POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -Campbell University (1-3, 0-2 Pioneer Football League) lost a hard fought 34-13 game to Marist (2-3, 1-2 Pioneer Football League) on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The win was the first-ever PFL conference win for Marist.

Marist got on the scoreboard first with 10:45 left in the first quarter when Greg Whipple was able to scamper in from one-yard out. Kevin Pauly's extra point was good to make the score 7-0. The big play of the drive was a 15-yard personal foul penalty on Campbell after Marist had just converted a third down close to midfield.

The Camels answered on their first drive of the game when Daniel Polk was able to fake the pitch and take it in from eight-yards out. The Adam Willets kick was missed to keep the score at 7-6. Paul Constantine was able to come up with a 12-yard reception on a fourth down and four deep in the Red Foxes territory to keep a drive alive for Campbell.

The Marist offense marched down the field and scored their second touchdown of the game on the next drive with Ryan Dinnebeil punching it from a yard out to finish the eight-play 62-yard drive. The extra point was missed to keep the score at 13-6 with 00:22 left in the first quarter. A pass interference penalty aided the Marist offense down the field on the drive to move the ball into CU territory.

The Campbell offense continued their impressive showing and went down the field on the ensuing drive. Polk finished off the 12-play 72-yard drive with a plunge in from a yard out to make the score 13-12. Samuel Eberwein was called on and made the extra point to tie the score up at 13 all with 8:55 to go in the first half. The point was the first in the career for the first-year kicker.

After defensive stops from both teams, Marist took the lead right before the break on Debowski's one-yard run on third and goal with :43 seconds left in the first half. The Pauly extra point was knocked in to increase the lead to 20-13 at the break.

In the second half, after a big defensive stop from the Campbell defense including a third and goal situation, the CU offense drove to midfield but were stopped in a fourth down situation to keep the score at 20-13. On the next drive the Campbell defense again rallied and were able to get a defensive stop to get the ball back for the offense.

The Campbell offense marched down the field on their next drive, but were stopped on third down on the Marist 22-yard line to set up the field goal attempt from Eberwein. The snap was low though, forcing the holder, Ted Moore, to attempt to make a play with the ball. The ball fell incomplete and gave the ball back to Marist with a little over 12 minutes left in the game.

On the ensuing drive the Campbell defense was nearly able to get the stop deep in Marist territory, but Debrowski was able to complete a 22-yard pass to Joe DeSimone for the first down. A helmet-to-helmet call added 15 yards to the end of the play and moved the ball into CU territory. After a few individual stops the Campbell defense was again able to set up another third down only to see Debowski scramble to the CU 22 for the first down. The next play saw O'Neill Anderson exploded for a 22-yard score. The Jason Myers extra point was good to make the score 27-13 with 10:06 left in the game. The rushing touchdown was the fourth of the game for Marist.

Marist was now rolling and tacked on another touchdown after a big defensive stop. The touchdown was scored by Dinnebeil, his second of the game, to increase the margin to 34-13 after the made extra point with 5:30 remaining in the game.

Rashaun Brown had a solid performance for Campbell with 87 yards rushing. Polk scored a pair of rushing scores for Campbell. CU's offense was able to put up 214 yards on the ground. Constantine had three catches for 33 yards. Marist was led by Anderson's 132 yards on the ground.

The Camels will now return home for the first time in a month to take on Pioneer Football League rival Dayton at 1 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Barker-Lane Stadium/Ed Gore Field.