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No. 9 Redbirds Drop Homecoming Heartbreaker To No. 25 Youngstown State, 40-35 - Illinois State University Athletics

NORMAL, Ill. – In a matchup of Top 25 programs, it was No. 25 Youngstown State (4-3, 1-2 MVFC) who got the better of No. 9 Illinois State (4-3, 1-2 MVFC) on Saturday at Homecoming by a score of 40-35 on Jay and Lori Bergman Field at Hancock Stadium.

How It Happened:
• Youngstown State got on the scoreboard first on the initial drive of the game, going 61 yards in 11 to set up a 32-yard field goal by Andrew Lastkova that made the score 3-0 in favor of the Penguins with 9:37 left in the opening quarter.