Sept. 21, 2001

BALTIMORE, Md. - Senior running back Davon Cruz (Glen Burnie, MD/Allegheny) rushed for a game-high 212 yards and four touchdowns on just 14 carries and the quick-strike Bridgewater offense had four touchdown drives which lasted less than one minute as the third-ranked Eagles picked up a 50-27 victory over Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field Friday night. The win mproves the Eagles' record to 3-0, while Hopkins falls to 2-1 with the loss.

Cruz scored on runs of 84 and nine yards in the second quarter to give the Eagles leads of 14-3 and 21-10. After Hopkins pulled within 35-20 late in the third quarter on a 27-yard field goal by senior Matt Andrade (Wyoming, DE/Caesar Rodney), Cruz helped put the game away with touchdown runs of 27 and 40 yards in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 50-20.

The Blue Jays took the opening kickoff and worked their way from their own 33-yard line to the Bridgewater 17 on just three plays before freshman Adam Cook (New Freedom, PA/Susquehannock) fumbled the ball away after a 36-yard gain. The fumble was the first of five costly turnovers for the Blue Jays. After forcing a Bridgewater punt, the Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead on a 36-yard field goal by Andrade that capped a nine-play, 61-yard drive midway through the first quarter.

The lead held until late in the first quarter when Bridgewater linebacker Lonnie Parker (Culpepper, VA/Culpepper) picked a fumble out of the air and raced 47 yards to give the Eagles a 7-3 lead. Cruz made it 14-3 less than three minutes later with his 84-yard touchdown run, but the Blue Jays answered back just over two minutes later when senior quarterback Rob Heleniak (Philadelphia, PA/Germantown Academy) found sophomore wide receiver Jason Lehman (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) in the corner of the end zone from 23 yards out to make it 14-10. After Cruz pushed the lead to 21-10, Hopkins responded with a 15-play, 72-yard drive that was capped by a four-yard run by Heleniak to make it 21-17 with just over two minutes remaining before halftime.

Bridgewater senior quarterback Jason Lutz (Basye, VA/Stonewall Jackson) put the game away with a pair of one-yard touchdown runs, the first just 20 seconds after Heleniak's scoring run in the second quarter to make it 28-17 at halftime, and the second midway through the third quarter to make it 35-17. The Blue Jays would get no closer than 15 the rest of the way. Heleniak closed out the scoring with a 14-yard touchdown pass to freshman Nate Readal (Allison Park, PA/Hampton) with just over four minutes remaining in the game.

The Blue Jays set a school record for offensive plays with 91, which helped them roll up an impressive 478 yards of total offense. Cook, who was making the first start of his career, rushed 18 times for a team-high 120 yards and had two receptions for 25 yards. Heleniak was 21-of-42 for 247 yards and the two touchdowns, but he was intercepted three times. Lehman had career-highs of four receptions and 80 receiving yards, while senior Zach Baylin (Wilmington, DE/Tatnall) added a game-high seven receptions for 57 yards.

Cruz's 212 yards led the way for an Eagle ground game that generated 376 yards and six rushing touchdowns on just 36 attempts. Lutz added 83 yards rushing and the two touchdowns. He and backup Robbie Jenkins (Culpepper, VA/Culpepper) combined to attempt just 10 passes, four of which were completed for 37 yards, and one which was intercepted.

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