WOLFVILLE, NS – The Acadia Axemen snapped a four season streak of the Saint Mary’s Huskies hosting the AUS football conference championship game with a 41-28 win over the Huskies at Acadia’s Raymond Field. The 13 point win gives Acadia the tie breaking advantage if they lose their final game this coming weekend at StFX.
The win against Saint Mary’s improves Acadia to 6-1, while Huskies drop to 5-2 following news of the appeal won by the University of Montreal over an ineligible player who played in the 11-10 loss to the Carabins in the second week of the regular season.
The Axemen held on to a lead for the most part of the game, except for a Craig Leger two yard dive at the three minute mark of the second quarter and Jahmeet Taylor’s pass reception for a six yard touchdown at 10:48 of the fourth quarter that gave the Huskies their second and last lead of the game.
The Axemen scored first on a 49 yard touchdown reception by the Subway Player of the Game Mike Squires three minutes into the first quarter to give Acadia a 7-0 lead. Squires finished the game with eight receptions for 116 yards and four touchdowns.
Four and a half minutes later, Huskie Ryan Tremblay halled in a 50 yard toss by Jack Creighton to even the game at seven after one quarter of play. Leger’s touchdown in the opening three minutes of the second frame was followed by a 10 yard field goal by Acadia’s Ryan Begin.
Squires went back to work offering two consecutive touchdowns; the second of the day came at the 9:23 of the second quarter on a 15 yard reception that capped a four play 55 yard drive to take back the lead.
Squires knocked on the touchdown door again, this time in the second half at the five minute mark of the third quarter when the drive by Acadia was setup by a Wade Cameron quarterback sack that was recovered by Acadia’s Ed McNally on the Saint Mary’s 15 yard line. Squires five yard reception for his third touchdown of the day gave Acadia a spirit lifting 24-14 lead.
Just over a minute later, Carl Fitzgerald narrowed the margin to three points on a nine yard reception that ended a quick two reception drive that included a 25 yard and a 48 yard reception to Ryan Tremblay that setup the Fitzgerald major.
Jahmeek Taylor’s touchdown in the third had Acadia fans on the edge of their seats as the Huskies took the lead at 28-24 with a quarter and a half remaining in the game.
Mike Squires last of four touchdowns at 4:32 of the fourth quarter ended a drive that began on the Axemen’s 14 yard line. Squires celebrated the seven play, 96 yard drive in the end zone to give Acadia back the lead in the closing quarter.
A 28 yard field goal by Acadia’s Ryan Begin preceded the turning point of the game when Cameron Wade blocked a Saint Mary’s punt deep in Huskie territory and teammate Evan Williams recovered for the Axemen touchdown that essentially put the nail in the coffin for Saint Mary’s.
Several defensive stands followed over the remaining nine minutes as Acadia held onto the 41-28 lead to close out one of the most important regular season games for both teams.
Acadia pivot Kyle Graves was 18 for 27 passes for 321 yards, while teammate Zack Skibin added 108 net yards in rushing – Skibin’s second game of 100 yards or more in what is becoming a lethal running attack. Mike Squires added 116 yards in receiving and seniors Stu Clow and Taylor Renaud had 96 and 64 yards in receiving respectively.
Jack Creighton put to rest any quarterback controversy at Saint Mary’s, guiding the Huskies to an air attack that posted 353 yards net passing yards. Ryan Tremblay had a game high 124 yards in pass receiving yards.
A strong defensive effort by Acadia was led by linebacker Ed McNally who had seven solo tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Fourth year defensive tackle Jake Thomas added four solo tackles and two bone crunching timely quarterback sacks and one forced fumble.
Acadia launched an air and ground attack that accumulated a season high 507 net yards, while the Huskies showed off 415 yards net offence but with only 97 yards on the ground.
With the win, the Axemen will prepare for their last regular season game at StFX next Saturday. While the game is meaningless, the Axemen could post one of the best regular season records in the last 25 years.
Huskies will prepare for their last regular season game versus Mount Allison and then will host the AUS Semi-final game against the StFX X-men on Saturday, Nov. 5th in Halifax.
