The Shippensburg University football team got their running game going on Saturday, posting 378 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Everything else fell into place in a 60-16 shell shacking of the winless Millersville Marauders (0-9, 0-8 PSAC).

Senior running back Blair Brooks matched a career high, running for 171 yards and two scores on 19 carries.

He now has 1,076 yards on the season, and joins an elite group of five SU receivers with 1000 yards plus in a season. The last to do so was Green Bay Packer John Kuhn in 2004.

The Raiders’ star ‘back moved into second place on the career-rushing list, with 2,507 yards. He moved past Bill Pettyjohn and Mike Frenette and now trails only Kuhn (4,685).

Senior wide receiver Trevor Harman eclipsed the PSAC receiving record bringing his career total to 60. Saturday marked his 20th career with more than 100 receiving yards and his 30th game with a receiving score.

Seven different players scored for the Raiders (5-4, 4-4 PSAC), and SU had touchdowns on nine of its 14 drives.

Brooks started off the scoring for Shippensburg with 5:47 in the first quarter. He capped off a 60-yard 7-play drive with the 3-yard run to put his team up 6-0.

Barely more than four minutes later junior quarterback Chris Lawshe connected with Harman for his first score of the game, a 17-yard strike, putting the Raiders up by 12.

Lawshe came out to start off the second quarter, and found junior wide out Sheldon Mayer for a 50-yard score.

Shippensburg scored twice more in the quarter. Brooks picked up a 1-yard score at 10:03, and Lawshe capped off an 82-yard, 9-play drive on a 23-yard quarterback scramble to put the Raiders up 30-0.
At 6:30 in the third quarter sophomore Mike Brown added another score on a 26-yard pass. The score marked the sixth consecutive score for the Raiders and a Lawshe-Harman 2-point conversion put SU up by 38.

Millersville put its first points on the board about a minute later. Junior receiver Sean Quarterman ran it in from 25 yards out, and a successful 2-point conversion brought the score to 38-8.
Harman answered for the Raiders on the next drive, pulling in a 16-yard pass. The quarter would end with the score 46-8.

Shippensburg scored twice more in the contest. Junior running back Andrew Smith punched in a score from a yard out, and first-year tailback Colin McDermott picked up the Raiders’ final score with 56 seconds in the contest.

Millersville had one more score eight seconds later on a Myron Myles 71-yard run. But it was too little to late for the Marauders as they ultimately fell 60-16.

Lawshe finished the game with 17 completions for 250 yards, tying a career best with four touchdowns. He now has 20 scores on the year, tying him for eighth on SU’s all-time single-season record list for touchdowns.

The Raiders’ defense compiled a season-high 12 tackles for losses in the contest and matched a season high with five sacks. Senior linebacker James Brennan had three sacks, two of them coming on the first three plays. Junior linebacker Cortlin Dell returned from injury and put up eight tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
Both teams committed two turnovers apiece, ending the Raiders’ three-game no-turnover streak.

Shippensburg hosts its final home game against Kutztown (5-4, 5-3 PSAC) on Senior Day this Saturday. There are 11 seniors to be honored before the game.

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