 3
Turnovers	3	2
Sacks allowed	1	7
Time of possession	5:50	6:10

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	21/36	216	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Jace Albright	26	130	2	14
Fabian Lachance	7	82	0	15
Rio Castellanos	4	36	0	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Cassius Achebe	8	108	0	8
Tavi Nkemelu	3	43	0	8
Adrien Esposito	5	35	1	9
Anders Quarles	3	16	0	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Darius Draven	9	0	0
Orson Castellan	9	0	1
Elio Oyelaran	8	0	0
Tariq Coventry	8	0	2
Soren Sandoval	0	2	0
Valen Ashford	0	2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	3/4	51	0/0

Comet Stingrays box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Darius Wolcott	36/54	307	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Keon Ashby-Grant	9	66	19
Darius Delacroix	6	32	9
Ivo Hargrove	1	10	16
Cassius Thorne	1	9	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Lior Bendavid	19	155	1	23
Cassius Thorne	7	65	0	14
Ulric Achebe	6	53	0	7
Ivo Hargrove	2	23	0	4

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Emeric Quarles	11	1	2
Hector Pellegrini	6	1	1
Wendell Montague	11	0	0
Elio Coventry	8	0	0
Kasimir Achebe	7	0	0
Darius Draven	7	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Quentin Whitlock	2/3	38	0/0

Watch the replay

Every play of this game can be replayed on the big screen, with the play calls, the win probability and the commentary: replay Pulse Jackals 30, Comet Stingrays 20 on Snapline. More about the teams: Comet Stingrays · Pulse Jackals.