WSSU getting set to take on high-scoring Shippensburg

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  Second-ranked Winston-Salem State has talked all season about winning the Division II national championship.

The next step toward that goal can be taken Saturday at noon against 15th-ranked Shippensburg in a second-round game at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Rams had a first-round bye last week, just as they had last season, when they advanced to the semifinals before losing to Wayne State 21-14.

This time around, the Rams have more experience, more depth, and there shouldn’t be any surprises.

“The CIAA is over with now and we won that championship, and we are back to where we wanted to be — and that’s at home and the No. 1 seed in our region,” Coach Connell Maynor of the Rams said. “There are only good teams left, and there are only 16 left still playing. We have to be ready each and every week if we want to play on.”

The Rams used their bye week to heal from bumps and bruises. Quarterback Kam Smith hasn’t practiced much because of a sore shoulder, which forced him to miss the second half of the CIAA championship game on Nov. 10.

Anthony Carrothers has taken the reps in practice with the No. 1 offense this week but Maynor hasn’t ruled out Smith playing this week.

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