The StFX X-Men earned their first win of the season with a 37-26 victory in front of an enthusiastic Homecoming crowd Saturday afternoon in Antigonish, NS.
Freshman receiver Jordan Catterall led the StFX attack with three touchdowns on the afternoon while kicker Anthony Alix returned one of his own punts for a touchdown and booted three field goals.
X-Men quarterback Cory Wensley was 18 for 36, throwing for a total of 234 yards on the afternoon. Catterall had 4 receptions for 109 total yards and the three touchdowns, while Kwame Osei pulled in 6 receptions for 50 yards.
The Mounties were without star receiver Gary Ross who continues to recover from a hand injury suffered last weekend. Quarterback Jake Hotchkiss was 25 for 40, throwing 356 total yards including two touchdown passes.
Stu Moore and Adam Molnar were on the receiving ends of the two second half Mount A touchdowns, while Alonzo Howell punched in a three yard TD and kicker Jon Szilagyi kicked one field goal.
The X-Men kept their 4000 plus Homecoming fans happy in the first half as they got out to a 10-2 lead after the first quarter. Player of the Game Jordan Catterall scored his first touchdown of the afternoon 4:47 into the game on the X-Menβs opening drive on a 45 yard pass from Wensley. Before the quarter was over the X-Men would concede a safety and Alix would kick a 20 yard field goal, his first of three on the day.
The Mounties opened the scoring in the second quarter as Howell ran in his three yard major at 2:32, closing the lead to 10-9.
The X-Men shut down the Mounties offense for the duration of the half as Catterall scored consecutive touchdowns. At the 10:37 mark, Catterall scored on a nifty play, catching a ball pitched by fellow wide receiver Devon Bailey and streaking down the sideline to the end zone.
His third touchdown of the day came at 11:54, set up from a Henoc Muamba interception. Muamba picked a Hotchkiss pass inside the Mounties 10 yard line and Wensley converted on a 9 yard pass to Catterall to boost the X-Men lead to 24-9.
The X-Menβs second quirky play of the game came late in the second quarter as kicker Anthony Alix booted a short, high punt and ran in to recover his own kick off a timely bounce, taking it to the end zone for a 37 yard touchdown.
The 31-9 half-time lead was extended to 34-9 when Alix kicked a 28 yard third quarter field goal. The next three scoring plays belonged to the Mounties, who outscored the X-Men 17-6 in the final 30 minutes of play.
Moore ran in a 45 yard Hotchkiss pass for a touchdown, while teammate Molnar caught an 18 yard pass in the fourth quarter to pull Mount Allison to within 34-23. Szilagyi closed the gap to 34-26 with a 31 yard field goal with 8:25 to go in the game. Szilagyi had another field goal attempt with 5:32 left, but the ball hit the bottom of the uprights.
The X-Men were able to hold onto their lead and Alix kicked another late field goal after the X-Men gained field position off a Tom Lynch interception.
With the 37-26 loss, the Mounties drop to 2-2 on the season and will host the Acadia Axemen (2-2) in a battle for first place in the AUS next Saturday, Oct. 9th. The X-Men (1-3) will host the Saint Maryβs Huskies (3-1) on Friday night, Oct. 8th at 7:00 pm at StFX Oland Stadium.
