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LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University gears up to face Stonehill on the road on Saturday, Sept. 30 for a 1 p.m. kickoff. The game marks Saint Francis' first trip to Stonehill after the Skyhawks reclassified to Division I last season.
 
Offense
Cole Doyle threw three touchdowns against Sacred Heart, which marked his fourth game with at least three in his Saint Francis career. He has 728 passing yards on 62-percent passing with six touchdowns and four interceptions this season. He is also second on the team with 127 rushing yards. Jordan Jackson now leads the rushing attack with 143 yards this season after his career-high 75 against Sacred Heart. Casey McKinney scored a touchdown for the third straight game and remains atop the NEC with 20 receptions and 282 receiving yards. Dawson Snyder leads the conference with 22.1 yards per receptions and is sixth with 199 receiving yards. 
 
Defense
Carter Glassmyer recorded a career-high 16 total tackles against Sacred Heart, which was the most for Saint Francis since an 18-tackle output on Nov. 12, 2011 by Austin Miele. He is now third on the team with 28 total tackles behind William Middleton and Joe Toepfer's 31. Middleton remains atop the Red Flash with four tackles for loss, while Kesean Dyson and Eddie Bierals each have two. Aakeem Snell still has the only defensive takeaway for the Red Flash, which was an interception on the first drive of the season against Western Michigan.
 
Special Teams
McKinney has one punt return each game, all at least 14 yards, which raised his career average to 9.8 yards per attempt. He is 0.3 yards per attempt behind Ted Helsel (1978-79) for second in career program history. Mac Plummer produced his first game with multiple field goals with a 26 and 36-yard conversion against Sacred Heart. Aidan Cirulli remains second in the NEC with 40.4 average yards per punt.
 
Last Time Out
Saint Francis fell 37-34 to Sacred Heart on a Sam Renzi walk-off field goal as time expired. Saint Francis produced three of the first four scoring drives of the game to open a 17-7 lead with 10:41 remaining in the first half. A one yard passing touchdown, followed by two field goals in the final two minutes by Sacred Heart, gave the Pioneers a 20-17 lead at the half. Sacred Heart opened a 27-17 lead out of the half before 10 unanswered Red Flash points tied the game at 27. Malik Grant scored a four-yard rushing touchdown that gave Sacred Heart a 34-27 lead before Aaron Tutino's first-career touchdown tied the game with 2:29 remaining. Sacred Heart drove down to the Saint Francis 23-yard line on the final drive to set up Renzi's 40-yard field goal.
 
Scouting Stonehill
The Skyhawks are 2-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play after a 33-30 victory over Central Connecticut on a walk-off 52-yard field goal. Stonehill's only two losses came against nationally ranked opponents New Hampshire, 51-17, and Fordham, 44-0. Jermaine Corbett leads the NEC with five rushing touchdowns and is second in the conference with 111.8 rushing yards per game. Quarterback Ashur Carraha has completed 51.7 percent of his passes for 617 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Chris Domercant is second in the NEC with 227 receiving yards and third with 18 receptions. Micah Brown leads the Stonehill defense with 24 total tackles and two forced fumbles. Five different players for the Skyhawks have produced a sack and five have recovered a fumble. Stonehill is still seeking its first interception of the season. Kicker Perry Shelbred is 4-for-7 on attempts this season and 1-for-4 since his walk-off winner over Central Connecticut.
 
All-Time vs. Stonehill
Saint Francis defeated Stonehill 17-13 last season in the Skyhawks' first season as a Division I program. The game was Saint Francis' only conference victory by less than 20 points. The Skyhawks were one of two conference opponents to hold a lead on Saint Francis at any point during a game last season.
 
Around the NEC
Sacred Heart moved to 1-1 in conference play with a walk-off field goal that moved Saint Francis to 0-1. Wagner started conference 2-0 after its victory over Merrimack that dropped the Warriors to 0-1. Merrimack dropped a field goal snap on a game-tying attempt in the final 30 seconds. Stonehill dropped its final non-conference game of the season 44-0 to Fordham.
 
Week Five in the NEC
Duquesne travels to LIU for the opening conference matchup for each team, while Saint Francis visits Stonehill and Merrimack visits Sacred Heart. Wagner travels to Rutgers and Central Connecticut travels to Brown in non-conference action.
 
Next
Saint Francis has its first bye week of the season before hosting Wagner in the first-ever NEC televised game on CBS Sports Network on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.