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The Game
Stonehill opens its 2019 season this afternoon by hitting the road to face a familiar non-conference foe in Bloomsburg University on Danny Hale Field at Robert B. Redman Stadium this afternoon. Both teams are looking to bounce back from subpar seasons and are picked sixth in their respective conferences.

Media Info
Today's game is being streamed live via Bloomsburg University at portal.stretchinternet.com/bloomsburgpa. The game is also being broadcast live via Bigfoot Country 106.5 FM in the Bloomsburg region, with audio links also available online. Jim Doyle and Andy Ulicny will have the call on the radio.

150 Years of College Football
2019 marks a special milestone for college football, as it celebrates 150 years of the great game. Teams will recognize the birth of college football with a national all-division celebration among nearly 900 schools. Played longer than almost any sport in America, college football had its first contest in 1869 - just four years after the Civil War, when students from Princeton and Rutgers came together to compete on a campus field, November 6, 1869. The sport has touched millions on and off the field - shaping our lives and communities. Follow College Football 150 and visit cfb150.org throughout teh 2019 season to commemmorate the 150th anniversary of college football.

For Openers
Stonehill is 12-20 all-time in week one games in program history. The Skyhawks last two week one wins have come here at Redman Stadium, posting a 44-28 win here to open the 2017 season, as well as a 27-10 triumph in 2015. Stonehill is 7-12 all-time in week one games on the road, having won its last two road openers - both against Bloomsburg.

Preseason Prognostications
Stonehill has been picked to finish sixth in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason poll by the league's nine head coaches. Stonehill received 29 points to sit sixth in the poll, with New Haven, whom the Skyhawks will face twice this season, picked first. The Chargers, who will visit W.B. Mason Stadium for a non-conference matchup next weekend (2:30 p.m.) and then host Stonehill to close out the regular season on November 16 (1 p.m.), received 63 points and seven of the nine first place votes, as they look to win their first NE10 title since 2012, when they captured their third of three-straight titles. 2015 and 2017 NE10 Champions Assumption is picked second with 54 points and the remaining two first place votes, while Pace is third with 49 points and Bentley and Southern Connecticut State tied for fourth with 40 points. Following Stonehill in the poll are American International in seventh (23 points), Saint Anselm eighth (18) and first-year program Franklin Pierce ninth (8).

Brain and Brawn
Stonehill was recognized for its efforts in the classroom by receiving the Northeast-10 Conference Team Academic Excellence Award for the second-straight year. NE10 Team Excellence Awards honor the programs with the highest team GPA in each of the Conferences' 24 sports throughout the academic year. The highest GPA by sport is recognized and the teams that are awarded receive a plaque to commemorate their accomplishment. The Skyhawks earned a 2.916 team grade point average over the 2018-19 academic year to lead all NE10 football programs, with 50 of its student-athletes owning a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or above after the spring semester.

The Skinny
Stonehill returns 66 letterwinners for its 32nd varsity season this fall. The Skyhawks have six starters back from the offensive side of the ball and six defensive starters returning from a 2018 season in which they finished 2-8 overall, including 2-7 in NE10 play.

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Aye, Aye, Captains
Senior wide receiver Andrew Jamiel and defensive back Malik Wiggins have been elected captains for the 2019 by their teammates and coaching staff. The announcement was made late in preseason training camp.

On the Edge of History
Senior running back Brian Kearns, Jr. needing the reach into the end zone just once to become the program's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns. Kearns, Jr. has scored 24 rushing touchdowns in 28 career games for the Skyhawks, matching the program record set by Eddie Vachon, '11 after posting back-to-back double-figure touchdown seasons, including a career-best 12 last fall to also match Vachon's single-season record set in 2010.

Kearns, Jr.

Movin' On Up!
Senior running back Brian Kearns, Jr. enters today's game just 13 yards shy of becoming just the sixth running back in program history to reach 2,000 career yards with his 1,987 yards in 28 career games.

Splitting the Uprights
Senior placekicker Matt Haite enters his final year ranked second in program history with 29 career field goals made, just four shy of the program record of 33 by Steve Grzywacz, '16 (GRIZ-wack). Haite also ranks third all-time with 82 career made PATs, five behind Pat Matthews, '96 (87) for second all-time in pursuit of Grzywacz's program record of 113. Haite's 93.2-percent PAT conversion rate currently matches the program mark set by Brendan Gorey, '10, while his 69-percent FG% is second only to Gorey's record 73.7%.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill athletics now have three social media outlets to get updates on all 20 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and "StonehillSkyhawks" on Instagram. Stonehill football also has its own Facebook and Twitter accounts: @StonehillFB.

On Deck
Stonehill heads home next week to host the University of New Haven for a non-conference matchup at W.B. Mason Stadium at 2:30 p.m. Please note the new time for this game, which has been moved up from an earlier 6 p.m., schedule. The Skyhawks and Chargers will meet twice this season with the NE10 doubling up opponents for its eight existing programs due to the nine-team league this year. Each of the NE10 teams, with the exception of first-year program Franklin Pierce will play the team its scheduled for the final week of the season in week two for a non-conference matchup.