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November 3, 2007
The IUP defense recorded its second shutout of the season and posted its 20th win in a row over Shippensburg, blanking the Raiders 30-0 on Saturday at Miller Stadium. The Crimson Hawks, ranked 20th in the American Football Coaches Association poll and fifth in the Northeast Region, won their fourth in a row and improved to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in the PSAC West. Shippensburg, which had won three of its last four, fell to 3-7 and 2-3 in the division. The Raiders have not defeated IUP since the 1988 season and were shut out by the Crimson Hawks for the second time in the past four years. IUP defeated Shippensburg 17-0 in 2004 when the Raiders were ranked ninth in the country. IUP held Shippensburg to -16 yards rushing, the fifth lowest figure by an opponent in school history. The Raiders had only one real scoring opportunity in the game, achieving a first and goal at the IUP seven early in the fourth quarter. But after two runs gained four yards, Raider quarterback Gabe Maiocco threw two incomplete passes to turn the ball over on downs. The Crimson Hawks recorded three sacks of Maiocco for 27 yards in lost yardage, including one each by Matt Scott, Anthony Guerra and Rob Plowman. Terrence Jackson led IUP with nine tackles and was joined by Quinton Cobb with interceptions. Andrew Krewatch led an efficient offense that accounted for 338 yards, completing 19 of 30 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns. Krewatch moved into a tie for seventh with 32 career touchdown passes and has three in a game five times this season, including the past three. Krewatch had touchdown passes for 19 yards to Ken Witter and eight yards to Dan Pickens as part of a 17-point second quarter that gave IUP a 20-0 lead at halftime. The Pickens touchdown came after a Cobb interception set up the Crimson Hawks at the Raider 25. Craig Burgess and Matt McNelis kicked first half field goals of 29 and 39 yards, respectively. A 27-yard field goal by Burgess with 4:08 remaining in the game made it 23-0. Jackson's interception and 31-yard return as well as a personal foul against Shippensburg led to a 16-yard scoring pass from Krewatch to Witter with 1:05 left to round out the scoring. Witter finished with seven receptions for 86 yards. Kareem Dutrieuille led the IUP ground game with 24 carries for 73 yards while Garrett Lestochi carried six times for 50 yards, an average of 8.3 yards per attempt. Maiocco completed 23 of 48 passes for 283 yards for the Raiders. Nine of those completions for 130 yards went to Mike Harris. Andy Casale led all tacklers with 13, and Dee Wolford and Michael Apgar had sacks. IUP concludes its regular season next Saturday with a 12:00 game at Bloomsburg that will be televised as part of the PSAC's SPORTSFever Game of the Week package. Shippensburg wraps up its season at California at noon. |
