Game Preview - Shippensburg

In a contest in which the winner will secure fifth place in the PSAC East, the Golden Rams (4-5, 1-4) host Shippensburg (3-6, 1-4) on Saturday. Kickoff at Tomlinson-Fillippo Field at Farrell Stadium is 2:00 pm. For West Chester, the game will serve as Family Day, Military Appreciation Day and Senior Day.

Series History:
West Chester leads the overall series 32-14-1. Two-time AFCA Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year and Shippensburg alumnus Mark Maciejewski stepped down after compiling a 90-76 record in 15 seasons as head coach. He's been replaced by another Shippensburg alumnus Drew Gallardy.

In one of the most memorable games in West Chester football history, Golden Ram quarterback Sean McCartney made his first collegiate start and threw for 444 yards and five touchdowns to lead West Chester to a 44-43 victory in two overtimes in a nationally televised Thursday night game in 2010. The following year, West Chester laid a 52-17 loss on the Raiders, but Shippensburg returned the favor in 2012, beating West Chester 42-24 on homecoming at Farrell Stadium, and continued on to the PSAC championship game and the NCAA playoffs that year.

In 2013, Shawn Leo booted a 26-yard field goal with one second left to give West Chester the thrilling victory. And in 2017, West Chester defeated Shippensburg on the road in October, only to have to do it again in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Last 10 Meetings:

Year	H/A	W/L	Score	Year	H/A	W/L	Score
2016	Home	Win	31-15	2021	Away	Loss	34-18
2017	Away	Win	37-27	2022	Home	Loss	20-13
2017	Away	Win	27-6	2023	Away	Win	38-28
2018	Home	Win	28-21	2024	Home	Win	28-10
2019	Away	Win	29-21	2025	Away	Loss	43-14

Last Meeting:

11/09/2025 Shippensburg 43 - West Chester 14

Early in the third quarter, the Golden Rams tied the game at 14 after a 77-yard touchdown catch by Dylan McKenzie, but the Shippensburg Raiders scored the final 29 points of the game to run away with a 43-14 win. Coming into the contest, the Shippensburg offense was among the worst teams in the PSAC in scoring, rushing and total offense. But as was seen against many opponents in the 2025 season, West Chester was dominated on the ground as the Raiders ran the ball 48 times for 269 yards to consume almost 36 minutes of time of possession. The WCU offense was hurt by four interceptions and two sacks. McKenzie finished the game with four catches for 144 yards while Mikhail Johnson was the Golden Rams' leading ground gainer with 26 yards. Debrick Johnson paced the WCU defense with seven total tackles including a six-yard sack, while Jamir Reyes made four stops.

Scouting the Opponent:

Maryland transfer Roman Jensen (182 of 293, 2,120 yards, 18 TD's 3 int) has taken over the helm at quarterback and has the Raiders as the best passing offense in the PSAC East with almost 250 yards/game. Seven different receivers have at least 14 catches and nine different players have caught a touchdown. His favorite targets are Chris Adegunle (47 catches, 691 yards, 3 TD's), Derek Guzman (34 catches, 443 yards, 3 TD's), Marcus Sweeney (21 catches, 290 yards, 4 TD's), and tight end Jermere Jones (14 catches, 152 yards, 3 TD's). Shippensburg's primary running threat is Andre Weidman (131 carries, 587 yards, 6 TD's, 18 catches, 103 yards).

Linebacker Nate Myers (81 tackles, 11.0 TFL, 1 int, 4 PBU) was All-PSAC East last season and will likely be again this year. Myers and fellow backer Alex Sauve (66 tackles, 8.0 TFL, 5 QBH, 4 FF) lead the Raiders in tackles. Defensive lineman Luke Hines (21 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks, 7 QBH, 3 FF) is among the PSAC leaders in tackles for loss and sacks, and gets help up front from Brodie Hollis (15 tackles, 3.5 sacks) and Alex Erby (11 tackles, 3.0 sacks). Javani Mosley (41 tackles, 8 PBU, 2 int) is second in the PSAC in passes defended.

Wilson Ingerski handles all of the kicking duties and has dropped 14 of his 40 punts inside the opponent 20-yard line with a 37 yard average. He's converted 8 of 12 field goals with a long of 54 yards, and is 26 of 27 on PAT's. Shippensburg blocked a Lackawanna punt that was recovered for a touchdown, but they also allowed late game kickoff returns for touchdown to both Bloomsburg and Kutztown.

