ETTRICK, VA - The VSU Trojan football team are preparing for their first road trip of the season to take on the the Panthers of Ohio Dominican University. The game will kick-off on September 11, 2021 at 1:00pm at Panthers Stadium.

The Trojans are coming off a 48-7 week one loss at the hands of #4 Lenoir - Rhyne University moving VSU to an 0-1 overall record. The Panthers will be entering the contest with an 0-1 overall record as well, after taking a tough week one loss to Shepard University, 35-30. 

This is the first ever meeting between Virginia State and Ohio Dominican.

Leading the Trojans offensively is redshirt - freshman running back Kimo Clarke.Clarke led the rushing attack for the Trojans with four carries for 54-yards scoring a 47-yard touchdown his first touch as Trojan. The VSU offense will be under the command of either redshirt sophomore, Mark Wright or sophomore Jordan Davis. Wright started the game a week ago and threw for 44-yards while Davis went 6-8 through the air with 18 rushing yards in his second half mop up role. The defense is led by graduate student Will Adams who racked up eight tackles with a tackle for loss a week ago. Senior defensive end Javon Frazier will get after the quarterback this week as he accounted for the teams only sack along with seven total tackles against LRU.  

For Ohio Dominican, graduate student Evan Ernest completed 65% of his passes for 263 yards and a pair of touchdown tosses his first time out this season. Ohio Dominican's redshirt - senior wide receiver James Morgan gained 105 yards against Shepard averaging 21 yards per catch and a touchdown. Senior linebacker Dauson Dales leads his team in tackles as he accounted for 14 total tackles with 1.5 of them coming behind the line of scrimmage. 

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