ST. PAUL, Minn. - On a warm, breezy late October afternoon, Concordia-St. Paul football (0-9 NSIC, 0-4 North) dropped an NSIC North Division contest to the University of Mary (2-7 NSIC, 2-2 North) at Sea Foam Stadium.

Concordia junior linebacker Andrew Egnarski set the single game record with 22 tackles including eight solo stops and a pair of tackles for loss in the game. The 22 tackles is one shy of the NCAA Division II single game high for the season, currently held by Grant Bruner of Washburn with 23. Earlier this year, Egnarski produced 19 tackles at Bemidji State, the sixth-most in a game in the country this year, giving him the top two single game tackles totals in the NSIC. In just seven games, he's made a career-high 76 tackles this season and has 159 in 29 career games.

He broke Mike Willett's 2012 record against Upper Iowa, making 20 tackles against the Peacocks at Sea Foam Stadium.

Egnarski and the Golden Bears will hit the road for the last time this year next Saturday with a noon kickoff at MSU Moorhead (3-6 NSIC, 2-3 North) before returning home in two weeks against Minot State (0-9 NSIC, 0-4 North) on November 12 at noon.

While Concordia's offense was slow to get rolling, the second half provided some highlights as sophomore running back Jaylin Richardson had a pair of touchdowns, a 21-yard reception from Conner Cordts on the final play of the third quarter and a 2-yard plunge with 6:54 to play in the fourth quarter. His touchdowns each brought the deficit back to 10 points after the Marauders opened with a 17-0 lead, scoring a field goal in the first quarter and touchdowns in the second and third quarters.

Richardson finished with 95 all-purpose yards, rushing 12 times for 45 yards and adding 4-50 receiving with 53 yards after the catch.

With Concordia on the comeback trail in the fourth, the Marauders pushed in a score from one yard out on the ground after a 57-yard kickoff return by All-American wide receiver Danny Kittner set them up with strong field position, leading to the score.

The Concordia defense performed well against Kittner, who was stifled offensively with just three catches for 21 yards while being targeted nine times, picking up only four yards after the catch. He had 93 all-purpose yards on the day including a pair of punt returns (2-14) and the big play on the kickoff return (1-57). Entering play, he was seventh in the country with 166.1 all-purpose yards per game, second in the nation with 8.9 receptions per game and ninth in the country with 833 receiving yards.

The defense produced seven pass breakups with Zantavious Graham and Rhett Sheehan each picking up a pair, while sophomore safety Cyrus McClure secured his fourth interception of the year as Concordia outscored Mary 6-0 off turnovers.

The secondary held Marauder backup quarterback Jesse Forknell, who started in place of Logan Nelson, to 15-30 passing for 147 yards. But he picked up a receiving touchdown, as Kittner completed a 4th-and-2 pass on a reverse pass play to the quarterback late in the third quarter to cap a 7-minute, 44-second drive to make it a 17-point game.

The Marauders were 4-of-6 on fourth down compared to CSP going 0-for-2.

While the Golden Bears were able to slow Kittner and the passing game, the Marauders pivoted to the ground game, rushing 46 times for 202 yards on the day despite averaging just 100 yards per game on the ground entering play.

The final totals showed Mary with 351 yards of total offense to CSP's 307 with the Marauders picking up 21 first downs to CSP's 17, but Mary held a 35:06 to 24:54 time of possession margin due to the run game's 202-86 margin, keeping CSP from stealing the momentum.

While Richardson had the strong performance in the run and pass game, so did wide receiver Troy Ellison with 3-20 rushing and 4-43 receiving.

Sophomore quarterback Conner Cordts completed 19-30 for 221 yards and a touchdown while targeting and completing passes to nine different options.

On special teams, sophomore punter Parker Dahlman launched four punts for a 46.5 average with a long of 58 yards and a pair inside the 20.