The Shippensburg University football team used a 28-point second quarter to pull away Saturday in an eventual 59-7 triumph over Lackawanna on a sunny afternoon in Scranton at PENFED Field at Memorial Stadium.
Shippensburg (3-5) piled up 545 yards of offense, averaging 8.1 yards per play.
Roman Jensen was 21-of-24 for 288 yards and three touchdowns; he also ran for a score.
Derek Guzman caught all five of his targets for a game-high 107 yards.
Andre Weidman ran for 107 yards on just 12 carries and scored two touchdowns. It was his third 100-yard rushing game of the season.
BJ Jones had nine carries for 37 yards in addition to three receptions for 44 yards; he found the end zone twice – once on the ground and once through the air.
Marcus Sweeney and
Chris Adegunle hauled in touchdown grabs. Sweeney's catch was one for the highlight reel; as he hauled in a fade in the corner of the end zone from 11 yards out with eight seconds left in the first half.
SU also produced a special teams score. In the third quarter,
Kal-El Durham blocked a punt that was scooped up by
Kam Wolfe, who ran it in for a 13-yard touchdown.
Wilson Ingerski capped the scoring with a 34-yard field goal and was 8-of-8 on point-after-touchdowns (PATs).
The Raider defense recorded a season-high 10.0 tackles-for-loss (TFLs), including three sacks.
Nate Myers finished with a team-high eight total tackles, including one of those TFLs.
Joe McAneny had two TFLs in his debut, while
Luke Hines (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) and
Brodie Hollis had solo sacks.
SU outgained Lackawanna (0-8) from scrimmage 240-44 in the decisive second quarter and controlled the ball for more than 10 minutes. The Falcons ran for 109 yards in the fourth quarter after having totaled just 165 total yards through the first three quarters.
Shippensburg will celebrate seven seniors before its final home game of the season, a 1 p.m. Saturday clash with Shepherd at Seth Grove Stadium.
