Ashland University's football team snapped its three-game losing streak in impressive fashion on Saturday (Oct. 17) afternoon in Kentucky, running away from Thomas More, 48-10.
 
The Eagles, in earning all-time program win No. 550, improve to 2-5 overall and 2-3 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Saints are 1-6, 1-4.
 
Saturday's victory marked 2026 season-highs in points, passing yards (296) and total yards on offense (497), and sacks (six) and interceptions (five) on defense.
 
The Eagles took the game's opening drive, and after gains of 30 and 40 yards, went ahead 6-0 on a one-yard touchdown run by sophomore tailback Chris Maloney – despite a missed extra point. Their second drive ended in similar fashion, as junior tailback Willtrell Hartson scored on an eight-yard TD run – lifting AU to a 13-0 lead halfway through the opening quarter.
 
A third rushing touchdown of the first quarter came when redshirt freshman fullback Drexal McAmis went in from three years out for a 20-0 Ashland advantage.
 
The second quarter brought the first passing score of the game, and it was an explosive one – an 87-yard launch from freshman quarterback Coy Hamic to sophomore wide receiver D.J. Harvey for a 27-0 lead. With that, the Eagles had a season-high in points in a game less than 17 minutes in.
 
Thomas More got on the board at the 8:56 mark of the second period on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Ben Chesser to Numehnne Gwilly. But following a three-yard Saints punt, Hamic connected with freshman wide receiver Andrew McKnight for a 55-yard touchdown to get those seven points back and lead 34-7.
 
Ashland avoided problems to end the first half despite losing a muffed punt and a fumble, only yielding a 31-yard Davis Burleigh field goal as the half closed to take a 34-10 lead into the locker room. The first 30 minutes on Saturday featured a combined 44 points and 521 yards of offense.
 
Freshman cornerback Kayden Myers picked off a pass for a second consecutive week, which set up sophomore fullback Mekhi Bradley's one-yard scoring plunge for a 41-10 lead with 5:06 left in the third quarter.
 
Hartson's second rushing touchdown of the afternoon, this one from five yards out, for the game's final margin at the 2:15 mark of the third.
 
Hamic finished 14-for-20 for 296 yards and two touchdowns in his second collegiate start, and Harvey was the main recipient, ending with eight catches for 191 yards and a score.
 
Ashland now is 4-0 all-time against Thomas More.
 
The Eagles will return to Jack Miller Stadium/Martinelli Field on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. to take on Kentucky Wesleyan. This will be AU's Youth Day / 1986 Ashland College Football Team Recognition game.