| Mount Allison 26 |
StFX 37 |
| StFX (1-3) | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
| Mount Allison (2-2) | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| Antigonish, NS | Oland Stadium |
| 1 | 10:13 | StFX – J. Catterall 45 yd pass from Cory Wensley. (Anthony Alix kick is good). Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards in 4:47. |
0 – 7 |
| 1 | 07:11 | Mount Allison – Team safety | 2 – 7 |
| 1 | 03:51 | StFX – Anthony Alix 20 yd field goal. | 2 – 10 |
| 2 | 12:28 | Mount Allison – Alonzo Howell 3 yd run. (Jon Szilagyi kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards in 2:32. |
9 – 10 |
| 2 | 04:23 | StFX – J. Catterall 20 yd pass from Cory Wensley. (Anthony Alix kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards in 1:56. |
9 – 17 |
| 2 | 03:06 | StFX – J. Catterall 9 yd pass from Cory Wensley. (Anthony Alix kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards in 0:53. |
9 – 24 |
| 2 | 01:34 | StFX – Anthony Alix 37 yd fumble return. (Anthony Alix kick is good). | 9 – 31 |
| 3 | 05:49 | StFX – Anthony Alix 28 yd field goal. | 9 – 34 |
| 3 | 05:06 | Mount Allison – Stu Moore 45 yd pass from Jake Hotchkiss. (Jon Szilagyi kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards in 0:43. |
16 – 34 |
| 4 | 13:17 | Mount Allison – Adam Molnar 18 yd pass from Jake Hotchkiss. (Jon Szilagyi kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 88 yards in 2:55. |
23 – 34 |
| 4 | 08:15 | Mount Allison – Jon Szilagyi 31 yd field goal. | 26 – 34 |
| 4 | 00:14 | StFX – Anthony Alix 22 yd field goal. | 26 – 37 |
| 18 | FIRST DOWNS | 17 |
| 12 5 1 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
10 5 2 |
| 100% (1 of 1) | THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 50% (2 of 4) |
| 0% (0 of 0) | FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0% (0 of 0) |
| 438 | TOTAL NET YARDS | 281 |
| 56 7.8 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
59 4.8 |
| 356 | NET YARDS PASSING | 234 |
| 25-40 8.9 1 for 7 2 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted |
18-36 6.5 4 for 32 1 |
| 82 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 47 |
| 16 5.1 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
23 2.0 |
| 12 for 423 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 11 for 359 |
| 35.2 | Average | 32.6 |
| 171 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 242 |
| 7 for 29 6 for 120 1 for 22 |
Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards |
11 for 145 3 for 41 2 for 56 |
| 10 for 85 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 13 for 85 |
| 1-1 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 1-0 |
| 27:24 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 32:36 |
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| 1 | Bradley Daye | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| 2 | Jermaine Oram | 4 | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 6 | Jake Hotchkiss | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Peter Nicolajsen | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Nick Kukkonen | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Jeremy Snider | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Luke Ekoh | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Jon Senman | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 29 | Matt Pickett | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Tyler Nadolny | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | Davy Robinson | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0-7 | 0-10 | – | – | ||||
| 36 | Matt Thomson | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | 1-22 | 1 | |||
| 37 | Ben Halpern | 4 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Ryan Downe | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1-16 | 2-21 | – | – | ||||
| 45 | Devin Taylor | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 46 | Akwasi Antwi | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1-6 | 1-6 | – | – | ||||
| 55 | Deven Spencer | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | – | – | ||||
| 63 | Stephen Armstrong | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 81 | Jarrett King | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 32 | 46 | 78 | 4-32 | 3-40 | – | 1-22 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Henoc Muamba | 6 | 6 | 12 | – | – | – | 1-16 | 1 | |||
| 12 | Blake Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Shea Lenehan | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 15 | Dylan Hollohan | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 1-1 | – | – | ||||
| 16 | D. Comtois | 2 | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 22 | Justin McLean | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Kyle Grant | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Raye Hartmann | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | J. Bucknor | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | Ryan Olsen | 0 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Hugo Rajotte | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 41 | Jon Anderson | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 0-0 | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Bryce Szela | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 47 | J. Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Brett Hubbeard | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 53 | Tom Lynch | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | 1-40 | ||||
| 55 | Marcus Wisdom | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0-3 | 1-5 | – | – | ||||
| 70 | Anthony Alix | – | – | 1-37 | – | |||||||
| 75 | Tom Narbaitz | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 76 | Nathaniel Annan | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 0-2 | – | – | ||||
| 90 | Jonathan Langma | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0-4 | 0-8 | – | – | ||||
| 98 | Alan Dancewicz | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 24 | 54 | 78 | 1-7 | 2-16 | 1-37 | 2-56 | 2 |
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