BALTIMORE, MD – Visiting #19/#24 Susquehanna scored touchdowns on seven of eight drives between the first and third quarters to power the River Hawks to a 49-23 victory at #15/#13 Johns Hopkins Saturday afternoon. The win bumps Susquehanna's record to 3-0, while the Blue Jays drop their second straight and slip to 1-2.
Johns Hopkins led 10-7 after Luke Baker found Alex Orecchio behind the defense with a 58-yard touchdown pass with just over four minutes remaining in the first quarter, but Susquehanna answered with a nine-play, 61-yard drive that Tommy Wright polished off with a two-yard touchdown pass to Drew Hutchins early in the second quarter that jump-start the game-deciding run for the River Hawks.
The 14-10 Susquehanna lead was 35-10 at the half as Matt Surtz scored on a four-yard run and Wright added a 39-yard touchdown strike to Frankie Mroz and a 17-yard scoring pass to Carter McCauley in the final four minutes of the second quarter.
Wright would cap his five-touchdown performance with a third-quarter scoring pass to Jimmy Fusaro to extend the lead to 42-10 before a 29-yard Frankie Williams touchdown run capped the scoring for the River Hawks late in the third quarter.
Johns Hopkins would tack on a four-yard touchdown pass from Baker to Robbie Enright and a 13-yard Cooper Powell touchdown run in the fourth quarter to account for the 49-23 final score.
 Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Powell rushed 19 times for 123 yards and the one touchdown and added three receptions for 15 yards to account for 138 all-purpose yards. He is the first Johns Hopkins freshman to rush for more than 100 yards since Nick Leongas had 117 at Dickinson on September 23, 2017.
• Baker finished 14-of-28 for 227 yards and two touchdowns.
• Orecchio (3-90-1) and Enright (4-75-1) were Baker's favorite targets on the day.
• Justin Scully paced the Blue Jay defense with a career-best 15 tackles, while freshman Ryder Register added nine stops in the first start of his career.
Inside the Box Score - Susquehanna
• Wright was 15-of-19 for 224 yards with five touchdowns to five different receivers in the victory.
• Surtz powered to a game-high 156 yards and the one touchdown to fuel a 251-yard rushing attack for the River Hawks.
• Maksim Godbolt had a team-high 10 tackles for the River Hawks, who also got seven tackles, including one for a loss.
Notes of Interest
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Friday, October 2 when the Blue Jays travel to Dickinson to take on the Red Devils in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams (6 pm).
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