October 1, 2011
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McMasters treats homecoming crowd to 601 yards of offense in victory

HAMILTON, Ont. – A McMaster Homecoming crowd of 5210 where treated to an offensive showcase Saturday afternoon as the McMaster Marauders scored 34 unanswered points in the first half and never looked back on their way to a 46-20 defeat of the Waterloo Warriors at Ron Joyce Stadium.

McMaster combined for 601 yards of total offence compared to Waterloo’s 254.

McMaster quarterback Marshall Ferguson (Kingston, Ont.) threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in the opening half. He completed 14 of 21 passes for 284 yards in one half of work. He was replaced by walk on Shaughn Reilly (Grimsby, Ont.) who finished 4 of 8 for 30 yards with an interception.

Michael DiCroce (Hamilton, Ont.) had six catches for a 144 yards and a touchdown to earn the Mark Timpany Trophy recipient as Homecoming MVP; he was also the McMaster-McDonald’s Big Mac Player of the Game. Matt Peressini (Hamilton, Ont.) caught the other two touchdowns in the air to move into a second place tie in McMaster career receiving touchdowns with Clorindo Grilli at 17.

Rookie running back Chris Pezetta (Burlington, Ont.) had his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game rushing the ball 10 times for 135 yards including a 19-yard touchdown run. James Hill (Hamilton, Ont.) was close behind with 120 yards on 13 carries.

On defence for McMaster, Joseph Richardson (Waterdown, Ont.) was the top tackler with five, and a sack, in his first game of the season. Michael Daly (Kitchener, Ont.) grabbed his fourth interception of the season to tie for the National lead. Stephen Ventresca (Hamilton, Ont.) picked his third ball in conference play.

The Marauders started the scoring early when Ferguson found Peressini on a 38-yard touchdown pass. As soon as the Marauders got the ball back Ferguson would connect with Peressini again this time on a four yard score. Ferguson added his eight yard rushing touchdown with 9:50 remaining in the half, and connected with DiCroce on a 59 yard touchdown pass shortly after. Tyler Crapigna (Ottawa, Ont.) would kick two of his three field goals in the game before the half giving the Marauders a commanding 34-0 lead.

The Warriors ended the shutout midway through the fourth quarter. Brian Chris (Waterloo, Ont.) connected with Max Hill (Fort Erie, Ont.) for a 21 yard touchdown reception with 6:18 remaining in the game. Chris connected with Craig Zsoldos (London, Ont.) for a three yard touchdown to cut the McMaster lead to 43-14. Chris finished 13 of 21 for 183 yards and three touchdowns coming off the bench in the loss.

Another Crapigna field goal for McMaster and a Dustin Zender (Kitchener, Ont.) touchdown reception for Waterloo would conclude the scoring. Zender was the top receiver for Waterloo with 13 catches for 162 yards.

With the win McMaster improved to 4-1 on the season and Waterloo fell to 0-5. McMaster will have a short week to prepare as they host their Thanksgiving game on Thursday, October 6 at 7:00 pm against the University of Toronto.
Source: McMaster Sports Info

WATERLOO vs. McMaster at Hamilton Ontario
10/1/2011 at 13:07
Waterloo
20 		McMaster
46
Box Score Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Waterloo (4-1) 0 0 0 20 20
McMaster (0-4) 14 20 9 3 46
Hamilton Ontario | Ron Joyce

Box Score Play by PlayDrive Summary

Prd Time Scoring Summary Waterloo – McMaster
1 03:15 McMaster – Peressi,Matthe 38 yd pass from Fergus,Marshall. (Crapigna,Tyler kick is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 105 yards in 0:00. 		0 – 7
1 00:00 McMaster – Peressi,Matthe 4 yd pass from Fergus,Marshall. (Crapigna,Tyler kick is good).
Drive: 4 plays, 37 yards in 2:01. 		0 – 14
2 09:50 McMaster – Fergus,Marshall 8 yd run. (Crapigna,Tyler kick is good).
Drive: 4 plays, 71 yards in 2:03. 		0 – 21
2 07:26 McMaster – Dicroce,Michael 59 yd pass from Fergus,Marshall. (Crapigna,Tyler kick is good).
Drive: 1 plays, 49 yards in 0:43. 		0 – 28
2 03:51 McMaster – Crapigna,Tyler 12 yd field goal. 0 – 31
2 00:00 McMaster – Crapigna,Tyler 15 yd field goal. 0 – 34
3 13:31 McMaster – Team safety 0 – 36
3 06:12 McMaster – Pezetta, Chris 19 yd run. (Crapigna,Tyler kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 44 yards in 1:26. 		0 – 43
4 06:18 Waterloo – M Hill 21 yd pass from B Chris. (J Fiorucci kick is good).
Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards in 3:23. 		7 – 43
4 02:18 Waterloo – C Zsoldos 3 yd pass from B Chris. (J Fiorucci kick is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 0:00. 		14 – 43
4 00:59 McMaster – Crapigna,Tyler 35 yd field goal. 14 – 46
4 00:18 Waterloo – D Zender 56 yd pass from B Chris. (B Chris kick failed).
Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards in 0:41. 		20 – 46
WaterlooStatisticsMcMaster
23 FIRST DOWNS 24
10
6
7		 Passing
Rushing
Penalty		 10
14
0
254 NET YARDS PASSING 314
23-41
6.2
3 for 23
2 		Completions-Attempts
Net yards per pass play
Sacked:Number-Yards
Had intercepted		 18-29
10.8
1 for 9
1
70 NET YARDS RUSHING 297
13
5.4 		Rushing Attempts
Average gain per rush		 30
9.9
7 for 187 PUNTS: Number-Yards 6 for 210
26.7 Average 35.0
158 TOTAL RETURN YARDS 160
4 for 24
7 for 125
1 for 9 		Punt Returns:No-Yards
Kickof Returns:No-Yards
Int. Returns:No-Yards		 5 for 46
4 for 100
2 for 14
6 for 35 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 21 for 327
2-1 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1
1 for 9 SACKS: Number-Yards 3 for 23
1 for 9 INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards 2 for 14
25:05 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:32
McMaster
Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT
Marshall Fergus 14-21 284 3 0
Shaughn Reilly 4-8 30 0 1
Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Christophe Pezzetta 10 135 13.5 42 1
James Hill 13 120 9.2 28 0
K Davis-Reynolds 3 29 9.7 20 0
Marshall Fergus 1 8 8.0 8 1
Dahlin Brooks 1 2 2.0 2 0
Gary Spero 1 2 2.0 2 0
Michael Dicroce 1 1 1.0 1 0
Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD
Michael Dicroce 6 144 24.0 59 1
Matthew Peressi 3 48 16.0 38 2
Tyler Loveday 2 45 22.5 35 0
Dahlin Brooks 3 32 10.7 21 0
Spencer Moore 1 14 14.0 14 0
Christophe Pezzetta 1 12 12.0 12 0
Brad Fochesato 1 12 12.0 12 0
Gary Spero 1 7 7.0 7 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
Tyler Crapigna 3/3 35 5/5 14
Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20
Tyler Crapigna 6 210 35.0 40 0 1
Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB
Tyler Crapigna 7 395 56.4 0 0
Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
Andrin Masotti 4 100 25.0 41 0
Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
Gary Spero 3 18 6.0 10 0
Andrin Masotti 2 28 14.0 17 0
Interceptions NO YDS AVG LG TD
Michael Daly 1 0 0.0 0 0
Steven Ventresca 1 14 14.0 14 0
Fumbles NO LOST O-D REC
Marshall Fergus 1 1