Analysis:

The most intriguing battle will be Shippensburg's passing offense (second in the PSAC) against West Chester's passing defense (second in the PSAC). On the other side of the ball, the Raiders' defense is third in the PSAC with 21 sacks while the Golden Ram offense has only allowed seven sacks this season. West Chester quarterback Colin O'Sullivan gets rid of the ball quickly, but he needs to do so safely in this game. Neither team runs the ball nor defends the run particularly well, so perhaps there's an opporunity for the Golden Rams to use their three running backs to exploit Ship.

Shippensburg is coming off an emotional 35-32 loss to Shepherd when they failed to convert a fourth-and-15 with 30 seconds left at the Shepherd 27-yard line. The Rams only needed one play and 13 seconds to score the game winning touchdown to steal the victory on Shippensburg's senior day. Added incentive for this week or let down?

Massey Ratings is expecting a 28-21 West Chester win while Versus Sports simulates a similar 29-23 Golden Ram victory.

Game Coverage:

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PSAC Site - PSAC Football Weekly Notes: Week 10

Game Report - Bloomsburg 22 - West Chester 15 OT

In a game in which neither team seemed particularly interested to win, Bloomsburg (7-2, 4-1) escaped their final home game of the season with a 22-15 overtime win over visiting West Chester (4-5, 1-4).

Jayden Trace and Jamir Reyes limit the Bloomsburg play (Photo Chuck Greco)

West Chester used a dink and dunk passing game and persitent rushing effort to run up and down the field to the tune of 397 yards and 37 minutes in time of possession. Unfortunately, it resulted in just two Tommy Pajic field goals sandwiched around a botched Bloomsburg snap for a safety and a total of eight points.

Tommy Pajic is 7 of 9 on field goals this season (Photo Chuck Greco)

Meanwhile on the other side of the ball, the Golden Ram defense had their best performance of the season, squelching the Bloomsburg rushing offense to just 67 yards (with 13 of those coming in overtime). The Huskies had three plays - a 23-yard first quarter pass, a 43-yard fourth-quarter pass, and a 34-yard completion - that accounted for almost half of their offense in the game, but unfortunately two of those plays accounted for 15 points as well.

Seamus McCain and Elijah Motley join on a tackle for loss (Photo Chuck Greco)

So with 90 seconds left and trailing 15-8, the Golden Rams offense was facing 75 yards to score a touchdown. With this heightened sense of urgency, quarterback Colin O'Sullivan (27 of 41, 318 yards, 1 TD) picked his way down the field, hitting Isaiah Wright (37 yards rushing, 1 catch for 6 yards), Blake Thomas (4 catches, 101 yards), Reese Clark (8 catches, 88 yards), and ultimately Dylan McKenzie (8 catches, 97 yards) to get into the end zone. Rylan Zuk's PAT tied the game at 15.

Blake Thomas hauls in a successful tip drill (Photo Chuck Greco)

With 15 seconds left, the Huskies fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Golden Rams recovered at the Bloomsburg 41. But Pajic's 55-yard field goal attempt fell well short and the game went to overtime. While the Golden Ram defense forced a third down, Bloomsburg eventually scored the game-winning touchdown. West Chester's overtime possession was set back with a nine-yard sack on first down, and would never get back to the original line of scrimmage.

Colin O'Sullivan placed this pass perfectly to Reese Clark (Photo Chuck Greco)

The Golden Rams were aggressive on offense early in the game, going for it on fourth down five times (twice successful) in the first three quarters. But late in the game, they seemed to turtle. With just 15 seconds left in regulation, after navigating 75 yards in just 1:15 to score a touchdown, the Bloomsburg defense was reeling. But rather than attempting a game-winning two-point conversion, West Chester fell back on a game-tying PAT and likely overtime. Then after the Huskies fumbled the ensuing kickoff, the Golden Rams had the ball at the Bloomsburg 41 with eight seconds and a timeout, and just got done completing four passes to four different receivers. But rather than attempting a pass that could have gained more yards to make a field goal more likely, West Chester got a two-yard running play to force a 55-yard field goal attempt. And midway through the fourth quarter with West Chester holding an 8-7 lead and facing a third-and-19, the Golden Rams surrendered and ran a draw for no yards, setting up a 37 yard punt, 11 yard return, and a short 46 yards for Bloomsburg to score the go ahead touchdown.

