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EAST STROUDSBURG - Ryan Zapoticky converted a two-point conversion pass to Jordan Harro for the game's final points as Shippensburg outlasted East Stroudsburg University, 69-67 (5OT), in PSAC East football on Saturday night at Eiler-Martin Stadium.

After playing to a 41-41 tie in regulation, Ship outscored ESU 28-26 through the five OT periods to prevail.

Redshirt senior quarterback Matt Soltes threw for 594 yards, tied a PSAC record with nine passing TD and gained 616 yards of total offense for ESU (2-3, 1-1). Soltes set an NCAA Division II record for career games with 500 yards total offense (6) and tied a record for games with 600 yards total offense (2).

Redshirt senior wide receiver Jon Schnaars set PSAC records for receptions (20) and touchdowns (7), including three of ESU's four TD in the overtime sessions. Schnaars gained 218 yards receiving.

Senior wide receiver Gerard Wendowski had 10 catches for 222 yards and two TD, including the game-tying score in the second OT.

Redshirt junior tailback Robert Healy had 204 yards from scrimmage, rushing for 71 yards and catching nine passes for 133 yards.

Zapoticky threw for 320 yards and six TD and ran for 103 yards for Ship (3-2, 1-1). Justin Pyle ran for 98 yards and three TD and added five catches for 36 yards and a score. Sheldon Mayer had two catches for 69 yards and two TD.

The five OT periods were one short of the NCAA Division II record in a game in which both teams were DII members. St. Joseph's (Ind.) beat Fairmont State 19-11 in 2006, and Adams State beat Nebraska-Kearney 55-48 in 6OT in 1998.

The 136 total points are the second-most in PSAC history behind West Liberty's 84-63 win vs. Edinboro (147 points) in the NCAA DII Playoffs in 2009.

Soltes (9) and Zapoticky (6) combined to set a DII record for most combined TD passes in a game with 15. The previous mark of 14 was set by North Park (11) and North Central (3) in October 1968.

ESU led 27-0 midway through the second quarter and 41-14 with 5:03 left in the third quarter, before Shippensburg scored four TD to tie the game at 41-41 on a seven-yard TD pass from Zapoticky to Mike Brown with 52 seconds remaining.

Redshirt junior defensive end Ahmad McFarland blocked the extra point by Billy Deane to maintain the tie. ESU drove to the Ship 22-yard line, but Soltes' pass for Schnaars was intercepted by Will Hudson at the goal line with 18 seconds remaining in regulation.

1st OT - Soltes completed to Healy for 14 yards, was sacked for a loss of 10 yards, hit Wendowski for 17 yards and Schnaars for a 4-yard TD on 3rd-and-goal.  PAT by Fr. K Nicolas Ruiz was good.  (ESU leads 48-41)

Zapoticky completed to Harro for 7 yards on 4th-and-4 from the 19. On 4th-and-9 from the 11, he hit Paryss Marshall for the TD. PAT by Billy Deane was good. (Tied 48-48)

2nd OT - ESU penalty gives Ship 1st down at the 15-yard line. Zapoticky hit Marshall for 12 yards, and Pyle scored a 3-yard TD on the next play. PAT by Deane was good.  (Ship leads 55-48)

Soltes completed to Healy for 12 yards, then hit Wendowski for a 13-yard TD on 2nd-and-10. PAT by Ruiz was good.  (Tied 55-55)

3rd OT - Soltes completed to Healy for 22 yards, then hit Schnaars for the 3-yard TD and a 2-play scoring drive.  Soltes 2-point pass attempt failed.  (ESU leads 61-55)

Zapoticky ran for 16 yards, then 5 yards to the 4-yard line, setting up 2nd-and-goal. After 2 incomplete passes, he hit Mike Brown for a 4-yard TD.  Zapoticky completed pass on 2-point conversion but R-Jr. LB Eric Pabst stopped the receiver at the 1-yard line.  (Tied 61-61)

4th OT - Zapoticky's 1st-down pass was intercepted by So. S Marc Gaudet in the end zone.  ESU takes over and can win the game with a score.

Healy ran for 5 yards, then an apparent 20-yard TD on 3rd-and-5 which was nullified by an illegal formation penalty. On 3rd-and-10 from the 25, Soltes' pass for Schnaars was incomplete. Ruiz's 42-yard field goal was short. (Tied 61-61)

5th OT - Ship pass interference penalty on 2nd-and-10 gives ESU 1st-and-goal at the 10. After incomplete passes to Healy and Wendowski, Soltes hit Schnaars for a 10-yard TD. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty moved the 2-point try to the 18-yard line. Soltes' pass failed.  (ESU leads 67-61)

Zapoticky ran for 7 yards on 3rd-and-5. He ran for 6 yards to the 7-yard line, and completed to Mike Brown for 6 yards to the 1. Pyle ran for no gain, and then scored on 2nd-and-goal. Zapoticky's 2-point pass to Harro was converted.

