SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Redshirt-sophomore
Brycen Mussina threw three touchdown passes to redshirt-sophomore
Sean Judge, graduate
Luke Durkin ran in two scores, and the Red Raider defense limited host East Stroudsburg under 200 yards of offense as the Shippensburg University football team completed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division schedule with a 35-10 win at East Stroudsburg Saturday night from Eiler-Martin Stadium.
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Shippensburg (4-6, 4-3 PSAC East) held a 14-3 halftime lead over East Stroudsburg (5-5, 2-5) and then possessed the ball for more than 21 minutes in the second half to cement the victory. SU scored touchdowns on all five of its trips into the red zone and held the Warriors to just 197 yards of total offense.
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Mussina finished 21-of-33 for 350 yards and the three touchdown passes without throwing an interception. Judge set career highs with six catches, 93 receiving yards en route to finding the end zone three times. Durkin carried the ball 16 times for 90 yards.
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Once again, redshirt-sophomore
David Balint III was a force as a pass catcher – leading the Red Raiders with eight receptions for 115 yards. Redshirt-junior
Winston Eubanks had three catches for 65 yards.
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The Red Raider defense had arguably their best game of the season, limiting ESU to just one field goal on its first nine possessions and yielding its only touchdown with seven minutes remaining.
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Redshirt-junior
Tim Bradley had a monster game, recording a career-high three sacks in the second half out of four total tackles-for-loss (TFLs). His final sack was a sack-fumble recovered by redshirt-freshman
Aaron Alphee and returned for 28 yards.
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Shippensburg had five sacks overall – with redshirt-senior
Tig Spinelli and freshman
Jacoby Sherard joining Bradley in the TFL column.
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Redshirt-senior
Deionte Wilson and redshirt-freshman
Tyler Simon joined Spinelli atop the SU tackles totals with eight. Simon and Spinelli each totaled 1.5 TFLs.
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Shippensburg closes out the 2019 season at 1 p.m. Saturday when it hosts nationally-ranked IUP for Senior Day from Seth Grove Stadium.
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