Box Score It was a Senior Day smothering at James S. Malosky Stadium.

The University of Minnesota Duluth found the end zone on each of its first six possessions Saturday afternoon to take a 42-0 second quarter lead and went on to crush the University of Minnesota Crookston 57-3 in the Bulldogs' regular season home finale.
 
The No. 6 Bulldogs got touchdowns from seven different players in the victory, their eighth straight over the Golden Eagles and their 34th triumph in 36 lifetime Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division games.
 
Fittingly, four seniors -- tight ends Pat Alexander and Jeremy Reierson, wide out Austin Selvick, and starting linebacker (turned temporary fullback) Nate Zuk --  caught touchdown passes on the team's annual Senior Day and fifth-year Bulldog Brent Jorgensen threw his first scoring strike as a collegian. Freshman quarterback Drew Bauer completed 12 of 14 passes for 141 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in a little under two quarters of work. Sophomore running back Logan Lauters (a one-yard run) and junior wide receivers Zach Zweifel (33-yard pass from Bauer) and Aaron Roth (six-yard pass from Bauer) also scored for the touchdown while redshirt freshman Tyler McLaughlin (two) and junior Alex Brown (one), UMD's primary punter, combined for three field goals.
 
UMD, which improves to 8-1 on the year, held the 2-7 Golden Eagles to just six first downs and 107 yards of total offense. Freshman defensive end Jake Lambrecht came off the bench to figure in on a team-leading eight total tackles while freshmen linebacker Beau Bates and Ben McDonald each were credited with four stops. Linebacker Colby Ring, one of 21 Bulldog seniors who were honored prior to the game, had himself quite an afternoon. In addtion to registering four tackles to move into sixth place on UMD's career charts (261 stops), he proposed to his girlfriend, Nadine Abu Azzam, a UMD senior and Duluth Central High School alumnae, on the field following the pre-game ceremony. She accepted.

In addition to giving up just 87 yards of passing offense (including just seven yards in the second half), UMD sacked Golden Eagle quarterbacks Kyle Larson and Nathan Cole three times and spent most of the afternoon in their faces, racking up five quarterback hurries.

"I thought we had good matchups against their O-line," said senior defensive end Chris Vandervest. "Today was definitely emotional. It was nice to see all the senior got to play and had significant roles today."
 
The Bulldogs, who were slotted third in this week's NCAA Division II Super Region 3 Rankings, will be on the road for the final two weekends of the 2013 regular season, beginning with next Saturday's clash at the University of Mary.