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The Carnegie Mellon University Tartans overpowered the Saint Vincent football team by a score of 41-13 in Presidents' Athletic Conference action.

Things started off well for the visiting Bearcats, holding the Tartans on their first drive, forcing a punt.  Cameron Mack blocked Tyler Kohman's punt and Renny LaRue-Holloman recovered the ball at the CMU 28.  However, the Bearcats were stopped on a 4th-and-1 play at the visitors' 19, turning the ball over on downs.

On the ensuing drive, CMU's Andrew Hearon completed a pass to John Prather for a 20-yard touchdown, putting the hosts in front, 7-0.

Early in the second quarter, a Saint Vincent fumble gave the Tartans the ball at their own 33, and they put together a 13-play, 67-yard drive with Sam Benger's 10-yard run making it a 14-0 game.

Later in the quarter, after an SVC punt, CMU once again put together a scoring drive, with Hearon completing a 13-yard pass to Max Reinertsen for the score, making it 21-0 at with 1:16 left in the half.  

Early in the third quarter, Tyler Donahue's pass was intercepted by CMU's Ryan Aitken at the CMU 35.  Six plays later, the hosts scored again to make the score 28-0.  

Evan Shimensky then took over at quarterback for Saint Vincent and provided a spark, completing three passes to Damon Black for a total of 66 yards, taking the ball to the CMU 9-yard-line.  After an interference penalty in the end zone, Shavonta Craft scored on a 2-yard run to get the Bearcats on the board, 28-7.

An interception early in the fourth quarter set up another CMU score that made it 34-7 before Shimensky went back to work on offense.  He completed passes on consecutive plays to Black for 15 yards, Craft for 38 yards, and Black again for 7 yards in the end zone.  The extra point was blocked, leaving the score at 34-13.  CMU took over near midfield after recovering an onside kickoff attempt and added a late touchdown.

For the Bearcats, Donahue led the ground game with 17 carries for 74 yards. Craft ran the ball 8 times for 37 yards.  Shimensky completed 9 of 15 passes for 152 yards.  Black was the leading receiver with 8 catches for 118 yards.  Defensively, Devin Anderson had 10 tackles, while Brett Capobianco, Kim Ornis and Dwayne Brown tallied 8 each. 

With the loss, Saint Vincent falls to 3-4 overall, 2-3 in the PAC.  Carnegie Mellon is now 4-3 overall, 4-2 in the conference.  SVC returns to action next Saturday, October 31 at Westminster College.