Zack Bednarczyk threw three touchdown passes and Rob Rolle returned an interception 100 yards for a score to lead host Villanova to a 40-21 victory over Towson in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams Saturday.
Bednarczyk was 20-for-26 for 230 yards. Taurus Phillips had seven receptions for 110 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (2-1, 1-0).
Shane Simpson returned the opening kickoff 53 yards and ran in from the 3 to cap a 10-play scoring drive for Towson (1-2, 0-1). Villanova scored touchdowns on its next four possessions to take a 26-14 lead at halftime.
Towson's Ellis Knudson was intercepted in the end zone early in the fourth quarter, then was picked off there by Rolle, who scored to make it 40-14.
Johns Hopkins 29, Moravian 21: The host Blue Jays (3-0, 2-0 Centennial Conference) trailed 6-3 before going on a 26-0 run, then held off a comeback by the Greyhounds (2-1, 1-1).
Hopkins quarterback Jonathan Germano went 34-for-53 for 331 yards, and threw two interceptions and two touchdown passes.
Stevenson 24, Lebanon Valley 13: Dan Williams went 23-for-28 for 192 yards and two touchdowns to lead the host Mustangs (3-0, 2-0 Middle Atlantic Conference) past the Flying Dutchmen (1-2, 1-1).
Stevenson took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on a 30-yard touchdown pass to Preston Addo from Williams with 3:50 left and an eight-yard touchdown run by Jainard Crawley-Lambert with 2:52 left.