The Shippensburg University football team was defeated in its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division finale on Saturday, falling 44-10 at West Chester on a sunny and breezy afternoon at Farrell Stadium.
Shippensburg (3-7, 1-5) could not overcome an early two-touchdown deficit as it was unable to right itself on the afternoon. West Chester (5-5, 2-4) sacked the Raiders eight times, forced three turnovers (two interceptions and a fumble), blocked a punt for a safety, and had four touchdown drives of four plays or fewer.
SU ran 30 more plays than WCU (79-49) and held possession for 38 minutes in the game but was outgained by the hosts by a 430-247 margin. The Golden Rams averaged 8.7 yards per play and limited the Raiders to 3-of-16 on third down.
Roman Jensen was 29-of-42 for 210 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions; he was sacked seven times.
Colton Kilmer was 2-of-3 for 51 yards on SU's final drive but was sacked on the final Raider play from scrimmage and the hosts recovered the subsequent fumble.
SU's lone touchdown was a nine-yard scoring connection between Jensen and
Chris Adegunle on a fourth-down play with 7:45 left.
The only Raider points of the first half were courtesy of a 33-yard field goal by
Wilson Ingerski that capped a 24-play, 56-yard drive that lasted nearly 11 minutes. That drive was prolonged by a WCU roughing the kicker penalty on a 4th-and-35 play on which Ingerski was punting the ball to the Golden Rams.
Andre Weidman ran for 47 yards on 15 carries, but SU finished with minus-14 rushing yards as result of the yardage lost on sacks. Shippensburg had eight different receivers catch a pass, each of whom finished the day with at least three receptions.
Defensively,
Andrew Biddle had an interception in the first half.
Nate Myers finished with a team-high eight tackles.
Shippensburg concludes its season at noon Saturday at Edinboro.
