MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher University football team were on the road for an Empire 8 contest against Morrisville State. The Cardinals fell to the Mustangs by a final score of 30-15. This moves their record to 5-4 on the year and 2-3 in Empire 8 play.
 
Fisher were unable to get much going in the first half of play. After a Joe Mischia interception in the first quarter, Aaron Chase found Declan Faery for a 29 yard completion and after an 8-yard run by rush by Cardinals it set up a 27-yard field that Logan Laratta made to put the team in front 3-0. It was the only scoring the team did in the first half, but the Mustangs took a 7-3 lead into halftime after using a 9 play, 70 yard drive to score a touchdown.
 
In the third quarter, the Mustangs took advantage of a three-and-out and interception by Chase, and went down the field for a pair of touchdowns to put the Cardinals behind 21-3. The first touchdown of the day for Fisher came in their first full drive of the fourth quarter and Chase found Brayton Johnson for a 18 yard strike, cutting the deficit to 21-9. Morrisville quickly responded with a score of their own to put the game out of reach. Fisher added a late touchdown with Chase hitting Michael Escobar in the end zone.
 
Chase finished the day throwing 18-for-29 with 199 yards and two touchdowns. Giovanni DiCaprio ran the ball 13 times for 40 yards. Nate McGoldrick led the receiving core with seven catches for 75 yards. Defensively, Miscia had 14 total tackles with one tackle for loss and one interception.
 
Up next for the Cardinals is the regular season conclusion against Utica University on Saturday, Nov. 11 with kick off marked for 1 p.m.
 
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