Bell caught all three Hartwick touchdowns in the season-opener against Wilkes, totaling eight receptions for 147 yards with a long of 33 on the day's first score. Bell’s first touchdown was caught on the run early in the first quarter in the back of the endzone. The second score came with the Hawks down 17-7 in the third quarter, coming on a jump ball on the left side of the end zone that made it a 17-13 game. His last score of the day came on the first play of the fourth quarter, as he jumped and twisted to catch a ball in the back of the end zone, somehow getting a foot down in bounds for the touchdown to get Hartwick to back within one score.