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Slippery Rock football thumps California (Pa.), wins 4th region championship to make final four

Slippery Rock running back Idris Lawrence (5), seen here in a game earlier this season, rushed for 162 yards to propel the team to a Super Region One Championship victory Saturday over California (Pa.). Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

CALIFORNIA, Washington County — Slippery Rock is one of four teams left standing, and got some revenge along the way.

SRU football defeated California (Pa.) 31-13 in the NCAA Division II Super Region One Championship on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Adamson Stadium, knocking out the only team to have beaten The Rock this season. It’s the fourth region championship in program history.

The NCAA Division II Football Committee announced Saturday evening Slippery Rock will visit Ferris State (13-1) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. The game will be streamed on ESPN+. The winner will face the winner of Valdosta State vs. Minnesota State a week later in McKinney, Texas.

The 11th-ranked Rock (12-1) took a 14-point first-quarter lead courtesy of two Brayden Long passing touchdowns and never allowed the Vulcans (10-3) back within one score the rest of the way.

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