The five-overtime game is the longest for both schools. ESU had played one two-overtime game, a 33-27 loss at Shepherd in 2009. Ship had also played one two-OT game, losing 44-43 at West Chester in 2010.

ESU gained 693 total yards on 107 offensive plays (594 passing, 99 rushing), with Soltes going 40-for-70 through the air to set school records for completions and attempts.

Shippensburg gained 562 total yards on 98 plays, throwing for 324 yards and rushing for 238.

Through regulation, ESU had 603 total yards with Soltes going 32-for-56 for 499 yards, 5 TD and 2 interceptions. Schnaars had 17 catches for 201 yards and 4 TD, Wendowski had 8 catches for 192 yards and a TD, and Healy had 6 catches for 85 yards. Healy also had 66 rushing yards, and Soltes had 32 for 531 yards of total offense.

Ship had 472 total yards through 60 minutes. Zapoticky was 22-for-36 for 275 yards and 4 TD. Pyle ran for 93 yards on 10 carries and had 5 catches for 36 yards.

Schnaars had four TD catches in the first 23 minutes of the game to give ESU a 27-0 lead. He caught TD passes of 13 and three yards in the first quarter, and 11 and 24 yards in the second quarter.

Ship pulled within 27-14 at halftime on a 66-yard run by Pyle and a 25-yard TD pass from Zapoticky to Pyle.

The Warriors rebuilt their 27-point lead in the third quarter as Soltes threw a 16-yard TD to Wendowski and redshirt senior tailback Gerald Van De Cruz scored on a one-yard run to make it 41-14 with 5:03 left in the third.

Ship scored two plays later on a 61-yard TD from Zapoticky to Mayer, and pulled within 41-28 with 52 seconds left in the third as Zapoticky hit Mayer for an eight-yard TD after an interception and return by Chad Miller.

Ship made it 41-35 on its first drive of the fourth quarter, going 76 yards on 10 plays capped by a 22-yard rushing TD by Andrew Smith.

ESU punted twice and Ship punted once before taking over at its 12-yard line with 3:51 remaining. Zapoticky went 88 yards in 10 plays, including a 19-yard pass to Smith on third-and-13 at the ESU 30, and completed a seven-yard TD pass to Mike Brown with 52 seconds left.

After an ESU timeout, McFarland blocked the extra point to keep the score at 41-41.

Soltes hit Schnaars for 41 yards to the Ship 36 on the Warriors' first play of their ensuing drive. He found Healy for seven yards and Schnaars for seven to move the ball to the Ship 22 with 27 seconds left, but Hudson had an interception at the goal line to force overtime.


GAME NOTES
* Soltes ties a PSAC record for single-game TD passes (9) that was set by ESU's Jimmy Terwilliger in 2005 (66-49 win at C.W. Post) and tied by Ship's Zach Zulli in 2012 (73-35 win at Kutztown).
* Soltes' 9 TD passes are one shy of the DII record (10) set by Bruce Swanson (North Park) vs. North Central in 1968.

* Soltes' 594 passing yards, 616 yards total offense and 9 TD passes are all the most in college football (all divisions) this season.
* Schnaars' 20 receptions and 7 receiving TD are both the most in college football (all divisions) this season.

* Schnaars breaks a PSAC record for single-game receptions (20). The previous mark of 18 was set by Millersville's Chris Pelczarski in 1991 (vs. Bloomsburg) and tied by Harman in 2012 at Kutztown.
* Schnaars had the 9th game in DII history with 20+ receptions.

* Schnaars breaks a PSAC record for single-game receiving TD (7).  Four players previously had 5 TD catches - Cal's Fred Temoney in 1994 (vs. Ship), West Chester's Mike Washington in 2005 (vs. Clarion), ESU's Evan Prall in 2006 (vs. Kutztown) and Harman in 2012 (at Kutztown).

* Schnaars' 7 receiving TD are one shy of the DII record (8) set by Paul Zaeske (North Park) vs. North Central in 1968.
* His 7 total TD are the most in DII since Bernard Scott (Abilene Christian) had 7 vs. West Texas A&M in 2008.

* Soltes' 616 total yards are the 4th-most in PSAC history. He set the PSAC record with 666 total yards (535 passing, 131 rushing) in a 45-37 win at LIU Post in 2012.
* His 616 total yards are t-14th in DII history. His 666 yards at LIU Post in 2012 are 2nd-most and set an NCAA all-division freshman record.

* Soltes sets a DII record with his 6th career game with 500+ yards total offense (previously tied with Bo Cordell, Tusculum, 2009-13).
* He ties a DII record with his 2nd game with 600+ total yards (J.J. Harp, Eastern N.M.).
* He sets an ESU record with his 12th game with 400+ total yards.

* Soltes' 594 passing yards are the 3rd-most in PSAC history and 2nd-most in ESU history.

* Soltes set a PSAC record with his 3rd career 500-yard passing game. ESU QB's Ray Wagner (2008-11) and Damian Poalucci (1994-97) had 2 each.
* Soltes set an ESU record with his 8th career 400-yard passing game (Poalucci had 7).

