Jeremy Cox ran for a career-high 162 yards and two touchdowns, leading Old Dominion to a 36-16 victory over the University of Massachusetts on Friday night in Norfolk, Va. The game was moved up from Saturday because of Hurricane Matthew.
Marquis Young had 153 yards and a touchdown for UMass (1-5), which couldn’t keep up after Andrew Ford’s 11-yard TD pass to Andy Isabella had made it 22-16.
ODU’s David Washington was 20 of 35 for 248 yards. He threw an 8-yard TD pass to Travis Fulgham in the first quarter, when the Monarchs (4-2) took a 10-0 lead.
Young got UMass on the board with his 12-yard run early in the second quarter, which capped a three-play, 75-yard drive. Young averaged 6.9 yards per carry.
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Cox added his second score in the fourth quarter, and Ford was picked off twice to seal the Minutemen’s third straight loss.
New Hampshire 13, Elon 10 — Morgan Ellman kicked a 35-yard field with 2:09 remaining, lifting the Wildcats to a win in Elon, N.C., in a game that was moved up a day because of Hurricane Matthew.
UNH (4-2, 3-0 CAA) marched from its 20 to the Elon 18 on the back of Dalton Crossan after Elon’s John Gallagher missed a 27-yard field goal with 5:33 to play.
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The Associated Press will delay the release of its football poll until Monday so voters can take into account Sunday afternoon’s Georgia-South Carolina game that was moved back a day because of Hurricane Matthew.
Men’s hockey
Air Force 2, BC 1 — The fifth-ranked Eagles gave up two third-period goals in dropping their season opener at the Ice Breaker Tournament in Denver.
BC’s Austin Cangelosi scored on a penalty shot at 14:12 of the second period, but the Falcons pulled even 6:17 into the third and won it on Ben Kucera’s power-play goal at 11:38.
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BC freshman goalie Joe Woll made 24 saves.
Northeastern 2, Quinnipiac 2 — Nolan Stevens’s goal with 53 seconds left in the third period pushed the 15th-ranked Huskies into a tie with the No. 2 Bobcats in the teams’ season opener in Hamden, Conn.
Dylan Sikura assisted on both NU goals.
UMass Lowell 4, Minnesota Duluth 4 — The No. 6 Bulldogs (2-0-1) and No. 8 River Hawks (0-0-1) skated to a draw at Tsongas Center.
Joe Gambardella had two of Lowell’s three second-period goals, and assisted on the River Hawks’ first strike 4:29 into the game.
Providence 4, Miami 3 — Brian Pinho’s shorthanded goal midway through the third period was the difference for the No. 10 Friars (1-0-0) at Schneider Arena.
UMass Amherst 3, Colorado College 0 — Ryan Wischow posted a 31-save shutout at Mullins Center as the teams kicked off their seasons.
Women’s hockey
BU 5, New Hampshire 1 — Samantha Sutherland had a pair of third-period goals for the No. 9 Terriers (2-0-0) at Walter Brown Arena.
Providence 7, RIT 0 — Ten players had at least 1 point for the Friars (1-3-0) in Rochester, N.Y. Cassidy MacPherson had two goals and an assist.