Jamir Reyes sacks the Husky quarterback (Photo Chuck Greco)

As much as West Chester's special teams have improved this season, today wasn't a good day. Two of Pajic's kickoffs sailed out of bounds. After WCU forced a three-and-out on Bloomsburg's first possession, on the ensuing punt, Jayden Trace blocked a Bloomsburg player into Adrien Mosley which caused a muff the Huskies recovered and turned into their first score. And Jack Corrigan's four punts averaged 34 yards in the air, except one bounced and rolled for a total of 51 yards.

Dylan McKenzie streaks to the end zone on this 38-yard catch (Photo Chuck Greco)

Other observations:

• Mic Johnson, West Chester's leading rusher this season, did not have a carry and only appeared on one offensive play, making a two-yard catch.
• Bryan Anderson had a tremendous leaping interception midway through the third quarter which led to Pajic's go ahead 22-yard field goal.
• Bloomsburg took advantage of the absence of starting cornerback Andrew Garwo who was not dressed for the game. He joined the list of unavailable players that included defensive tackle Jack Fry, fullback Mitch Ragni, and defensive lineman Debrick Johnson. Late in the first quarter, quarterback Tyler Douglas took a shot and left the game and and center Connor Tuk exited the contest on the same drive.
• Anthony Aviles, who replaced Tuk at center, got his name in the box score when he caught a deflected pass and advanced it a yard.
• In limited playing time, Solo Bambara registered a 16-yard strip sack which forced a Bloomsbug punt.
• Jamir Reyes, Seamus McCain, and Miles Goodwin were each credited with six tackles.

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West Chester Athletic Site - Bloomsburg Tops West Chester Football in OT, 22-15

Bloomsburg Athletic Site - Wolfe's Overtime Touchdown, Dominant Defensive Effort Lift Bloomsburg Past West Chester, 22-15

Chuck Bitner - Photo Album - Bloomsburg

Golden Rams Review - Photo Album - Bloomsburg

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Game Preview - Bloomsburg

The Golden Rams (4-4, 1-3) travel to Bloomsburg to take on the Huskies (6-2, 3-1) on Saturday. Kickoff for Bloomsburg's Military Appreciation Day and Senior Day at Danny Hale Field at Redman Stadium is scheduled for 2:00 pm.

Series History:
West Chester leads the overall series 54-29, and these two schools historically have played big games. They met twice in playoffs - in 2008 and again in 2013 - with both postseason games played in Bloomsburg. The Huskies took the 2008 contest while the Golden Rams won in 2013 en route to the NCAA Division II semi-finals. There was the homecoming debacle in 2011 when West Chester took a 35-0 second quarter lead only to see the Huskies rattle off 55 straight points and steal a 55-42 win. The past eight games have been decided by a total of 20 points, including last year's triple overtime thriller.

Former Bloomsburg All-American linebacker Frank Sheptock is in his sixth season as head coach of his alma mater with a record of 25-38 there.

Last 10 Meetings:

Year	H/A	W/L	Score	Year	H/A	W/L	Score
2015	Home	Win	33-22	2021	Home	Win	21-20
2016	Away	Win	27-7	2022	Away	Loss	21-16
2017	Home	Loss	20-19	2023	Home	Win	24-21 OT
2018	Away	Win	17-14	2024	Away	Loss	23-21
2019	Home	Win	20-17	2025	Home	Win	46-44 3OT

Last Meeting:

10/31/2025 West Chester 46 - Bloomsburg 44 3OT

The Golden Rams squandered a 28-14 fourth quarter lead, but looked to secure a win when Rylan Zuk converted a 34-yard field goal to give West Chester a 31-28 lead with 1:06 left in the game. And after the Huskies navigated 55 yards, their 47-yard, game-tying field goal attempt failed with no time left on the clock which appeared to give WCU the win. But the Golden Rams were flagged for roughing the kicker and Bloomsburg's subsequent 32-yard field goal was true to send the game into overtime. The two teams battled into the third overtime when West Chester converted its two-point attempt while Bloomsburg's attempt failed and the Golden Rams escaped with a 46-44 win.

The Huskies had 31 first downs, including converting on 9 of 13 third down attempts, which led to a three-minute advantage in time of possession. Dylan McKenzie made six catches for 133 yards. On the ground, Future Robertson had 79 yards and a touchdown while Mikhail Johnson had 35 yards and a score. Defensively, linebacker Ricardo Delgado made ten tackles while Ronnell McCorn had four tackles and a sack.

