SILVER CITY, N.M. --- The Western Oregon football team jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back as the Wolves moved to 3-0 in Lone Star Conference play with a 34-10 win at Western New Mexico on Saturday at Ben Altamirano Field.

WOU (3-2 overall, 3-0 LSC) led the Mustangs (2-4, 0-4) 10-7 near the end of the first half when Dominique Loggins broke free for a 41-yard touchdown run with 37 seconds remaining to give the Wolves a 17-7 lead at the break.
 

It was the start of 24 unanswered points for the Wolves - capped with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth (36-yard touchdown reception by Damon Hickok and a 4-yard scoring run by Michael Gibson III).

For the second week in a row, the Wolves held an opponent to less than 300 yards of offense - holding WNMU to 298 yards, including just 40 on the ground. WOU, on the other hand, had 400 yards of offense with 268 of it coming on the ground.
 

Loggins paced the WOU offense with 130 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries. Kainoa Jones finished 7-for-12 for 83 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 33 more while Jordan McCarty was 7-for-9 for 49 yards while rushing for another 31. Hickok led the team with seven catches for 82 yards and a score.

Defensively, JJ Tofaeono tied a team-high six tackles to go along with a sack and forced a fumble. Malcolm Liufau had six tackles and a sack while Daron Ulrich had four tackles and an interception. As a team, WOU had six sacks be six different players - the most sacks in a game for the Wolves since having seven against Lincoln (CA) on Nov. 13, 2021, and the most against a D-II opponent since Oct. 8, 2016 (Simon Fraser).

The Wolves look to win four games in a row for the first time since 2019 when they host Eastern New Mexico next Saturday at McArthur Field.