2008 Woodie Awards
Foxes' football loses to Wagner
Anthony Olivieri
Issue date: 9/16/04 Section: Sports
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The Marist Red Foxes are now 0-2 on the young season after dropping a 28-13 decision to the Wagner College Seahawks Saturday night in their home opener at Leonidoff Field.
The Foxes fell behind 7-0 in the opening minutes of the game as Wagner quarterback John Sciara ran in for a touchdown from two-yards.
Marist tied the game shortly after when senior quarterback James Luft found freshman running back Steven Whitlow for an eight-yard touchdown.
Sciara immediately went to work, leading the Seahawks on a nine-play drive ending in a 25-yard touchdown hook-up with wide-out Mike Malik.
Luft answered by diving into the end-zone on a naked bootleg play that brought Marist within a point at 14-13. However, they would get no closer as freshman place-kicker Bradley Rowe had his point-after attempt blocked.
The Seahawks would shut Marist out in the second half, and punish them with their running game.
Warren Barrett dominated the Red Foxes defensive unit, putting up 170 yards on 40 carries, and sealing the game with two second-half touchdown plunges.
Barrett had a two-yard run in the third quarter and a one-yard run in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter.
Marist was at a significant disadvantage on the ground as their leading rusher was Whitlow who had 52-yards on only 13 carries.
The Red Foxes line-backing corps was a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster defensive effort.
Senior linebacker Andrew Sperl led the team with 15 tackles, and fellow linebacker Chris Drury had 12 tackles and a forced fumble.
The Red Foxes had a couple of milestones on the offensive side of the ball. Luft completed nine passes on the night giving him 134 for his career, moving him within one completion of a tie for second place in Marist's all-time Division 1-AA record books.
Junior wide receiver Guy Smith had four receptions on Saturday night, giving him 60 for his career, placing him second all-time for Marist.
The Red Foxes have a bye-week before facing the Iona Gaels at Leonidoff Field on Sept. 25.
The Foxes fell behind 7-0 in the opening minutes of the game as Wagner quarterback John Sciara ran in for a touchdown from two-yards.
Marist tied the game shortly after when senior quarterback James Luft found freshman running back Steven Whitlow for an eight-yard touchdown.
Sciara immediately went to work, leading the Seahawks on a nine-play drive ending in a 25-yard touchdown hook-up with wide-out Mike Malik.
Luft answered by diving into the end-zone on a naked bootleg play that brought Marist within a point at 14-13. However, they would get no closer as freshman place-kicker Bradley Rowe had his point-after attempt blocked.
The Seahawks would shut Marist out in the second half, and punish them with their running game.
Warren Barrett dominated the Red Foxes defensive unit, putting up 170 yards on 40 carries, and sealing the game with two second-half touchdown plunges.
Barrett had a two-yard run in the third quarter and a one-yard run in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter.
Marist was at a significant disadvantage on the ground as their leading rusher was Whitlow who had 52-yards on only 13 carries.
The Red Foxes line-backing corps was a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster defensive effort.
Senior linebacker Andrew Sperl led the team with 15 tackles, and fellow linebacker Chris Drury had 12 tackles and a forced fumble.
The Red Foxes had a couple of milestones on the offensive side of the ball. Luft completed nine passes on the night giving him 134 for his career, moving him within one completion of a tie for second place in Marist's all-time Division 1-AA record books.
Junior wide receiver Guy Smith had four receptions on Saturday night, giving him 60 for his career, placing him second all-time for Marist.
The Red Foxes have a bye-week before facing the Iona Gaels at Leonidoff Field on Sept. 25.