PUEBLO, Colo. – The No. 18 UIndy football team's historic season ended Saturday afternoon with a 28-7 second-round loss at top-ranked Colorado State-Pueblo.  After notching a conference championship, a double-digit win total and a Division II postseason berth, the Greyhounds finish the 2012 season with a 10-3 record while the ThunderWolves (12-0) advance to the national quarterfinals.
 
The UIndy defense came up with some big plays early to keep the home team off the board.  Cornerback Andre Smith's first career pick halted the ThunderWolves' first drive, while a successful goal-line stand produced a CSU-Pueblo fumble on 4th & Goal from the one-yard line.
 
"The Pack" finally broke the seal with a four-yard touchdown run from freshman Cameron McDondle with just under three minutes left in the half, but UIndy answered with a hyper-efficient possession to knot it at seven apiece.  The 12-play, 82-yard drive took a mere two minutes and tweny-eight seconds, as redshirt-freshman Reece Horn dove into the end zone after 24-yard pitch-and-catch from Chris Mills.
 
Out of the break, the teams measured each other with jabs until the very end of the third when the ThunderWolves delivered what proved to be the game's most-damaging blow.  A Mills pass was broken up and tipped into the hands of linebacker Beldy Nseka, who returned the ball to the UIndy 11.
 
One play later, the Pack cashed in with the go-ahead score to make it 14-7.  They tacked on two more touchdowns to pull away.  All told, the Greyhounds committed three second-half turnovers.
 
With the ThunderWolves nearly doubling UIndy's time of possession, three Greyhounds recorded 15 tackles in Max Davis, Todd Hacker and John Strickland.   Justin Robinson had seven assisted tackles and a fumble recovery, while Jovone Jordan and Mike Phillips combined on the team's only sack.
 
Offensively, Horn amassed five catches for 50 yards and fellow-receiver Mar'quone Edmonds recorded six for 43.
 
Led by captains Davis, Edmonds, Andrew Mansaray and Tyler Peterman, this year's senior class put up 27 wins over the last four seasons, good for the third-winningest four-year period in UIndy history.  Only the classes of 1986 and '87 – which both won 28 – had more victories.
 
The team will host its annual awards banquet Sunday, Dec. 2.