SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- Senior running back Dervon Wallace (Lusby, MD/Calvert) rushed 28 times for 142 yards and junior quarterback Tyler Lazear (Bethesda, MD/Walt Whitman) completed 15-of-21 passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns to lead ninth-ranked Shepherd University to a 19-14 win over Shippensburg University in the Great Valley Classic in football action at Ram Stadium. 

Shepherd took a 7-0 lead with 9:52 left in the first quarter when Lazear teamed with junior wide receiver John Sheehan (Round Hill, VA/Loudoun Valley) on a 23-yard scoring pass. Junior kicker Bryan Beverage (Romney, WV/Hampshire) added the extra point.

The Red Raiders tied the game at 7-7 with 2:52 left in the half when Chris Lynch rambled eight yards for a score and Jamie Reder added the extra point.

Shippensburg took a 14-7 lead with 11:29 left in the third quarter on another eight-yard touchdown jaunt by Lynch.

Lazear connected with redshirt-freshman fullback Bobby Humphries (Frederick, MD/Thomas Johnson) with 12:02 left in the fourth quarter on a 13-yard scoring play to get the Rams to within a point at 14-13. Beverage's extra point attempt was blocked.

After a 20-yard punt return by junior Taros Harris (Chesapeake Beach, MD/Calvert) gave the Rams possession at the Shippensburg 46-yard line, the Rams wasted little time in scoring what would turn out to be the game-winning score.

Lazear teamed with senior wide receiver Mark Springirth (Germantown, MD/Watkins Mill) on a 25-yard scoring strike with 1:48 remaining to cap a three-play drive and give the Rams a 19-14 advantage. A two-point rushing attempt by junior wide receiver Craig Tremel (Lilly, PA/Penn Cambria) was stopped.

The Red Raiders had a pair of possessions in the game's final moments, but were unable to move past the Shepherd 49-yard line.

Gabe Maiocco completed 13-of-31 passes for 178 yards for Shippensburg.

Lynch led the Red Raider ground game with 95 yards on 15 carries. 

Howard Chavous led the Shippensburg receivers with five receptions for 99 yards.

Senior outside linebacker Joey Hooks (Montgomery Village, MD/Watkins Mill), junior inside linebacker Walt Gouveia (Ashburn, VA/Broad Run), and sophomore free safety Layton Hersh (Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key) led the Ram defense with 11 tackles each. Bill Morrison had 10 tackles to pace Shippensburg.

Freshman Zach Beach (Clarksburg, MD/Urbana) performed well in his debut as the Ram punter. Beach punted six times for a 36.6 average with three punts inside the 20-yard line.