Waterloo

Passing CP-AT YDS TD INT
B Chris 13-21 183 3 0
L Balch 10-20 71 0 2
Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD
M Visentin 8 29 3.6 15 0
B Chris 2 28 14.0 19 0
L Balch 3 13 4.3 5 0
Receiving NO YDS AVG LG TD
D Zender 13 162 12.5 56 1
M Hill 3 48 16.0 21 1
C Mahler 1 18 18.0 18 0
C Lewis 2 9 4.5 9 0
L Balch 1 6 6.0 6 0
J Storozok 1 6 6.0 6 0
C Zsoldos 1 3 3.0 3 1
H Thomas 1 2 2.0 2 0
Kicking FG LG XP PTS
J Fiorucci 2/2 2
B Chris 0/1 0
Punting NO YDS AVG LG TB -20
A Cowle 7 187 26.7 33 0 0
Kickoffs NO YDS AVG TB OB
J Fiorucci 4 212 53.0 0 0
Kickoff Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
J Storozok 1 26 26.0 26 0
D Silvestri 6 99 16.5 24 0
Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
J Storozok 2 16 8.0 12 0
D Silvestri 2 8 4.0 8 0
Interceptions NO YDS AVG LG TD
Y Sinan 1 9 9.0 9 0
Fumbles NO LOST O-D REC
D Zender 1 0
D Silvestri 1 1
Defensive Statistics

Waterloo Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

McMaster Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH

5 B Morton 5 0 5 – – – –
49 B Conway 5 0 5 – – – – 1
99 D Gavrilovic 5 0 5 – – – –
20 C Good 4 0 4 – – – –
21 R Nicholson 3 0 3 – – – –
42 C Dawson 3 0 3 – 1 – 2 – –
43 K Wasson 3 0 3 – – – –
46 G Zaitz 3 0 3 – – – –
79 C Bince 3 0 3 – – – –
19 S Bradbury 2 0 2 – – – –
22 D Crowder 2 0 2 – – – –
47 S Thompson 2 0 2 – – – –
97 M Tolliver 2 0 2 – – – –
10 Y Sinan 1 0 1 – – – 1-9
23 P Morgan 1 0 1 – – – –
27 C Hitchcock 1 0 1 – – – –
34 M Visentin 1 0 1 – – – –
45 M Whaling 1 0 1 – 1 – 1 – –
48 A Pizzuti 1 0 1 – – – –
59 I Gritsniak 1 0 1 – – – –
71 B Stoker 1 0 1 – – – –
84 C Lewis 1 0 1 – – – –
TM TEAM – – 1-0 –
TOTALS 51 0 51 1 – 9 2 – 3 1-0 1-9 1
15 Joseph Richardson 5 0 5 1 – 6 1 – 6 – –
3 Trevor Gary 4 0 4 – – – –
25 Zachary Ismael 4 0 4 – – – –
52 Benjamin D’Aguillar 4 0 4 1 – 13 1 – 13 – –
13 Shane Beaton 3 0 3 1 – 4 1 – 4 – – 2
33 Stephen Dennis 3 0 3 – – – –
42 Aram Eisho 3 0 3 – – – –
7 Nicholas Shorthill 2 0 2 – – – –
26 Steven Ventresca 2 0 2 – – – 1-14
37 Roberto Filice 2 0 2 – – – –
50 Jamie Singleton 2 0 2 – – – –
8 Michael Daly 1 0 1 – – – 1-0
17 Brendan Fitzpatrick 1 0 1 – – – –
20 Christophe Pezzetta 1 0 1 – – – –
54 Ryan Chmielewsk 1 0 1 – – – –
56 Ryan Saunders 1 0 1 – – – –

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