ETTRICK, Virginia – The Trojans of Virginia State University got the job done on Homecoming, knocking off the Lincoln University Lions 54-7 on Saturday afternoon. The victory sets Virginia State's overall mark at 4-3, 3-1 in CIAA play and 2-1 in the North. Junior Cordelral Cook (Atlanta, Ga.) threw for 214 yards, completing 16-of-19 passes, four touchdowns and rushing yards (28). Redshirt freshman Darrell Olivier (Washington, DC) rushed for 28 yards and sophomore Jemourri LaPierre (Chesterfield, Va.) recorded a team-high 119 reception yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, senior Patrick Prosser paced the Trojans with five tackles and two tackles for loss.
Lincoln (1-7, 1-3 CIAA, 1-2 North) was led offensively by quarterback Vincent Epinoza, leading the Lions in passing yards (171) and rushing yards (27). Epinoza completed 24-of-40 passes and was sacked two times. Lavelle Cloyd the games' leading receiver with a game-high six receptions and 33 yards. Devon Cathcart and Isiah Turner led the Lincoln with five tackles each respectively.
Virginia State sophomore running back Demetrius Strickland put the Trojans on the scoreboard first at the 10:08 mark of the first quarter, booting a seven yard run for the 6-0 lead. Virginia State then added another touchdown when Cordelral Cook connected with Tyree Harris on a 18-yard pass to find his way in the end zone for the Trojans, bringing the score to 12-0. Lincoln answered with adding its only touchdown of the contest at the 2:04 mark, when Vincent Espinoza connect with Deontae Brockington on a six yard pass. Finishing out the first quarter, Tyree Harris secured a 75-yard kick return to find his way in the end zone for a Trojans touchdown, bringing the score to 20-7.
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Keeping the same momentum in the second quarter, Cook connected with Jemourri LaPierre on a 38-yard pass bringing the score to 27-7. With 0:22 seconds left Cook connected with Dazmine Palmer on a 19-yard pass to close out the first half scoring for VSU. At the half, the Trojans secured in the lead, 33-7.
In the third quarter, Virginia State added a touchdown on a eight-yard pass to Jemourri LaPierre to grow its lead 40-7. With 5:12 left in the quarter, Nicholas Winston found Brandon Watkins for a 27-yard pass securing another touchdown making the score 47-7. The Trojans rounded out the competition by adding their final touchdown of the game when Winston connected with LaPierre for a 76-yard pass in the end zone at the 2:01 mark, bringing the score to 54-7.
VSU finished the competition with 435 total offensive yards and were 2 of 7 on third down conversions. VSU went 4 of 4 of its red-zone scoring chances and had a total of 116 total rushing yards and secured one rushing touchdowns.
The Trojans will host its final home game of the season as they face the Hawks of Chowan University on Saturday, October 27. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m.
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