McMaster holds on to defeat Gaels (game stats): Rookies impress Sabourin 13 tackles, Crapigna big kicks

Hamilton, Ont. (August 31, 2010) – The No. 10 McMaster Marauders held on for a dramatic 23-18 win over the No. 8 Queen’s Gaels as the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) kicked off its 2010 football season in Hamilton, Ont. on Tuesday evening.

With the Gaels charging, McMaster stopped Gaels wide-receiver Chris Ioannidis of Toronto on the one-yard line as time expired to hold on for the win. The win gives McMaster a 1-0 record and hands the 2009 Vanier Cup Champion its first opening day loss since 2005.

Justin Chapdelaine of Abbotsford, B.C. finished the day 22 of 34, one touchdown and a career high 314-yards in the first game of the post Danny Brannagan era.

Ioannides was Queen’s top receiver finishing with four receptions, 103-yards and one touchdown. Giovanni Aprile of Toronto had 67-yards on six receptions in his first as a Gael.

Queen’s trailed McMaster by 10-points in the third-quarter but clawed within three-points after a one-yard run by Ryan Granberg of Sherwood Park, Alta., at 12:54 of the third quarter. The two teams went back and forth for most of the fourth quarter until McMaster’s Tyler Crapigna of Ottawa converted at 13:59 setting up the Queen’s final drive which nearly ended in a Gaels touchdown.

The Gaels led 11-10 at the half, but McMaster quickly took the lead on a 4-yard pass by QB Kyle Quinlan of South Woodslee, Ont., to Matt Peressini of Hannon, Ont. Quinlan’s touchdown pass was set up one play earlier by a 101-yard kick return by Michael Dicroace of Hamilton, Ont.

Quinlan finished the game with 208-yards completing 17 of 24 passes and throwing one interception and two touchdowns.. The Gaels defence managed four sacks on Quinlan with Frank Pankewich of Thunder Bay, Ont. recording two. Sam Sabourin of Stittsville, Ont. posted one in his rookie debut.

In other OUA action, the No. 5 Ottawa Gee-Gees topped the unranked Windsor Lancers 23-14 in Windsor, Ont. Tomorrow Toronto will tackle Guleph in Guelph, Ont. while No. 6 Laurier meets No. 9 Western in London, Ont.

NOTES: T.J Chase Dunawa of Toronto recorded his first ever CIS interception picking off Quinlan late in the first quarter. Former Queen’s Football member and 2009 Vanier Cup MVP Danny Brannagan of Burlington, Ont., took in the game with his family and made a media appearance on AM900 CHML (Hamilton) during halftime. Brannagan is now a member of the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. Opening night attendance at Ron Joyce Stadium was 4,033.

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23 McMaster vs. Queen\’s 18

08/31/2010 :: 7:00 pm @ U of McMaster

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Tot Queen\’s 3 8 7 0 18 McMaster 10 0 10 3 23

Attendance: 4033

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Quarter #1 McMaster – FG Crapigna, Tyler 28 4:46 Queen\’s – FG Village, Dan 37 9:54 McMaster – TD Peressini, Matt 7 pass from Quinlan, Kyle (Crapigna, Tyler convert) 13:14 Quarter #2 Queen\’s – TD Ioannides, Chri 13 pass from Chapdelaine, J (Village, Dan convert) 3:05 7:07: Queen\’s – 1PT Village, Dan Quarter #3 McMaster – TD Peressini, Matt 4 pass from Quinlan, Kyle (Crapigna, Tyler convert) 0:40 McMaster – FG Crapigna, Tyler 47 3:35 Queen\’s – TD Granberg, Ryan 1 run (Village, Dan convert) 12:54 Quarter #4 McMaster – FG Crapigna, Tyler 24 13:59 Queen\’s PASSING Player COMP ATT YDS TD INT LG Justin Chapdelaine 22 34 315 1 2 51 RUSHING Player ATT YDS TD LG FMB Ryan Granberg 10 46 1 9 0 Jimmy Therrien 10 35 0 11 0 Justin Chapdelaine 5 24 0 11 0 RECEIVING Player NO YDS LG TD Christopher Ioannides 4 103 51 1 Giovanni Aprile 6 67 23 0 Boris Isakov 4 59 22 0 Tom Howes 2 30 19 0 Blaise Morrison 3 30 15 0 Devan Sheahan 3 26 13 0

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PASSING Player COMP ATT YDS TD INT LG Kyle Quinlan 17 24 208 2 1 27 Bryan Dowd 1 1 1 0 0 1
RUSHING Player ATT YDS TD LG FMB Joseph Nemet 12 51 0 24 0 Jordan Kozina 9 47 0 19 0 Kyle Quinlan 11 44 0 10 0 Michael Dicroce 1 20 0 20 0
RECEIVING Player NO YDS LG TD Michael Dicroce 4 50 16 0 Jordan Kozina 4 49 27 0 Jarred Jones 3 44 16 0 Kevin D’hollander 2 30 20 0 Joseph Nemet 1 16 16 0 Matthew Peressini 2 11 7 2 Joshua Kreidl 1 5 5 0 Bryan Dowd 1 4 4 0
DEFENSE Player SOLO T ASS T SACKSUA INT(yds) Ryan Chmielewski 9 0 0 8 Denver Brown 3 0 0 0 Daniel Baronas 1 0 0 0 Roberto Filice 0 0 0 13 Justin Glover 1 0 0 0 Benjamin D’aguilar 1 0 0 0 Tanvir Bhangoo 1 0 0 0 Mitchell Heighway 2 0 0 0 Mackenzie Dent 1 0 0 0 Stephen Dennis 4 0 0 0 Scott Caterine 4 0 0 0 Shane Beaton 5 0 0 0 Allan Dicks 0 1 0 0 Michael Daly 2 0 0 0 Mario (joey) Cupido 4 0 0 0 Jarred Jones 1 0 0 0 Cory Bye 1 0 0 0 Steven Ventresca 2 0 0 0 Byron Metcalfe 5 0 0 0 Trevor Gary 2 0 0 0
DEFENSE Player SOLO T ASS T SACKSUA INT(yds) Frank Pankewich 8 0 0 0 Tyler Thibault 1 0 0 0 Stephen Laporte 5 0 0 0 Matt O’donnell 1 0 0 0 William Vanruyven 2 0 0 0 John Miniaci 3 0 0 0 Ted Festeryga 4 0 0 0 Derek Wiggan 1 0 0 0 Sam Sabourin 13 0 0 0 Jonathan Widgett 1 0 0 0 Joshua Sultana 1 0 0 0 Paul Hutchison 4 0 0 0 Jimmy Therrien 1 0 0 0 Matt Webster 2 0 0 0 Addison Rich 2 0 0 0 Ryan Granberg 1 0 0 0 Alex Daprato 3 0 0 0 T.j. Chase-dunawa 5 0 0 0 Justin Chapdelaine 1 0 0 0
PUNTING Player NO YDS LG Tyler Crapigna 5 174 44	PUNTING Player NO YDS LG Dan Village 6 289 52
KICKOFFS Player NO YDS LG Tyler Crapigna 2 115 0	KICKOFFS Player NO YDS LG Dan Village 4 227 0
PUNT RETURN Player NO YDS LG Jarred Jones 3 52 29 Michael Dicroce 3 67 25	PUNT RETURN Player NO YDS LG T.j. Chase-dunawa 5 46 32
KICK RETURN Player NO YDS LG Tanner Forsyth 1 0 0 Michael Dicroce 3 135 101	KICK RETURN Player NO YDS LG Giovanni Aprile 2 56 31