FLASH POINTS

• Bear Fenimore (Austin, Texas/Westwood) totaled four TDs (2 rushing, 2 passing) in the win
• Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) returned a punt 46 yards for a score
• Sean Orsini (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny) had 2.5 sacks to lead the defense

LORETTO, PA- Bear Fenimore (Austin, Texas/Westwood) recorded four total touchdowns and the Red Flash scored 28 unanswered in the first quarter en route to a 45-14 victory in the 2018 home opener for the Red Flash.

BOX SCORE LEADERS

OFFENSE
Fenimore threw for 201 yards and touchdowns to Terrell Johnson and Joel Denley (Beaumont, Texas/West Brook) and made the most of his two rushes, plunging both into the end zone for one-yard scores. Freshman Chris Cropper (Wilmington, Del./St. Frances Academy) finished just shy of 100 yards, totaling 91 yards on nine carries and a 65-yard touchdown for his first collegiate touchdown to lead the rushing game. Johnson and Denley recorded the touchdowns but again it was Kamron Lewis (Fresno, Calif./Edison) and Cyrus Holder (Uniondale, N.Y./Milford Academy) leading the wide outs. Lewis led the way with six grabs while Holder again led in yards, totaling 80 in the win. With his six-catch day, Lewis passed Antoine Rivera (2005-09) and into third place on the all-time SFU reception list with 162 and counting. 

DEFENSE
The "darkside" held the Hornets to just 248 yards, despite Delaware State running 83 plays on offense. Ben Bruni (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) led in tackles with 11 stops with one coming for loss. Sean Orsini (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny) was responsible for 2.5 of the team's four sacks on the day while Da'Jon Lee (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) added a sack and two pass break-ups. 

SPECIAL TEAMS
Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) grabbed the headlines for the Red Flash, especially in the return game. Rinella scooped up a punt and rolled 47 yards for the score, avenging a special teams touchdown scored by the Hornets earlier in the first quarter. The junior finished with an average of 23 yards per punt return and 28 yards per kick return. Andrew Zecca (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) kept up his strong start to the season with six punts averaging 43 yards per kick and dropping one inside the 20. Eric Bofenkamp (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy) drilled all six point after attempts and added a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST QUARTER RECAP

• After the Red Flash stopped the Hornets on their opening possession, a slick ball popped loose on the ensuing punt that the Hornets took 14 yards into the end zone for the game's first score
• Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) took the ensuing kickoff back to the Delaware State 40 on a 33-yard return, giving SFU good field possession on their opening drive
• Fenimore found Terrell Johnson for 12 yards and Holder for 11 more to get the Red Flash into Del State territory
• On third-and-twelve, Fenimore found Holder on a 38-yard corner route to set SFU up with a first-and-goal from the one
• The quarterback dove in for his second rushing touchdown of the season to knot the game at 7 after Bofenkamp's extra point
• After the Hornets' drive went three-and-out Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) picked up a loose punt and rolled 47 yards up the far sideline to give SFU two touchdowns in 90 seconds to grab a 14-7 lead
• Jake Heiple (Somerset, Pa./Somerset) picked off Jack McDaniels on the next Del State drive, again setting SFU up in prime territory at the DSU 26
• Fenimore wasted no time, finding Terrell Johnson up the seam and the tight end made a finger-tip grab in the middle of the end zone to make it 21-7
• The Red Flash kept pouring it on, forcing a Del State turnover on downs, then went 8 plays and 59 yards ending when Fenimore found Joel Denley (Beaumont, Texas/West Brook) for a six-yard score
• SFU scored 28 unanswered in the first quarter to lead 28-7 after the first

SECOND QUARTER RECAP

• The teams traded punts over the first 10 minutes of the quarter with neither team able to do much
• The Hornets put together their best drive of the game with quarterback Kennan Black at the helm
• Del State drove 75 yards over 13 plays ending in a highlight-reel 16-yard run by Black where he eluded several defenders on a scramble
• The Red Flash answered with a strong drive of their own with an 11-play, 59-yard drive over the final 2:11 of the half ending in a Bofenkamp 34-yard field goal 
• SFU led 31-14 at the break

SECOND HALF RECAP

• The third quarter started in similar fashion to the second with neither team able to build a drive
• The Red Flash flipped the field on a 45-yard Andrew Zecca (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Gov. Livingston) punt that pinned Del State inside their own five-yard line
• Nick Rinella (Collegeville, Pa./La Salle College) took the ensuing punt 24 yards on the return, setting up the Red Flash at the Hornets' 13 yard line
• Kam Lewis earned a pass interference penalty that put the ball at the Del State two
• Three plays later, Fenimore dove in for his second score of the game to make it 38-14
• Freshman running back Chris Cropper (Wilmington, Del./St. Frances Academy) took over after that, taking his second collegiate hand off 65 yards off right tackle for the game's final score to make it 45-14
• Cropper would finish the game with 91 yards rushing and three of his 9 carries went for at least 10 yards
• Sean Orsini (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny) put a stop to the final drive of the game for the Hornets with a 12-yard sack as SFU ran out the clock

LOOKING AHEAD
The Red Flash head back on the road next weekend, heading to CAA member Richmond. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. and can be seen regionally on NBC Sports and will be streamed on Spider TV.