By: Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
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Redshirt-junior quarterback
Brycen Mussina threw two first-quarter touchdowns and redshirt-sophomore running back
Bill Williams ran for two touchdowns as the Shippensburg University football team posted a 30-9 road victory at Edinboro on Saturday at sunny Sox Harrison Stadium.
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Shippensburg (2-0) was playing at Edinboro (0-1) for the first time since 2015 and extended its winning streak over the Fighting Scots to four straight games. SU scored touchdowns on its first two possessions and maintained a 20-6 lead at halftime. It was the 30-6 through three quarters with the final scoring being a late Fighting Scot field goal in the final two minutes.
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Mussina finished the day 20-of-28 for 257 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Williams had 22 carries for 89 yards and two touchdowns.
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The receiving star of the day was freshman
Ian Sheehan, who had six receptions for 143 yards. Sheehan caught a 40-yard touchdown throw from Mussina on the first drive of the game for his first collegiate touchdown.
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Graduate
Evan Morrill had five catches for 52 yards, while redshirt-senior
Kyle Evans had four catches for 43 yards and a touchdown. Redshirt-junior
David Balint III caught four passes for 29 yards.
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The SU defense stymied Edinboro and limited the Fighting Scots to just 146 yards on offense, including a mere 25 rushing yards. The Raiders were credited with just one sack, recorded by game captain sophomore
Jacoby Sherard, but were regularly in the backfield. SU had 5.0 tackles-for-loss (TFLs) and five pass breakups.
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Senior
Trey Paul was credited with a team-high six tackles and he forced a fumble in the third quarter that was recovered by redshirt-freshman
Matt Feeney. Redshirt-junior
Josh Russo and junior
Demetrius Hudson each had five tackles, with Russo tallying 1.5 TFLs.
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Shippensburg returns to action at 1 p.m. Saturday at Clarion.
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