Mansfield FC's sprint football team suffered a narrow loss to the University of Pennsylvania, falling 15-9. The team's offense was led by Jason Sheairs, who scored a touchdown and accumulated 143 yards receiving. Quarterback Jaxson Nield completed 15 of 30 passes for 176 yards against Mansfield. The defense was led by Marcus Butler and Colin Cross, who co-led the team with eight tackles each. Butler's eight solo stops accounted for a career-high outing for the junior. Josh Johnson tallied an interception in the game, returning the rock for 24 yards. The Quakers opened the battle trying to prove a point as quarterback Nield threw on three of four opportunities before tossing a pass to Jake Wang, who got the first down near Penn's 40-yard line. Ultimately, the Mountaineers were able to hold the offense off to force Ezra Granet to punt for the first time of the day. Mansfield opened the scoring with 3:19 left of the first, picking off Nield on third down during the Red and Blue's second possession to take an early 7-0 lead. The Quaker defense tried to ramp up the energy to close the first, tallying back-to-back sacks on Marcus Quaker to end the first 15 minutes. The Mounties opened the second with a fake and rushed up to their own 46 to gain some heat after the back-to-back sacks. On third and three, Mansfield was able to sneak through the defense to get the first down at Penn's 30-yard line. Junior Grant Coulson squashed any energy quarterback Quaker had, recording his first sack of the contest, followed by an interception from junior Johnson on the next drive. Senior Nield steadily brought the offense down the field off Johnson's pick, tossing a huge pass to sophomore Sheairs around the 50-yard line. The Nield to Sheairs connection continued off a pass the sophomore caught at the two-yard line with a little over 4:30 left of the first half. Two tosses later, Sheairs finally caught the pass from Nield in the endzone to put the Quakers on the board. Kicker Granet missed his first extra point opportunity of the battle to put the game at 7-6. During the final offensive opportunity of the second, Mansfield quickly made its way down to the redzone, being five yards away from first and goal on fourth down, but the Quaker defense held tough with a huge stop to end the half with a one-point deficit for Penn. Coming out of the break, the defense continued to stay hot for the Red and Blue as freshman Xavier May IV sacked quarterback Quaker to start the second half. Penn had a point to prove on its first possession of the half, as JT Goodman steadily rushed the Quakers down the field, followed by a long reception from Sheairs at Manfield's ten-yard line. Freshman Granet pushed the Red and Blue ahead 9-7 off a field goal with 5:03 left in the third. Penn's defense continued to stifle the Mounties as junior Butler nearly intercepted the offense near the 40-yard line on third down. Unfortunately for Nield, he was intercepted on his first pass of the drive to give Mansfield the ball again with less than three minutes on the clock. The Mountaineers were able to hold on to the ball to end the third, leading into the fourth, but could not muster any offense to give Penn the rock back with the game.