Aegis Sentinels 20, Citadel Rams 17

Week 5 · Regular season · round 1 · Monday 26 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
AEG Aegis Sentinels	7	7	3	3	20
CTD Citadel Rams	10	0	7	0	17

Game recap

The Aegis Sentinels came back to beat the Citadel Rams 20-17 in round 1 of Week 5. They trailed by as many as 7 points, and their chance of winning dropped as low as 15%.

The Rams opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Soren Montague with 3:05 left in the first quarter. The Sentinels led 14-10 at halftime. The fourth quarter brought a 55-yard field goal by Elio Underwood for the Sentinels (2:57 left, 20-17).

The biggest swing of the game came with 1:12 left in the third quarter: Extra point good. It moved the Sentinels' chance of winning from 32% to 53%.

The standout was Malik Asante (RB, Sentinels), with 16 carries for 77 yards and 1 TD; 3 catches for 27 yards. Elsewhere, Augustin Mercer-Hale (Rams) had 13 of 23 passing for 151 yards, 2 TD; 1 carry for 1 yard; Calvin Booker (Rams) had 7 carries for 49 yards; 2 catches for 27 yards; Orson Ashford (Rams) had 4 catches for 65 yards; Oren Lindqvist (Sentinels) had 23 of 29 passing for 190 yards, 1 TD; 3 carries for 4 yards.

Before kickoff, the Rams' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Orson Ashford; on defense: bracket Quentin Jovanovic (Orson Ashford finished with 4 catches for 65 yards). Meanwhile, the Sentinels' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, target Cyrus Pellegrini; on defense: bracket Desmond Ashcroft (Cyrus Pellegrini finished with 2 catches for 24 yards).

The Rams move to 0-1 and the Sentinels to 1-0 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	AEG-CTD
Q1 3:05	Rams	A 2-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Soren Montague (extra point)	0-7
Q1 1:18	Sentinels	A 3-yard touchdown run by Malik Asante (extra point)	7-7
Q1 0:10	Rams	A 33-yard field goal by Adrien Garrow	7-10
Q2 2:19	Sentinels	A 4-yard touchdown pass from Oren Lindqvist to Ivo Ashford (extra point)	14-10
Q3 2:08	Sentinels	A 23-yard field goal by Elio Underwood	17-10
Q3 1:12	Rams	A 9-yard touchdown pass from Augustin Mercer-Hale to Desmond Ashcroft (extra point)	17-17
Q4 2:57	Sentinels	A 55-yard field goal by Elio Underwood	20-17

Team stats

	AEG	CTD
Total yards	346	204
Passing yards	190	151
Rushing yards	156	53
Completions	23 of 29	13 of 23
Offensive plays	62	32
Third downs	9 of 12	0 of 5
Fourth downs	—	—
Turnovers	2	1
Sacks allowed	2	0
Time of possession	11:04	4:56

Aegis Sentinels box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Oren Lindqvist	23/29	190	1	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Malik Asante	16	77	1	13
Ivo Ashford	9	49	0	14
Orson Draven	3	26	0	10
Oren Lindqvist	3	4	0	6

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Matteo Ashford	6	54	6
Jules Ferrand	6	53	9
Malik Asante	3	27	3
Cyrus Pellegrini	2	24	3

Defense

Player	TK	SK	INT	PD
Bastien Thorne	11	0	0	0
Dorian Whitlock	3	0	0	0
Elio Quarles	1	0	0	0
Roman Coventry	1	0	0	0
Zane Draven	1	0	0	0
Adrien Jovanovic	1	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Elio Underwood	2/2	55	2/2

Citadel Rams box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Augustin Mercer-Hale	13/23	151	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Calvin Booker	7	49	20
Ulric Draven	1	3	3
Augustin Mercer-Hale	1	1	1

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Orson Ashford	4	65	0	5
Ivo Yardley	4	34	0	6
Calvin Booker	2	27	0	2
Desmond Ashcroft	2	23	1	4

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Bram Brennan	25	0	1
Pavel Falkner	8	0	0
Ulric Falkner	0	1	0
Darius Esposito	0	1	0
Cassius Hargrove	3	0	0
Gideon Falkner	3	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Adrien Garrow	1/1	33	2/2

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 Aegis Sentinels 20, Citadel Rams 17 on Snapline. More about the teams: Citadel Rams · Aegis Sentinels.