COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus football team pitched a shutout and routed McDaniel 52-0 on Saturday afternoon at Patterson Field in Centennial Conference play.
 
 
Junior quarterback Tristan Machado posted his second straight four-touchdown game while throwing for 216 yards on 11-of-21 passing. Classmate Justin Shepherd was one of four Ursinus quarterbacks to see action with senior Alan Paturzo and sophomore Braeden O'Connell action and went 2-for-4 for 37 yards while rushing for a 13-yard touchdown.
 
 
Junior wide receiver Aidan Roselle had a career day with 117 yards on six catches with the first two touchdowns of his collegiate career. Senior Markel Roberts-Jackson also snatched a pair of touchdowns while hauling in two passes for 66 yards.
 
 
Junior running back Jason Bernard led the Bears on the ground with 57 yards on nine carries and senior Jaden Louis rushed for 44 yards on seven carries with a touchdown.
 
 
The Bears stopped an advancing McDaniel drive to start the game when junior defensive back Kendall Robinson grabbed an interception at the Bears own 18-yard line and took it back to the 30-yard line. Ursinus quickly took advantage of the interception when Machado found Roberts-Jackson for a 60-yard catch-and-run touchdown to make it 7-0 Bears at the 10:09-mark of the first quarter. Machado swiftly moved the Bears down the field on their second drive and found Roberts-Jackson again, this time for a 6-yard touchdown at the 4:57-mark to make it 14-0. Machado converted a 3rd-and-17 on the drive behind a 24-yard run.
 
 
 
Ursinus made it 3-for-3 on scoring drives to open the game in the first minute of the second quarter after Machado found Roselle wide open for a 65-yard touchdown pass that made it 21-0. McDaniel worked its way into Ursinus territory until senior defensive lineman Aaron Rios forced a sack fumble that he recovered to end the drive. The Bears were forced to punt for the first time halfway through the second quarter, but senior defensive back D.J. Clarke was in the right place at the right time for a tip-drill interception that he ran back 30 yards for a touchdown to extend the Ursinus lead to 28-0. Ursinus added one more interception to stop a Green Terror drive when senior Anthony Esposito picked off an errant pass at the Bears 20-yard line.
 
 
The Bears got the ball to start the third quarter and used long kick return to take a 35-0 lead after Machado found Roselle for a 4-yard touchdown at the 12:45-mark on third-and-goal. Ursinus staved off a deflected interception a drive later when a Green Terror field goal from 36 yards out went wide left. Ursinus took advantage behind its ground game and Louis scored a 4-yard touchdown behind totaling 42 of the Bears 80 yards on the drive.
 
 
 
Sophomore defensive back Nick Strusowski tallied the fourth interception for the Bears late in the third quarter and sophomore kicker Ben Kiedrowski made a 29-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter that made it 45-0. Shepherd capped the Bears big day with a third down 13-yard touchdown run with 2:23 left in regulation that made it 52-0.
 
 
 
Junior linebacker Matt Agar led the Bears with six tackles (three solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss while Rios made four solo stops with his sack, forced fumble, and recovery. Robinson, Clarke, Esposito, and Strusowski all had interceptions for the Bears while senior Ethan Barrar had a sack for the Bears.
 
 
The Bears return to action on Saturday, October 18^th as they will travel to face No. 3 Johns Hopkins at 1:00 p.m.