MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.  –  RMU (7-5, 4-2 NEC) used a 21-pont 1^st quarter to wrap up its 2024 season with a 31-13 victory over Stonehill (1-10, 0-6 NEC) on Saturday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium.
 
The opening frame was the Shawn Charles show. He put the Colonials on the board at 10:32 with a career-long 86-yard touchdown reception from Zach Tanner. He would add a 51-yard touchdown reception at 3:14 after DJ Moyer's 1-yard scoring run.
 
The Skyhawks would close the gap to 21-10 at halftime and add a field goal at 6:35 of the 3^rd quarter to make it a one-possession contest. A Jayson Jenkins 25-yard field goal made the score 24-13 at 10:51 of the 4^th quarter and the RMU closed out the game scoring when Jamar Shegog sacked Drew Eason in the end zone forcing a fumble that was recovered by Turner Schmidt.
 
Charles finished with four catches for 149 yards. Tanner threw for a career-high 268 yards. On defense, Shegog finished with a career-high 19 tackles, one shy of the school record, with four being for loss. Keon Freeman added nine stops.
 
NOTES

• RMU finished with six home victories, a new program record
• Shegog's 19 tackles in an NEC season-best and the most stops since Merrimack's Rodney Samson had 23 on November 6, 2021
• RMU outgained Stonehill 411-to-190
• The Colonials' defense held Stonehill to 4-of-19 on 3^rd downs

 
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