Bloomsburg Finishes Season Unbeaten After 42-28 Win

BLOOMSBURG—Quarterback Jack Lydic (Selinsgrove/Selinsgrove) passed for 309 yards and four touchdowns to lead Bloomsburg University to a 42-28 win over Millersville University Saturday afternoon. With the win the Huskies finish the regular season with a perfect 11-0 record, its first undefeated season since 1985.

Bloomsburg opened the scoring on its first drive of the game when Lydic hit Donny Patrick (Shenandoah/Hazleton) with an 18-yard scoring pass for a 7-0 lead just 2:10 into the game.

Millersville (5-6, 3-3 PSAC East) then rallied and took a 21-7 lead with three consecutive touchdowns. The first coming on a 77-yard kickoff return by Andrew Siggins, while the second was a 15-yard scoring run by Juan Jones, both in the first period. The Marauders then extended the lead to 21-7 when Chaz Beasley recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a score.

Bloomsburg, though, tied the score going into the halftime with Lydic throwing two touchdowns passes. The first went to Brahin Bilal (Philadelphia/Lincoln), a 29-yard strike, while Ryan Schuck (Selinsgrove/Selinsgrove) caught an 11-yard pass just with just under two minutes left before half.

The Marauders opened the third quarter with 14-play, 95-yard drive capped off by a Juan Jones one-yard run to put the visitors in front 28-21. After a long kickoff return by the Huskies Greg McGhee (Philadelphia/Cheltenham) put the ball in Millersville territory, Jamar Brittingham (Levittown/Neshaminy) ran 42-yards on the first play from scrimmage for a touchdown to tie the game at 28-28.

In the fourth period, the Huskies again needed just one play to score with Brittingham racing 73-yards to put Bloomsburg in front 35-28.

After Millersville fumbled on its next series with Bloomsburg recovering, Lydic hit Greg Masters (Sayre/Athens) with a four-yard scoring pass to give the Huskies breathing room at 42-28.

Lydic ended the day 18-26 for 309 yards and one interception. Over his last two games, Lydic is 40-53 for 567 yards and seven touchdowns.

Brittingham, who went into the game leading all of Division II in rushing yards per game, finished the day with 27 carries for 235 yards and two scores. He set a new school and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) record for rushing yards in a single-season with 2,060, breaking the mark of 2,038 set by Bloomsburg's Irv Sigler in 1997.

Juan Jones led the Marauders by rushing 28 times for 132 yards and two scores.

Bloomsburg will now await the announcement of the bids for the NCAA Division II championships which will be made on Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN News.