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VICTORIA, B.C. —

HFX Wanderers FC dropped its third straight game in the fall session of the Canadian Premier League on Saturday.

Pacific FC handed the Wanderers a 3-1 setback in Victoria for its first victory of the fall league.

One highlight for the Wanderers came in the 15th minute when Matthew Arnone scored the team’s first goal on the road in CPL play. Arnone’s header was the Wanderers’ first goal in 555 minutes away from home.

Pacific got the jump on the Wanderers when Victor Blasco scored in the ninth minute on a direct free kick.

Terran Campbell gave Pacific a 2-1 lead 16 minutes into the second half.

The Wanderers pressed for an equalizer in the final 30 minutes, but Pacific keeper Nolan Wirth held them off.

The Wanderers took 15 shots on the day, including five by Mohamed Kourouma.

The shot total was the most generated by the Wanderers in a road game this season.

Campbell put the game out of reach as he slid in to finish a cross from Zachary Verhoven in stoppage time for a 3-1 lead.

Campbell shares the CPL goal-scoring lead at seven with Forge FC’s Tristan Borges.

The HFX side dropped to 1-3 in the league’s fall schedule.

The Wanderers are back in action Wednesday, when they travel to Ottawa for the second leg of their Canadian championship series with the Fury.

Ottawa won the first leg of the third-round series 3-2 on July 10 in Halifax.

The winner advances to play Toronto FC.

The Wanderers return to CPL action Saturday against York9 FC in Toronto.