Lackawanna College

11/7/26

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV – Lackawanna College football had no answer for the pounding rushing attack from Shepherd University, as the Rams racked up 300 yards rushing, averaging 14.3 yards per carry, and posted 505 yards of total offense in a 41-3 win against Lackawanna on Saturday afternoon at Rams Stadium.
 
The Falcons (0-10) could only get 168 yards of total offense and struggled to throw the ball, generating only 58 yards through the air. Lackawanna did force three turnovers, all fumbles, but the Falcons could only generate a field goal for their efforts, while the Rams (7-3) faced only four third downs, never punted, and averaged 11 yards per play on the day.
 
Shepherd scored on just its second play of the game, a 65-yard run for Ian Mauldin, and the Rams forced a punt and scored again on their second possession, going ahead 14-0 with 6:45 to go in the first quarter.
 
The Rams had their first mistake when, after forcing a second Lackawanna punt, Shepherd gave it back on a fumble that the Falcons picked up near midfield with 4:21 to go in the opening quarter. Lackawanna put a drive together, featuring a 17-yard burst from Jalen Fletcher (Bethlehem, PA) and several key conversions to get the Falcons to the Shepherd 15, where they'd settled for an Isiah Rodriguez (Old Forge, PA) 32-yard field goal to make it 14-3 with 14 minutes remaining in the second.
 
A penalty on the kickoff gave Shepherd the ball on the LC 41-yard line on the next drive, and Shepherd was in the end zone just four plays later to go up 21-3. Lackawanna put together another drive, this time taking the ball from its 25-yard line and methodically moving it downfield, helped by a pair of 15-yard penalties against the Rams. Lackawanna got to 1^st-and-10 at the Shepherd 13, and then made it to 4^th-and-3 at the Rams' six, but Lackawanna gambled and lost on a fourth-down rush, getting two of the three it needed and turning over the ball on downs.
 
Shepherd mounted a drive that got to the Lackawanna seven-yard line just before the first half whistle, but missed a field goal from 25 yards away to keep it at 21-3 going into the break.
 
Lackawanna College punted on its first possession of the second half and Shepherd, with field position at midfield, scored in just two plays to go up 28-3. Another Lackawanna drive stalled at midfield, so the Falcons punted away, but Shepherd struck on its first play of the next series with a 69-yard burst from Tijuan Reed to make it 35-3 with 8:48 to go in the third.
 
The Falcons punted again, and Shepherd threatened to score again with under three to go in the third, but a 1^st-and-goal fumble was recovered by Brandon Massie (Garfield, PA) and the Falcons denied the Rams. Lackawanna initially looked to be punting away from its own 20, but a roughing the punter penalty early in the fourth extended their drive, and Lackawanna moved the ball downfield, with a mix of runs from Fletcher, David Naniewicz (Scott Twp., PA), and Stephen Henry (Maplewood, NJ). On a third-down run, Henry was hit and fumbled the ball forward, but James Colston (Harrisburg, PA) was there to recover at the Shepherd three-yard line to keep the drive alive. However, the Football Gods were not smiling on the Falcons for this series, as Fletcher fumbled two plays later on a 2^nd-and-goal rush, where the ball popped free and skittered away ten yards backwards before Shepherd recovered, ending a golden opportunity to put a touchdown on the board.
 
With eight minutes to go, Shepherd started a drive but fumbled away at midfield, where Nickloas Logan (Fredericksburg, VA) was there to recover for the Falcons. Lackawanna's subsequent drive stalled at midfield, and Shepherd quickly turned that into points, taking just three plays to score and go up 41-3 with 3:50 to go. Lackawanna held the ball for the final four minutes, and the clock ran out.
 
Fletcher finished with 80 yards rushing on 24 carries, while Henry added 45 yards on 14 rushes. Naniewicz threw for 58 yards, going 11-for-20, and rushed for a net of eight yards on seven carries. Keaon Jenkins (Wayne, NJ) had three grabs for 12 yards, while Fletcher had two grabs for 15 yards, and Khi'Lee Patterson (Fox Chapel, PA) had two catches for eleven yards.
 
Defensively, Marquez Davis (Washington, D.C.) had seven tackles, five solos, while Robert Nelson (Washington, D.C.) added five tackles. Giovanni Allison (Norristown, PA) added four tackles and a pass break-up.
 
Lackawanna College has one more game remaining on its 2026 schedule, set for next weekend, as the Falcons will be traveling to take on Lock Haven University on Saturday, November 14^th. Kickoff is set for 12:00pm ET in Lock Haven, PA.