WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Indiana (Pa.) QB Lenny Williams went 10-for-15 for 212 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 IUP (11-0) to a 24-7 victory over host West Chester (8-3) in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship Game at Farrell Stadium Saturday afternoon.
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IUP captured its fourth conference title while Williams walked away with the most valuable player award in the game. West Chester was held to just one score in a game for the first time since 2011 – spanning 71 contests.
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West Chester must wait until Sunday evening at 5 p.m. to see if its season continues in the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Rams were sixth in the last regional poll that was released on Monday. The top seven schools make the tournament.
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West Chester LB
Tyler Morrissey (Springfield, Pa./Springfield-DELCO) finished with a career-high 20 tackles, but it was not enough to overcome IUP's high-octane offense. Morrissey's 20 stops was the second-best effort in a game within the PSAC this fall and the fourth-best single-game total in school history.
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Dan Neuhaus (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) hauled in a 36-yard pass from quarterback Paul Dooley early in the second quarter to make it a 14-7 ballgame. However, the Golden Rams mustered just 94 yards of total offense the rest of the game. Neuhaus' TD kept alive WCU's streak of 73 straight games with at least one touchdown being scored.
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WCU senior RB
Jarel Elder (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) was held to just 49 yards rushing, but did pick up 178 all-purpose yards in the contest. If the Golden Rams are not selected for the NCAA Tournament, then he will have finished his stellar career seventh all-time on the school's rushing list with 3,087 rushing yards and fifth all-time on the school's all-purpose yards list with 5,574 yards.
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Morrissey's 20 tackles are the most in a single game at West Chester since Jimmy Lewis made 20 stops against Millersville in 2006. It is just the fourth time that a Golden Rams player has registered 20 tackles in a game overall.