Scouting the Opponent:

Declan Clancy (155 carries, 766 yards, 8 TD's) was All-PSAC East as a freshman last year and as the second best running back in the entire conference, he will surely repeat those accolades this season. Eli Zimmerman (48 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD's) is currently third in the PSAC in all-purpose yards, so besides taking handoffs, you'll see him catching passes, and returning punts and kickoffs. Quarterback Zayd Etheridge (80 of 129, 1,058 yards, 5 TD's 3 int) has the fewest pass attempts among starters in the PSAC, but he looks to Justin Wolfe (27 catches, 414 yards, 4 TD's) near the end zone. Alex Achenbach (30 catches, 307 yards) is listed as a running back but is Bloomsburg's second leading receiver. Xavier Diaz (12 catches, 208 yards, 1 TD) and 6'3 Nick Ryan (10 catches, 145 yards) round out the receiving corps.

Defensively, Bloomsburg's top two tacklers are linebackers Garrett Garcia (59 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2 int, 3 QBH) and Nahzier Booker (57 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 1 int, 3 QBH). Defensive end Ian Donohue (26 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 13.0 TFL) is a problem up front. Defensive backs Cole Turner (30 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 2 int, 3 PBU) and Zay Pusateri (28 tackles, 7 PBU) patrol the secondary.

Danen Lorusso (18 punts, 34 yd avg, 5 FC, 3 I20) started the season as Bloomsburg's punter, but freshman Cole Richards (12 punts, 40 yd avg, 3 FC, 2 I20, 2 50+) has been more productive over the past three weeks. Peter Kashynski (23 of 24 PAT, 7 of 11 FG, long of 41) has been effective as two of his four field goal misses have come beyond 50 yards. In the return game, Zimmerman (15 yds/return) is second in the PSAC in punt returns and returned a kick 76 yards for a touchdown against Shippensburg.

Analysis:

It's hard to overemphasize the importance of this game for West Chester. Since Duke Greco became head coach of the Golden Rams after the 2023 season, WCU has secured just one win over a team that finished with a winning record per season: a 35-14 win over Shepherd that finished 6-5 in 2024 and a 30-13 win at Bentley that finsihed 7-2 in 2025. With only Shippensburg (3-5) and Gannon (1-7) remaining on West Chester's schedule, Saturday will be the final chance for WCU to get a >.500 win this year.

Prior to the season, the Golden Rams were picked by the coaches to finish fourth in the division. A loss in Bloomsburg would mean that West Chester could finish no better than fifth. While Bloomsburg is 6-2 this year, both losses came in Redman - a 9-6 setback to Edinboro and a 34-0 shutout to East Stroudsburg. More significantly, their two wins were struggles - a 33-27 overtime victory of Gannon (now 1-7) and a 20-14 win over Millersville (0-8) last week in a game that the Marauders had two shots to tie the game in the closing seconds from the Bloomsburg 24. So the Huskies aren't sporting a real home field advantage.

From a scoring and overall offense perspective, these two teams are very similar. The primary difference comes in the running game. While the Huskies aren't as dominant in that area as they have historically been, their running game is still very good while West Chester's rush defense is poor. Expect Bloomsburg to exploit the WCU run defense and set up opportunities for effective play action passes. On the other side of the ball, Bloomsburg's rush defense is second in the PSAC only to Kutztown, so West Chester will likely be looking to throw. But that appraoch comes with its own challenges as the Huskies are among the leaders in the PSAC in interceptions with 10 and sacks with 18.

A Golden Ram victory is attainable, but WCU can't afford turnovers and foolish penalties. Massey Ratings is expecting a 24-21 Husky win while Versus Sports simulates a similar 23-21 Bloomsburg victory.

Game Coverage:

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West Chester Athletic Site - West Chester Heads to Bloomsburg For a Halloween Showdown With the Huskies

PSAC Site - PSAC Football Weekly Notes: Week 9

Bloomsburg Athletic Site - Game Notes - Week 9: Bloomsburg vs West Chester

D2football - PSAC Columnist - PSAC Week Nine Preview

Game Report - #3/#4 Kutztown 41 - West Chester 14

In a game that unfortunately occured as expected, the #3/#4 Kutztown Golden Bears (8-0, 5-0) overwhelmed the Golden Rams (4-4, 1-3) by a score of 41-14.

