Hiram, Ohio – Sophomore wide receiver Justin Cruz caught two touchdowns to set Oberlin's single-season record for receiving touchdowns, but that was the lone bright spot in Oberlin's 35-13 season-ending loss at Hiram College.
 
Cruz snagged nine balls for 80 yards, scoring from 3-yards, and 20-yards out to give him 11 total TDs on the year to surpass Jay Greely for the record. Greely caught 10 touchdowns in 1974. On the season Cruz finished with 828 yards on 64 catches. His yardage total is good for the fifth-best in a single season, while his 64 catches are the sixth most for any OC wide out in a single year.
 
The loss snapped Oberlin's five-game winning streak against the Terriers and marks just the second win for Hiram in the last 13 meetings between the two foes.
 
The Yeomen, who finish the season at 2-8 overall and 2-7 in the NCAC, spotted the Terriers 21 points before they finally got things trending in the right direction.
 
The Yeomen finally broke through with 7:47 left in the third quarter as Cruz's 3-yard score capped a 14-play, 85-yard drive that took 6:03 off the clock.
 
A Hiram personal foul called allowed Oberlin to take the ensuing kickoff at the 50-yard line as Erickson Andrews sent a short kick down to the 20 where it was bobbled by Hiram and recovered by the Yeomen. Oberlin would waste no time in taking advantage of the good fortune as Lucas Poggiali hooked up with Cruz on the first play from scrimmage to make it a 21-13 game.
 
Unfortunately, the Yeomen were unable to carry the momentum into the fourth quarter as Poggiali was intercepted three times in the quarter with one being returned 15 yards for a touchdown. Hiram would go on to add one more score to put the game away for good.
 
Hiram finished the season a 5-5 and 4-5 in the NCAC, marking its first season at or above the .500 mark since the late 1980s.
 
Max Schenk and Bennett Jackson led the Yeomen defense with nine tackles each in the loss.
 
Losing just five players to graduation, this young Oberlin team will work towards getting better next year this off-season.