Pulse Jackals 17, Meridian Owls 14

Week 4 · Regular season · round 3 · Monday 19 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	7	3	7	0	17
MRD Meridian Owls	0	0	0	14	14

Game recap

The Pulse Jackals held off the Meridian Owls 17-14 in round 3 of Week 4. The go-ahead score came with 3:19 left in the first quarter.

The Jackals opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu with 3:19 left in the first quarter. At the break the Jackals were up 10-0. The fourth quarter brought a 3-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby for the Owls (3:24 left, 17-7); a 7-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby for the Owls (0:11 left, 17-14).

The play that tilted the game came with 0:11 left in the fourth quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Jackals' chance of winning from 61% to 90%.

Top performer: Tavi Nkemelu (WR, Jackals), with 7 catches for 79 yards and 1 TD. Elsewhere, Graham Ashby (Owls) had 28 of 40 passing for 328 yards, 2 INT; 3 carries for 19 yards and 2 TD; Tobin Marsh (Owls) had 14 carries for 86 yards; 4 catches for 32 yards; Abel Thornbury (Owls) had 9 catches for 134 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 23 of 40 passing for 235 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 5 carries for 17 yards.

Before kickoff, the Owls' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Soren Oyelaran; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Soren Oyelaran finished with 9 catches for 94 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, target Cassius Achebe; on defense: bracket Soren Oyelaran (Cassius Achebe finished with 6 catches for 55 yards).

The Owls move to 1-2 and the Jackals to 2-1 this week. The coaches went for it on fourth down twice, converting 1.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-MRD
Q1 3:19	Jackals	A 10-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu (extra point)	7-0
Q2 1:41	Jackals	A 29-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	10-0
Q3 1:52	Jackals	A 17-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Anders Quarles (extra point)	17-0
Q4 3:24	Owls	A 3-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby (extra point)	17-7
Q4 0:11	Owls	A 7-yard touchdown run by Graham Ashby (extra point)	17-14

Team stats

	PLS	MRD
Total yards	344	457
Passing yards	235	328
Rushing yards	109	129
Completions	23 of 40	28 of 40
Offensive plays	73	67
Third downs	5 of 17	2 of 9
Fourth downs	—	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	7
Sacks allowed	3	4
Time of possession	7:52	8:08

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	23/40	235	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Jace Albright	19	50	17
Fabian Lachance	4	26	11
Rio Castellanos	5	17	11
Adrien Esposito	2	16	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	7	79	1	12
Anders Quarles	5	64	1	7
Cassius Achebe	6	55	0	10
Jace Albright	3	29	0	5

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Elio Oyelaran	22	0	1	0
Orson Castellan	4	0	1	1
Orson Norcross	0	2	0	0
Quentin Norcross	7	0	0	0
Darius Esposito	4	0	0	0
Valen Ashford	0	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	1/3	29	2/2

Meridian Owls box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Graham Ashby	28/40	328	0	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Tobin Marsh	14	86	0	16
Graham Ashby	3	19	2	9
Adrien Oyelaran	4	19	0	11
Pavel Oyelaran	2	5	0	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Abel Thornbury	9	134	13
Soren Oyelaran	9	94	11
Pavel Oyelaran	4	38	4
Tobin Marsh	4	32	6

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Cyrus Jovanovic	26	0	0	1
Adrien Montague	3	0	1	0
Dorian Brennan	0	1	0	0
Orson Lachance	4	0	0	1
Adrien Zamora	4	0	0	0
Dorian Radcliffe	4	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Zane Radcliffe	0/0	0	2/2

Watch the replay

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