Box Score Millersville, Pa. - One week after almost everything went right for the Marauders, almost nothing did Saturday against Mercyhurst. The Lakers stormed into Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium and used 379 rushing yards to power their way to a 45-7 win.

Brandon Brown-Dukes led the Laker rushing attack with 213 yards on 22 carries, and Allen Jones II added 132 on 17 totes. The duo combined for six rushes of at least 20 yards. Quarterback Anthony Vendemia needed to throw just 11 times and completed seven passes. His one touchdown passes was a 52-yarder to Paris Bruner with just 23 seconds left in the first half.

The game starting promisingly for Millersville as Ted Stachitas found Mike Jones for eight yards to convert a first down on its first drive. The next play, Stachitas kept for 50 yards, but was tripped up from behind by Todd Wingate at the Mercyhurst 7. That proved to be a true, touchdown-saving tackle as after a Millersville penalty, the drive went in reverse. It ended when Stachitas was intercepted by Linnell Robinson at the 6.

The Marauders forced a punt after a three-and-out, but Steven Wakefield reversed field position with a 77-yard boot. Special teams played a huge part of the game as Wakefield's punt and his 46-yard field goal on Mercyhurst's next drive helped his team get started. Wakefield also sidelined Millersville's kick return unit, which entered the game ranked tops in the PSAC, with three touchbacks.  Millersville, meanwhile, struggled, especially in the punt game as it averaged 33 yards on eight punts and was unable to pin Mercyhurst deep.

After Wakefield's field goal, Mercyhurst scored touchdowns on six of the next of the next eight drives. Millersville forced just two punts in the game. Millersville, however, was forced to punt on eight consecutive possessions until the last drive of the game.

Mercyhurst took a 31-0 lead into the half. Led by Brown-Dukes' 146 first-half yards, the Lakers totaled 216 yards on the ground and 307 total yards in the first half alone.

Millersville's lone score came with 4:02 left in the game. Back-up quarterback Sean Quarterman led a nine-play, 58-yard drive that included a 13-yard rush and a 26-yard strike to Dominic Sanders. Quarterman took it in for the score from three-yard out to cap the drive.

Stachitas' 50-yard run on the first drive was the last time he was able to shake free of the Laker defense. The Lakers allowed 59 points and 382 yards rushing to Notre Dame College in week one, but Millersville managed 149 rushing and just 80 yards passing. Stachitas led the team with 79 yards. Mike Jones totaled six catches for 44 yards.

Pat Maloney led the Millersville defense with 13 stops and two half-sacks. Reggie Slaton totaled 11 stops, a half-sack and two tackles for loss. Mercyhurst sacked Stachitas six times.

After the game went to halftime, a storm with high-speed winds and lightning settled in over the stadium, forcing the start of the third quarter to be delayed for almost one hour.

Millersville travels to West Chester next Saturday for a 6 p.m. start and its first road game of the season.