SPORTS


10/1/2014, 3:01pm

Fantasy football week 5 overview

Hello Fantasy Owners, I hope your season is going as well as mine is. I have to apologize to anyone who sat Matt Asiata on my advice. I did not account for Matt Cassel not playing and the Vikings going into a run heavy offense.


9/24/2014, 4:43pm

Raiders volleyball goes 0-4 in PSAC crossover

The women’s volleyball team dropped four straight games this past weekend at the Heiges Field House against Seton Hill, California (PA), Clarion, and Indiana (PA). The matches started on Friday morning when the Lady Raiders (6-6) hosted the undefeated Seton Hill Griffins (12-0) for the Raiders first home game of the season.


9/24/2014, 4:37pm

Athletes of the week

Gottshall Taylor Gottshall of Allentown, Pa. repeats as the PSAC Eastern Division Volleyball Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon for the second consecutive week.


9/24/2014, 4:18pm

Defensive injuries for SU football lead to downfall vs. California

Shippensburg is known for shooting it out and winning. They received a dose of their own medicine on Saturday, as California put up 660 yards of offense and eight touchdowns to beat the Raiders at home on Parents and Family Day. As usual, Shippensburg (2-1, 1-1 PSAC) came out on fire and scored first on a 38-yard Trevor Harman touchdown reception less than five minutes into the game.


9/24/2014, 4:16pm

Raiders Fall in Double OT to Washington Adventist

On Friday night, the Shippensburg University Men’s Soccer team failed to score, and were shutout by Washington Adventist, who won in the second overtime period, 1-0. Samuel Kahsi scored the lone goal, and Adventist escaped with a victory despite being outshot 21-9 by the Raiders.


9/24/2014, 4:07pm

Raiders Tie Wesleyan in Close Match

The second goal of the season for junior Brooke Moyer was not enough for the Raiders, as they tied West Virginia Wesleyan 1-1 on Wednesday night. The Raiders opened the scoring at the 18 minute mark, when senior Fred Lucas directed a corner kick towards the net, and Moyer finished off the play with a header.


9/16/2014, 6:54pm

Raiders football scores five unanswered TD’s in 47-21 rout of Edinboro

The Shippensburg University Football team knew that to improve on last year’s 7-4 campaign, which they started out 0-2, they would need to start the season off right. They have done just that, winning their second game of the season on Saturday afternoon with balanced ground, air and defensive attacks to beat the Edinboro Fighting Scots (0-2) 47-21and remain undefeated (2-0). Senior wide out Trevor Harman broke several long-standing Raider’s records on the day.


9/16/2014, 6:51pm

Week 3 fantasy football outlook

Top 10 Starters for Week 3 1. Andrew Luck-Fantasy Start of the Week From a fantasy standpoint Luck probably has had the best schedule for the first three weeks of the season of any player, going up against the Denver Broncos in week 1 and then the Philadelphia Eagles this past Monday night.


9/16/2014, 6:48pm

Athlete of the Week

Taylor Gottshall of Allentown Central Catholic was named PSAC East Volleyball Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon after an impressive week for the Raiders.


9/12/2014, 3:06pm

Raiders take down Seton Hill 55-30 in opening game

It’s that magical time of the year called football season. Shippensburg found a whole lot of that magic on Thursday night at Seton Hill as they pounded the Griffins for 713 yards of offense on 102 plays, the second most in school history. The Raiders (1-0) controlled the clock for the majority of the game, producing 34 first downs to the Griffin’s 17. Shippensburg’s Blair Brooks led the rushing attack, putting up 133 yards and two touchdowns.