Elliott’s 6 TD passes sends Merrimack past Delaware St 47-10

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Westin Elliott completed 21 of 23 passes for 336 yards and six touchdowns _ including three to Pat Conroy in the third quarter _ as Merrimack scored 47 unanswered points in a 47-10 nonconference romp over Delaware State. Jake Bridel’s 24-yard first-quarter field goal and Jared Lewis’ 4-yard TD toss to Trey Gross had Delaware State out in front 10-0 with 11:52 left in the second quarter. But Elliott capped scoring drives on back-to-back possessions with TD tosses of 7 yards to LJ Robinson and 10 yards to Hayden Fisher to put the Warriors (3-1) in front for good. Elliott broke the game open with TD passes covering 75, 21 and 25 yards to Conroy _ pushing Merrimack’s lead to 34-10 just 6:18 into the third quarter.