Why was the outcome as expected? Let's look back to the pregame analysis:

• "Kutztown has the top defense in the PSAC, allowing just 14 points and 248 yards per game." West Chester scored 14 points and amassed 270 yards of offense.
• "The Golden Bears are second in the country in rushing defense, yielding just 2.2 yards/carry and 59 yards/game." WCU had 40 net yards of rushing and an average of 1.7 yards/carry and that includes Cole Ordway's 8-yard run on the last play of the game.
• "Kutztown's offense puts up 46 points and 430 yards per game." Kutztown scored 41 points (missed a PAT and a 33-yard field goal) and totaled 446 yards of offense.
• "Kutztown has a clock-consuming running game." Kutztown had 281 rushing yards with two players hitting the 100-yard mark in the game.
• "Kutztown has an efficient passing game." Kutztown's starting QB was 11 of 16 for 158 yards and 3 TD's with no pass exceeding 22 yards for an eye-popping 213.6 QB rating!

So pretty much on queue.

Colin O'Sullivan threw for 230 yards and a score (Photo Chuck Greco)

On the bright side, Golden Ram quarterback Colin O'Sullivan (32 of 44, 230 yards, 1 TD) had a solid game despite being under heavy pressure most of the game. The offense had two great drives: one to end the second quarter and another to start the third period. For the first scoring drive, after the WCU defense forced a Kutztown three-and-out, the Golden Rams started with the best field position of the day at their own 42. The offense navigated 58 yards in just six plays, capped by an O'Sullian touchdown pass to Adrien Mosley (4 catches, 39 yards, 1 TD) for his first score as a Golden Ram. This narrowed the score to 27-7 with under two minutes remaining in the half, but a good Kutztown kickoff return coupled with a Golden Ram late hit, personal foul penalty gave the home team a short field and they tacked on another touchdown before intermission.

Adrien Mosley breaks a tackle en route to the end zone (Photo Chuck Greco)

Coming out of the locker room, West Chester went on an 18-play, 8-minute touchdown drive converting four third downs and one fourth down along the way. Fullback Efrain Quiles got his first touch as a Golden Ram as he plowed into the end zone from the one to make the score 34-14, but that would be the last of the scoring for West Chester.

Ronnell McCorn fights through a double team (Photo Chuck Greco)

When playing a superior team, the underdog can't afford to make mistakes, yet the Golden Rams committed a few. After falling behind 21-0 early in the second quarter, the Golden Rams lost a fumble on the first play from scrimmage at their own 19-yard line. It only took Kutztown two plays to punch it into the end zone to effectively end the game. A later lost WCU fumble didn't cost any points, but two turnovers is too many. And while Kutztown took more penalties than West Chester, the Golden Rams seemed to pick the most inopportune time for committing them. Twice when the Golden Bears were facing third-and-six, the WCU defense jumped offside making it a much more managable third-and-one. West Chester was called for defensive pass interference when Kutztown already had the ball at the WCU 38, there was the previously mentioned personal foul just before halftime which gave KU a scoring opportunity, and A.J. Sanders was flagged for taunting. The lack of discipline is adversely affecting this team.

Jahi Curtis had a tackle for loss in the game (Photo Chuck Greco)

Notable positives were defensive back Bryan Anderson (4 tackles) who blocked one of Kutztown's PAT kick attempts, and had a key third-down tackle which forced the Golden Bear punt that led to WCU's first touchdown. With starting defensive tackle Jack Fry not dressed, Jahi Curtis (4 tackles, 1 TFL) continues to make the most of his playing time with two solo stops and a tackle for loss. Cornerback Elijah Motley (5 tackles) had a forced fumble that the Golden Bears were fortunate to recover. Offensively, Dylan McKenzie (7 catches, 69 yards) and tight end Ryan Johnston (8 catches, 39 yards) were among the ten players that caught passes for West Chester.

Dylan McKenzie had a game-high 69 yards receiving (Photo Chuck Greco)

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West Chester Athletic Site - No. 3 Kutztown Too Much for West Chester Football Squad, 41-14

Kutztown Athletic Site - Novak navigates No. 3 Golden Bears past West Chester, 41-14, on Homecoming

Golden Rams Review - Photo Album - Kutztown

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