NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Some of the most accomplished players in program history etched their names permanently into TCNJ football lore with record-breaking performances in Friday night's season finale at Christopher Newport.
 
The Captains (7-3, 5-1) rolled up 458 yards of rushing offense in a 70-31 victory, but not before several Lions veterans established new high-water marks on the offensive side of the ball.
 
Fifth-year quarterback Trevor Bopp threw three touchdown passes, moving him past Flip Faherty (1982-83) and into the top spot on the all-time list with 50.
 
Seventeen of Bopp's completions went to fifth-year counterpart Malin Jasinski, who capped off a legendary campaign in style. The 17 receptions, believed to be a school record and good for 194 yards, gave him 169 for his career and put Jasinski ahead of John Aromando '85 for the career record. Jasinski finished the season with 99 receptions for 1378 yards, both easily the best in program history, and ended his career second in receiving yards with 2,053.
 
Jayson Schmidt, meanwhile carried 28 times for 138 yards and a touchdown, his school-record 13^th of the season.
 
Fifth-year tight end Thomas Burke had seven catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns, vaulting into fifth in career receiving yards (1,763) and giving him 15 career TD receptions.
 
The four touchdowns scored by the Lions gave freshman kicker Tim Willever the ammunition to establish a new single-season record for extra points made with 38.
 
CNU scored on its opening drive and never looked back, going up 35-3 at halftime and locking up a runner-up finish to Salisbury in the NJAC standings.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ had more first downs than the Captains (37-29) and racked up 536 yards of offense, but Bopp was picked off five times – one of them a pick-six – and the Lions had no answers for the CNU running game
• Jordin Lennon (15 rush, 234 yards, 4 TDs) and Gunner White (27-183-4) combined for over 400 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground
• CNU scored TDs on all seven of its red-zone opportunities
• Bopp threw for 391 yards and three scores
• In addition to Jasinski (17-194) and Burke (7-90-2), Alex Dille had five catches for 55 yards and a score
• Dave Giulian led the defense with eight tackles (one for loss), and Jack Young had an interception

NOTES

• TCNJ posted its first winning season since 2011
• Bopp finished his career as the all-time leader in completions (522), yards (6,752), and touchdowns (50); he threw a program-record 26 touchdowns in 2024
• Jasinski ends his career with 169 receptions and 2,053 yards, just enough to pass Tom Casperson (2,045 from 1978-81) for second on the all-time yards list
• Jasinski had seven games with 10-plus catches, and five with at least 150 receiving yards
• Burke finished his career with 128 receptions for 1,763 yards and 15 TDs
• Schmidt now ranks 6^th in program history with 2,158 career rushing yards, and his 23^rd rushing TD moved him into a tie for 3^rd with Steve Ware (1987-89); Schmidt finishes with 2,749 career scrimmage yards
• Willever's 38 PATs were one more than the previous record set by Marc Zucconi (2009) and Mike McGhee (1997)
• Jack Young's interception was the 10^th of his career
• Giulian finished the season with 97 tackles, just shy of the 12^th triple-digit season in TCNJ history
• Tyler Rummel (104) and Dylan Patscher (101) each registered their 100^th career tackle