Elon University football dominates Delaware

On a brisk day in Elon, the Elon College soccer workforce snapped its two-game shedding streak with a 27-7 victory in opposition to the No. 11 College of Delaware Blue Hens. 

Nearly 5 minutes into the sport, Blue Hens quarterback Nolan Henderson threw his twentieth landing cross of the season, placing Delaware rapidly up 7-0. Nevertheless, the Phoenix defensive group didn’t panic and allowed zero factors on Delaware’s ultimate seven possessions. Head coach Tony Trisciani mentioned higher effort in tackling was the important thing to the turnaround. 

“We missed some tackles on the market. However we had been flying round and if one man missed it, there have been 10 extra guys operating to the ball,” Trisciani mentioned.

This recreation introduced extra than simply nice protection — it introduced milestones, as senior kicker Skyler Davis broke two totally different information. The primary was a 53-yard discipline aim to interrupt Elon’s all-time distance file. That kick additionally gave Davis 317 factors for his profession, which broke the Elon file for profession factors scored. The mark was beforehand held by Terrell Hudgins ’09.  

Davis mentioned he needed to interrupt these information, and when he was operating on the sphere, he knew it was his time.

“Once I was operating on that discipline, I used to be like, alright, that is the chance I received to make this one depend on us,” Davis mentioned.

Elon was in a position to convert third down after third down, going 12 for 17 on the day on offense, in comparison with Delaware’s 5 of 12. This helped the Phoenix hold the ball, and extra importantly, handle the clock, possessing the ball for 37 minutes in comparison with Delaware’s 23. 

Elon’s operating recreation carried the workforce’s offense. Redshirt freshman operating again Jalen Hampton led the way in which for the Phoenix, netting 136 yards on 32 carries. Elon ran for 179 yards, in comparison with Delaware’s 19. 

“We had been taking part in onerous and getting off the ball up entrance,” Trisciani mentioned. “We felt like we might play on their facet of the road of scrimmage with violent palms.”

The sector aim helped propel Elon to the win and take the Phoenix one step nearer to its aim of constructing the FCS playoffs. Trisciani mentioned the win over Delaware performs an enormous half in attending to that time.

“Holding our aim of being a playoff soccer workforce going was vital.” Trisciani mentioned.

Coming off losses the final two weeks in opposition to the College of Rhode Island and College of New Hampshire, Trisciani mentioned Elon performed higher in all areas in opposition to Delaware 

“We received it proper as we speak, we had been in a position to maintain drives, convert on third down, win within the pink zone and do an excellent job on particular groups,” Trisciani mentioned. “Our defensive employees did an excellent job getting ready our guys, we had some that basically stepped up this week.”

Elon will play the College at Albany on Nov. 5 within the workforce’s ultimate common season residence recreation. Kickoff is about for two p.m. as Elon appears to be like to maintain its playoff possibilities alive. The sport takes place on Homecoming Weekend.