* Soltes is the first ESU QB with 5+ TD passes in 3 straight games.
* He has 10 career games with 5+ TD passes. The DII record (12) is held by Curt Anes of Grand Valley State (1999-02).

* Soltes set an ESU record for completions (40), surpassing the mark of 38 by Steve Mummaw (1970 at Lafayette).
* Soltes set an ESU record for attempts (70), surpassing the mark of 59 by Tim Roken (2008 vs. Shippensburg).
* Soltes set an ESU record for total offensive plays (78), surpassing the mark of 72 by James Franklin (1994 at Millersville).

* Wendowski (222 yards) and Schnaars (218 yards) are the first ESU teammates with 200+ receiving yards in a game in program history.
* ESU's previous record for combined receiving yards by teammates was 388 (Mike Mancuso 210, Jason Killian 178) in 1996 vs. Southern Connecticut State.

* Soltes is 125-for-235 for 1,929 yards, 20 TD and 6 interceptions through 5 games. He has 149 rushing yards for 2,078 yards total offense.
* Soltes is averaging 385.8 yards passing and 415.6 yards of total offense per game.
* Soltes entered the week ranked 4th in DII history in career total offense yards per game (345.2 ypg).
* Soltes' 1,929 passing yards are the most through 5 games in program history (he had 1,900 yards in 2014).
* Soltes' 20 passing TD are tied for the most through 5 games in program history (Damian Poalucci had 20 in 1996).
* Soltes' 2,078 yards total offense are the 2nd-most through 5 games (he had 2,154 yards in 2014).

* Soltes moves into 4th in PSAC history in career total offense (12,006 yards), 6th in passing yards (10,573) and 4th in passing TD (105). He is the 5th QB in PSAC history with 100 career passing TD.

* Soltes is the 10th QB in DII history with 10,000 career passing yards (10,573) and 1,000 career rushing yards (1,433).
* Soltes and Jimmy Terwilliger (14,350 passing yards, 1,714 rushing yards from 2003-06) make ESU one of 2 DII schools with two QB's to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in their careers, along with Grand Valley State (Curt Anes 1999-02, Cullen Finnerty 2003-06).

* Soltes is the first ESU QB with 400+ yards total offense in 3 straight games.
* Soltes has 1,490 yards total offense in the last 3 games, 2nd-most in program history. He had a stretch with 1,525 total yards in 3 games as a redshirt freshman in 2012.

* Soltes has 1,394 yards passing in the last 3 games, 2nd-most in program history. Ray Wagner had 1,422 passing yards in a 3-game stretch in 2011.

* Schnaars has 51 catches for 754 yards and 11 TD through 5 games.
* All 3 are the most in school history - previously 36 catches (Evan Prall, 2006), 688 yards (Prall, 2005) and 9 TD (Prall, 2005).
* Schnaars entered the week ranked 3rd in DII in receiving yards (134.0 ypg).

* Schnaars' 51 catches are the most in any 5-game stretch in program history (previously 44 by Prall in 2006).
* Schnaars' 754 yards are the 2nd-most in any 5-game stretch in program history (Prall had 781 yards in 2006).

* Schnaars is the first ESU receiver with 9+ catches in 3 consecutive games. He had 9 for 200 yards vs. Edinboro and 9 for 88 yards at Lock Haven the last 2 weeks.

* Schnaars moves into 4th at ESU in career receptions (176), 6th in yards (2,591) and t-2nd in TD (34) with Tim Strenfel (2002-05). His 34 career receiving TD are t-9th in PSAC history.

* Healy has 412 rushing yards (70 carries, 1 TD) and 452 receiving yards (27 catches, 1 TD) through 5 games.
* His 864 yards from scrimmage are the most in the first 5 games of a season in program history (he had 736 yards in 2014).

* Healy was the only DII player with 300 yards rushing and receiving entering the week.
* Last week, Healy became the first player in ESU history with 2,000 career rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards.

* Healy had his 4th career game with 200 yards from scrimmage and 2nd this season.
* He had his 22nd career game with 100 yards from scrimmage in his 27th career game.
* He ties the school record for 100-yard games set by Evan Prall (2003-06).

* Healy is 5th in school history in career rushing yards (2,358). He is 221 yards from the school record (2,579 - Rick Sterner, 1988-92).

* Healy is 4th in school history in career yards from scrimmage (3,575).

* Healy set career-highs for receptions (9) and receiving yards (133).

* Wendowski (222), Schnaars (218) and Healy (133) are the 4th set of ESU teammates to post 100+ receiving yards in the same game.

* They combined for 39 of ESU's 40 receptions and 573 of ESU's 594 receiving yards.
* They are the first trio of ESU teammates with 8+ receptions in a game.
* Schnaars (20) and Wendowski (10) combined for 30 receptions, the most by two teammates in ESU history. They are the first set of ESU teammates with 10+ receptions in a game.
* Schnaars (14) and Healy (7) combined for 21 receptions in ESU's 37-33 win at Ship last year.