Complex sentence: They beat Shaw 40-6 in the first round, Kutztown 41-34 in the second, and Mercyhurst 49-14 in the third, becoming the first WVIAC team to advance to the national semi-finals.
Split into simpler sentences: They beat Shaw in the first round, Kutztown in the second, and Mercyhurst in the third. Shepherd became the first WVIAC team to advance to the national semi-finals.