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CALIFORNIA (Nov. 10) – Junior defensive lineman BJ Stevens (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) broke two single-season school records and senior quarterback Peter Lalich (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) threw four first-half touchdowns on Saturday afternoon, as the Vulcans closed out the regular season with a 56-28 victory against Millersville at Adamson Stadium.

With the win, the California University of Pennsylvania football team finishes the regular season with an 8-3 overall record. The Vulcans entered the weekend ranked 10th in the latest NCAA Super Region One rankings and is unlikely to receive a berth to the NCAA Playoffs for a sixth-consecutive season, which would have been a league record. Meanwhile, the Marauders finish the year with a 2-9 mark.

Stevens set the single-season school records for tackles for loss (TFL) and sacks on Saturday, breaking the marks set by Gary Butler in 2007. Stevens finished the year leading the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) with 14.5 sacks and 22.5 TFL. He finished the game with eight tackles (three solo), 3.5 TFL and 3.0 sacks, becoming the first player since 2007 with at least 3.0 sacks in a game.

Lalich passed for 270 yards and four touchdowns, including three to junior wide receiver Mike Williams (Hershey, Pa./Milton Hershey), while primarily playing only the first half. He completed 17-of-27 attempts with one interception in his first action in over a month. In just two seasons with the program, Lalich ranks fourth all-time in school history with 6,138 passing yards and 52 touchdown passes.

Williams registered his fifth 100-yard game of the season, finishing with a career-high 156 yards and three touchdowns on nine catches. He also became the fifth wide receiver in the last five years, and the sixth in school history, to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards (1,006) in a season.

The Vulcans took a quick 7-0 lead as sophomore Terrell Roberson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown. Cal U added to the lead on its next possession when sophomore Jeff Knox, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pa./DeMatha Catholic (Md.)) capped an eight-play drive with a four-yard rushing touchdown, 14-0. After the Marauders scored a touchdown, the Vulcans answered with a 68-yard touchdown pass from Lalich to Williams on the first play of the drive with 3:31 left in the first quarter.

Lalich connected with Williams for a pair of scores in the second quarter (9, 39), as Cal U stretched its lead to 35-7 with 5:28 remaining. The Vulcans added another score before halftime when Lalich found junior wide receiver Trey Johnson (Rochester, Pa./Rochester) for a 30-yard touchdown at the 1:01-mark.

Following a scoreless third quarter, Millersville posted a touchdown early in the fourth before Cal U countered with a 20-yard rushing touchdown by senior running back Lamont Smith (Penn Hills, Pa./Central Catholic). The Marauders then mounted a 12-play touchdown drive before the Vulcans answered with a 36-yard touchdown pass from redshirt freshman Cody Schroeder (Avon, Ohio/Avon) to senior wide receiver Casey Teagarden (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) with 4:20 remaining. Millersville added another touchdown on its next drive to cut the deficit to 56-28 with only 46 seconds left in the game.

Junior defensive back CJ Townes (Joppatowne, Md./Joppatowne) led the team and tied his career high with 13 tackles (eight solo) and senior linebacker James Carr (La Habra, Calif./Sonora) posted 10 stops. Redshirt junior defensive lineman Noah Taylor (Pittsburgh, Pa./Woodland Hills) added seven tackles (three solo),1.5 TFL and 1.0 sack in his second career start.

The NCAA Selection Show is tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 11, on NCAA.com at 5 p.m. EST.

Notes:
Roberson posted the first kickoff return for a touchdown since Terrence Johnson in the 2008 NCAA Playoffs … Smith became the first player since Wes Cates to lead the team in rushing for three-straight years, finishing with 827 yards this season … The Vulcans finished with over 3,000 passing yards (3,221) for only the fourth time school history, all since 2008 … Butler was named PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 after setting then-school records with 19.0 TFL and 12.0 sacks