ACADIA SPORTS INFO
| Saint Mary’s Huskies vs. Acadia Axemen at Acadia 10/22/2011 at 02:07pm |
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| Saint Mary’s 28 |
Acadia 41 |
| Saint Mary’s (5-2) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Acadia (6-1) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| Acadia | Raymond Field |
Box Score Play by PlayDrive Summary
| 1 | 11:47 | Acadia – M. Squires 49 yd pass from K. Graves. (R. Begin kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 49 yards in 0:20. |
0 – 7 |
| 1 | 07:13 | Saint Mary’s – Ryan Tremblay 50 yd pass from Jack Creighton. (Brett Lauther kick is good). Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards in 1:03. |
7 – 7 |
| 2 | 11:49 | Saint Mary’s – Craig Leger 2 yd run. (Brett Lauther kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 97 yards in 2:52. |
14 – 7 |
| 2 | 08:29 | Acadia – R. Begin 10 yd field goal. Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards in 3:16. |
14 – 10 |
| 2 | 05:37 | Acadia – M. Squires 15 yd pass from K. Graves. (R. Begin kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 55 yards in 1:36. |
14 – 17 |
| 3 | 09:31 | Acadia – M. Squires 5 yd pass from K. Graves. (R. Begin kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 15 yards in 0:54. |
14 – 24 |
| 3 | 08:29 | Saint Mary’s – Carl Fitzgerald 9 yd pass from Jack Creighton. (Brett Lauther kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 82 yards in 0:57. |
21 – 24 |
| 3 | 04:12 | Saint Mary’s – Jahmeek Taylor 6 yd pass from Jack Creighton. (Brett Lauther kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 67 yards in 1:36. |
28 – 24 |
| 4 | 10:28 | Acadia – M. Squires 9 yd pass from K. Graves. (R. Begin kick is good). Drive: 7 plays, 96 yards in 2:46. |
28 – 31 |
| 4 | 06:41 | Acadia – R. Begin 28 yd field goal. Drive: 9 plays, 0 yards in 2:35. |
28 – 34 |
| 4 | 05:02 | Acadia – Punt blocked, returned 6 by E. Williams for TD. (R. Begin kick is good). | 28 – 41 |
| 23 | FIRST DOWNS | 25 |
| 14 7 2 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
13 11 1 |
| 353 | NET YARDS PASSING | 321 |
| 24-39 9.1 4 for 35 1 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted |
18-27 11.9 3 for 21 1 |
| 97 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 207 |
| 20 4.8 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
35 5.9 |
| 12 for 419 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 10 for 305 |
| 34.9 | Average | 30.5 |
| 163 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 181 |
| 4 for 29 6 for 121 1 for 13 |
Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards |
9 for 105 4 for 76 1 for 0 |
| 6 for 35 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 3 for 25 |
| 4-2 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 2-1 |
| 3 for 21 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 4 for 35 |
| 1 for 13 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 1 for 0 |
| 32:07 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 27:53 |
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| 42 | Rob Jubenville | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 – 8 | 1 – 8 | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Neil King | 6 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 – 9 | 1 – 9 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 44 | Aaron Crawford | 4 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 8 | Raymond Cornish | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Kyle Norris | 3 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 21 | K. Marchand-Wright | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | – | – | – | 1-13 | 1 | |||
| 32 | Anthony DiPhilippo | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 45 | Wyatt Gray | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 56 | Dan Schutte | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Eboniel Stone | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Eric Black | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 47 | David Geeter | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 – 4 | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 70 | Odane Finnegan | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 27 | Damone Blackman | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 46 | Matt Lalande | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | Ryan Keating | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Jon Shreve | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 43 | 29 | 57.5 | 3 – 21 | 4 – 25 | 1 | 1-0 | 1-13 | 2 | |||
| 27 | Ed McNally | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 – 9 | 2 – 15 | 1 | 1-0 | – | |||
| 49 | Jake Thomas | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 2 – 15 | 3.5 – 33 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 15 | Andrew Rowe | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Luke Fallwell | 2 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Brett Backman | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 45 | Tom Labenski | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Cameron Wade | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 – 11 | 1 – 11 | 2 | – | – | 1 | ||
| 9 | Chris Cull | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| 23 | Sean Stoqua | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1 | |||
| 28 | Holden Morales | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Evan Williams | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 40 | Brayden Guy | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Andrew Frazer | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | – | 0.5 – 0 | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Mike Benson | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Zack Skibin | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | Enoka Bainomugisha | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 12 | Glenn States | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Jack Rush | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Mike Rostance | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | John Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 53 | Drew Morris | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 38 | 30 | 53 | 4 – 35 | 9 – 61 | 4 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 7 | 1 |
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