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NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL SHIPPENSBURG 35 MANSFIELD 0 Freshmen Mike Gardier, Garrett Kensy and Kevon Calhoun Pace Mounties in Season Opening Loss to Shippensburg
“You have to give our defense a great deal of credit,” said third-year head coach Jim Shiffer. “They we’re on the field a very long time and we’re able to keep us in the game for the first three quarters.” The defense played well, keeping Mansfield in the game for much of the afternoon until Shippensburg scored 21 points in the fourth quarter. It marked the first time the two programs had meet since 1987. After 30 days of camp, the Mansfield University Mountaineers had to wait an additional 20 minutes to start the 2006 when lighting delayed the opening kickoff by 20 minutes. The Mountaineers went three and out in their first possession of the season, and Shippensburg got good field possession at the Mansfield 44. Tim Devanney then capped off an eight-play drive with a 8-yard touchdown run. The young Mountaineer offense
behind freshman quarterback Garrett Kinsy and freshman running
back Kevon Calhoun struggled Shippensburg took a 14-0 led into half after Aaron Dykes scored on a four-yard capping off a 89-yard drive with a with a 4-yard run at the 6:05 mark of the second quarter. Reder kicked the extra point. The Mountaineer managed just 80 yards in total offense in the first half to Shippensburg’s 196. After a scoreless third quarter, Shippensburg put the game away with 21 points in the fourth quarter, including two 1-yard runs by Chris Infante. Dave Likerson capped off the scoring with an 8-yard run with 6:58 to play. Shippensburg amassed 419 yards in total offense while holding Mansfield to 133 yards. Freshman Kevon Calhoun led Mansfield with 50-yards on 12 rushes while freshman quarterback Garrett Kensy completed 8-of-27 yards while being sacked four times. “He’s competition numbers weren’t that great, by Garrett Kensy didn’t do badly for his first collegiate game,” said Shiffer. “Our offensive line missed some assignments’ that put him under a lot pressure especially early in the game. The line will get better and so will Kensy.” Red-shirt freshman Mike Gardier started his collegiate career with a game high 15 tackles for the Mountaineers while senior Andre Turner had nine tackles including two for a loss. Red-shirt freshman Tom Malinich recorded eight tackles including a sack while senior C.J. Okogeri had seven stops. Freshman Greg Hopkins and Joshua Miller also had seven tackles each. Senior Brandon Fields punted 11 times for 390 yards. Chris Infante led the Shippensburg offensive rushing for118-yards on 17 carries with quarterbacks Gabe Maiocco and Tony Gomez combining to complete 12-of-31 passes for 153 yards. Shippensburg improves to 1-1 while Mansfield falls to 0-1. Mansfield travel to Slippery Rock University next Saturday evening.
Box Score (Final) Shippensburg vs Mansfield University (Sep 09, 2006 at Mansfield University)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Shippensburg........ 7 7 0 21 - 35 Record: (1-1) Mansfield University 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (0-1)
Scoring Summary: 1st 10:00 SHIP - Tim Devanney 8 yd pass from Tony Gomez (Jamie Reder kick), 7-44 3:21, SHIP 7 - MANS 0 2nd 06:05 SHIP - Aaron Dykes 4 yd run (Jamie Reder kick), 16-89 6:42, SHIP 14 - MANS 0 4th 13:26 SHIP - Chris Infante 1 yd run (Jamie Reder kick), 10-36 4:21, SHIP 21 - MANS 0 08:40 SHIP - Chris Infante 1 yd run (Jamie Reder kick), 8-54 2:47, SHIP 28 - MANS 0 06:58 SHIP - Dave Wilkerson 8 yd run (Jamie Reder kick), 3-31 0:46, SHIP 35 - MANS 0
SHIP MANS FIRST DOWNS................... 25 10 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 55-266 31-65 PASSING YDS (NET)............. 153 68 Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 31-12-0 27-8-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 86-419 58-133 Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards............ 7-95 1--2 Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-18 1-20 Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg)............ 5-40.0 11-35.5 Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards............... 5-67 6-33 Possession Time............... 37:32 22:28 Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 17 1 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 5-7 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 4-21 1-1
RUSHING: Shippensburg-Chris Infante 17-118; Aaron Dykes 14-54; David Richards 8-34; Walter Crump 4-23; Dave Wilkerson 4-16; Tony Gomez 3-11; Jeremy Sickeri 1-8; Chad DiFebbo 1-6; Gabe Maiocco 1-1; TEAM 2-minus 5. Mansfield University-Kevon Calhoun 12-50; Rodney Davis 3-6; Brandon Fields 1-4; Garrett Kensy 10-3; Paul Garofalo 5-2.
PASSING: Shippensburg-Gabe Maiocco 7-17-0-106; Tony Gomez 5-14-0-47. Mansfield University-Garrett Kensy 8-27-0-68.
RECEIVING: Shippensburg-Walter Crump 3-31; Tim Devanney 3-27; P. Ferguson 2-59; Howard Chavous 2-24; David Richards 2-12. Mansfield University-Xavier Thomas 3-20; Jeff Tanner 2-21; Rodney Davis 2-11; Tyrone Robinson 1-16.
INTERCEPTIONS: Shippensburg-None. Mansfield University-None.
FUMBLES: Shippensburg-Aaron Dykes 1-1. Mansfield University-Garrett Kensy 2-1.
Stadium: Van Norman Field Attendance: 2272 Kickoff time: 1:30 End of Game: 4:22 Total elapsed time: 3:22 Officials: Referee: Chris Bloh; Umpire: Rich DeMayo; Linesman: Hugh Campbell; Back judge: JT. Noll; Field judge: Rick Matarante; Side judge: Jerry Lavelle; Scorer: Pat Ross; Temperature: 70 Wind: 5-10 NE Weather: overcast
Start of the game was delayed 30 min. due to thunderstorms. Shippensburg vs Mansfield University (Sep 09, 2006 at Mansfield University)
SACKS (UA-A): Shippensburg-Frank Duffy 1-1; Jaron Nalewak 1-1; Brandon Cook 0-1; Josh Emberg 0-1. Mansfield University-Thomas Malinich 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Shippensburg-Jaron Nalewak 4-4; Matt Kosciolek 2-5; J. Aldridge 3-3; Reggie Farrior 2-3; Frank Duffy 1-4; Jason Groller 1-3; John Sharbaugh 3-0; Bill Morrison 1-2; Brandon Cook 1-2; Dee Wolford 1-1; Jason Stone 1-1; Kirsten Gamber 1-0; Aaron Dykes 1-0; Josh Oswalt 0-1; Justin Kina 0-1; Joel Petersheim 0-1; Josh Emberg 0-1. Mansfield University-M. Gardier 11-4; Andre Turner 5-4; Thomas Malinich 3-5; C.J. Okogeri 5-2; Greg Hopkins 4-3; Joshua Miller 4-3; Tom Duer 3-4; Jermaine Smith 3-2; Chad Collier 1-4; Kelly Love 1-2; Brian Smith 1-2; Rickey Jones 1-1; Solomon Isom 0-2; Michael Taylor 1-0; Mike Lengel 1-0; Jimmy Doran 1-0; Brandon Fields 1-0; Tyrone Robinson 1-0; Eric Bohannon 0-1; Dan Murray 0-1.
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MANSFIELD
– The Mansfield University defense played tough for three quarters before tiring
in a 35-0 loss to Shippensburg University Saturday afternoon in the 6th
annual Josh Palmer Pigskin Classic Saturday afternoon at Karl Van Norman Field.
with Kinsy under pressure much of the game, especially in the first half.