The Wartburg College football team advanced to the second-round of the NCAA Division III playoffs Saturday, while the seasons ended for the men’s soccer and women’s cross country teams.

The Knights dominated No. 13 Illinois Wesleyan University, 41-7, Saturday on a cold, windy afternoon in Bloomington, Ill., with a relentless ground game and fierce defense.

Wartburg (9-2) amassed 274 yards rushing, while holding IWU (9-2) to minus five. Running back Brandon Domeyer, a sophomore from Manchester, scored three touchdowns while gaining 161 yards on 34 carries. Quarterback Logan Schrader, a sophomore from Killdeer, Ill., chipped in two more scores, running for 77 yards in 10 carries.

For good measure, linebacker Will Janssen, a sophomore from Mediapolis, scored on a fumble in the end zone as the Knights took down Titans quarterback Rob Gillik with just over a minute gone in the second half to extended their lead to 28-0.

Wartburg had four interceptions and three fumble recoveries, stopping four IWU drives into the Knights’ territory with takeaways.

Wartburg now travels to St. Paul for a Saturday noon contest against No. 6 Bethel University (11-0), a 70-13 winner over Duluth’s College of St. Scholastica. Wartburg lost to Bethel, 30-17, in the second game of the season.

The Wartburg College men’s soccer team took No. 7 Trinity (Texas) University into double overtime of the NCAA Division III playoff’s third round Saturday before bowing, 2-1, in Dubuque.

The Knights (17-5-2), the Iowa Conference regular-season co-champions, took the early lead with seven minutes gone on a goal by Zach Smith, a junior from Cedar Rapids.

Trinity (21-3-1) tied the score 51 minutes later on a penalty kick by Darren McAfee following a Wartburg foul in the box. The Tigers’ Yuri Ribeiro headed in the game-winner six minutes into the second OT.

For the night, Wartburg had 13 shots, including four on goal, while Trinity had 21 shots with eight on goal. Cade Shatzer, Wartburg’s senior goalkeeper from Hudson, made six saves.

The injury-plagued No. 3-ranked women’s cross country team — champions of the Iowa Conference and NCAA Central Region — were 11^th as Johns Hopkins defended its NCAA Division III title in Hanover, Ind. 

Haddie Vawter, a senior from Union, gained All-America honors with a 33^rd-place finish, while senior Sammi Bruett of Urbandale was 40^th.