BOX SCORE WEST CHESTER, PA

Purple took possession of the ball at the beginning of the fourth quarter, which was played with a running clock, and drove 74 yards on 18 plays under the direction of quarterback Brody McAndrew (Penndel, Pa./Neshaminy) and got the ball down to Gold's 2-yard line. Along the way, Purple converted 3 of 4 third downs and one fourth down. they rushed the ball 11 times for 59 yards on the drive. Unfortunately, a mishandled snap on 2nd-and-Goal was recovered by Gold team's Nate Edwards (Cheltenham, Pa./Cheltenham) at the bottom of a pile up.

The turnover put a damper on a marvelous second-half comeback bid by Purple, which trailed 14-3 at halftime. McAndrew engineered a 7-play, 49-yard drive in the third quarter that was capped by a 2-yard TD strike to Jay Simmons (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant). McAndrew avoided Gold's pass rush, stepping out of a potential sack, rolled to his left, and found Simmons in the back of the end zone.

Gold went three-and-out on its next possession that closed the third quarter. That's when McAndrew took over once again and wasted the entire fourth quarter marching Purple down to the two. McAndrew had three runs of over 10 yards during that final drive.

In the first half, D'Shaun Seals (Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter) scored on a 4-yard jet sweep early on in the second quarter, and quarterback Cooper Jordan (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) scampered 33 yards up a wide-open middle of the field as time expired in the first half to make it 14-3. Purple's three points came on a 52-yard field goal from place-kicker Zack Liberatore (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley). All of that scoring followed a scoreless first quarter.

The game proved to be the public's first look at new West Chester University head coach Duke Greco's version of the Golden Rams and what he will bring to the program. It ended Greco's first spring with the Purple & Gold.

"I think we have transitioned well," Jordan said afterwards. "The coaching staff has done a great job of explaining things and making sure we are all on the same page."

For Greco, he saw what what he was hoping to see out of team in this controlled scrimmage.

"They have really come together as a group, which I hope was noticeable tonight," Greco said. "I was really proud of them and the hard work that they have put in this semester."

Greco takes his new team into the 2024 season next September 7 when West Chester opens the season at home against Bentley College at Farrell Stadium.