Box Score

Millersville, Pa. - Invading East Stroudsburg managed to silence the Millersville Homecoming crowd of 6,258 Saturday afternoon using an explosive passing offense and taking advantage of Millersville's four turnovers.

The Warriors (8-2, 5-2 PSAC East) used two quarterbacks--Matt Marshall and Tim Roken--to total 424 yards passing. Five of East Stroudsburg's six touchdowns were through the air and two came on bombs of 86 yards and 96 yards.

Millersville blanked the Warriors on each of their first three offensive drives and had them pinned on their own 4-yard line with 7:39 left in the first quarter and the score tied 0-0. But Roken found Ed Kiser down the sideline on a play-action pass, and Kiser raced 96 yards into the end zone. That play proved to be a game-changer.

On Millersville's very next offensive play, Cardoza Jacks lost the hand off and East Stroudsburg recovered at the Millersville 42. The Warriors wasted no time boosting the lead to 14-0 as Roken and Doug Ogden connected for a 42-yard strike, giving them two scores in just 17 seconds.

Millersville fell behind 21-3 at the half and could not recover. 15 of the Marauder's 18 points came in the fourth quarter when they already trailed 31-3. Jacks, who finished with 103 yards for his fourth-straight 100-yard rushing effort, scored Millersville's first touchdown. Senior wide receiver Andy Tischbein hauled in his career-high eighth touchdown grab of the season with 43 seconds left in the contest.

The Marauders managed to move the ball effectively, rolling up a 418 yards of offense and 25 first downs but did themselves not favors, losing three fumbles, throwing one interception and committing eight penalties for 105 yards. Six of the penalties were personal fouls. The performance was uncharacteristic as Millersville entered Saturday's game as the PSAC's least penalized team.

Red-shirt sophomore Bill Shirk completed 29-of-45 passes for 290 yards and a touchdown. It was the most pass attempts by a Marauder since 2004 when Dan Csencsitz totaled 49 attempts against Bloomsburg.

Tischbein turned in a career effort in his final game at Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium. His nine grabs were a career high and it was also his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season. It was his fourth-straight game with a touchdown catch as well, giving him seven in his last four games. Tischbein's eight touchdown catches this season tops his previous best of seven which he totaled as a sophomore in 2006. It is also the highest total by a Marauder since Shawn Foxworth totaled eight in 1999.

Defensively, the Marauders received an interception from both freshman Martique Vanderpool and John Wydner. It was the first of both players' careers. Senior Ryan Knox finished with a game-high eight tackles and also tallied 1.5 sacks.

Knox and Tischbein were two of 10 Millersville seniors playing in their final home game Saturday. Millersville's senior class includes: Andy Brown, Adam Cobb, Derek Fry, Matt Harmon, Kevin Kershner, Jarrod Linn, Trevor Levits and Bobby Swier.

Millersville, now 1-9 overall and 1-6 in the PSAC East, will close its 2008 campaign Saturday, Nov. 8 at Edinboro. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m.