The Acadia Axemen secured themselves a berth in AUS post-season play with a convincing 34-0 shutout victory over the StFX X-Men in Antigonish, NS on Saturday afternoon.
The Axemen, who improve to 4-3 on the season, capitalized on ten X-Men turnovers in the game en route to the win as the X-Men fall to 1-6, out of playoff contention. The StFX offense continued to struggle as the X-Men lost their third consecutive lopsided game.
Acadia established a 10-0 lead after the first quarter of play after a Matt Archibald field goal and a Cameron Wade touchdown. After a blocked X-Men punt, Wade pounced on the ball in the end zone for the major score.
Acadia recovered three X-Men fumbles in the 1st half as special teams were the difference in the opening 30 minutes of play. Mike Rostance built the Axemen lead to 13-0 at half-time with a 33 yard field goal.
The Axemen put the game away in the third quarter, scoring two touchdowns. The first came on a Graeme Richardson 57 yard interception return as he picked off a Jeremy Mraovic pass and ran it down the sidelines. Mraovic came in for the injured X-Men starting quarterback Cory Wensley. Both the X-Men and Axemen each used three pivots throughout the afternoon.
Acadia’s third TD of the game was scored by Zack Clarke who had a 32 yard rush and scored his first career touchdown to give the Axemen a 27-0 lead after three quarters of play.
The Axemen wrapped up the scoring in the game with an early fourth quarter 18 yard touchdown run by quarterback Kyle Graves. Graves helped his own cause with 8 carries for 47 yards, and was also 8 for 16 in the air with 80 passing yards on the afternoon.
Player of the Game Zack Skibin led the Acadia ground attack with 8 carries for 72 yards and also had 5 receptions for 55 yards. Zack Clarke had 9 carries for 64 total yards. The X-Men’s top rusher was Jahmari Bennett (11 carries for 50 yards).
With the three AUS playoff teams determined, the Axemen will battle it out next week against the Saint Mary’s Huskies to determine final playoff standings. StFX will face the Mount Allison Mounties in their final game of the regular season.
Source: StFX Sports Info
| Acadia 34 |
StFX 0 |
| StFX (1-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acadia (4-3) | 10 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| Antigonish, NS | Oland Stadium |
| 1 | 08:42 | Acadia – Matt Archibald 27 yd field goal. | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 00:00 | Acadia – Punt blocked, returned 0 by Cameron Wade for TD. (Matt Archibald kick is good). | 10 – 0 |
| 2 | 09:47 | Acadia – Mike Rostance 33 yd field goal. | 13 – 0 |
| 3 | 12:21 | Acadia – G. Richardson 57 yd interception return. (Matt Archibald kick is good). | 20 – 0 |
| 3 | 11:54 | Acadia – Zack Clarke 32 yd run. (Matt Archibald kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 32 yards in 0:11. |
27 – 0 |
| 4 | 12:48 | Acadia – Kyle Graves 18 yd run. (Matt Archibald kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 60 yards in 1:54. |
34 – 0 |
| 11 | FIRST DOWNS | 17 |
| 3 7 1 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
4 10 3 |
| 0% (0 of 0) | THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 50% (2 of 4) |
| 0% (0 of 0) | FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0% (0 of 0) |
| 300 | TOTAL NET YARDS | 241 |
| 47 6.4 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
59 4.1 |
| 80 | NET YARDS PASSING | 94 |
| 8-18 4.4 1 for 6 0 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted |
13-28 3.4 5 for 17 5 |
| 220 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 147 |
| 29 7.6 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
31 4.7 |
| 12 for 357 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 12 for 304 |
| 29.8 | Average | 25.3 |
| 143 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 68 |
| 7 for 55 1 for 16 5 for 72 |
Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards |
10 for 32 5 for 36 0 for 0 |
| 10 for 95 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 6 for 55 |
| 3-3 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 6-5 |
| 26:39 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 33:21 |
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| 6 | Cameron Wade | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||||||
| 8 | Evan Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 75 | Stephen Fleiszer | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Graeme Richardson | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2-57 | ||||
| 11 | Kevin Garbuio | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | Mike Miller | 1 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Luke Fallwell | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Alexander Graham | 3 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 23 | Holden Morales | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Jarret Laycock | 4 | 4 | 8 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 27 | Ed McNally | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | 2-14 | ||||
| 29 | Thomas Menzies | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Adrian Saturley | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 32 | Brett Backman | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Andrew Frazer | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 44 | Mike Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 45 | Tom Labenski | 3 | 7 | 10 | – | 1-5 | – | 1-1 | ||||
| 49 | Jake Thomas | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 52 | John Wilson | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 53 | Derek Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-5 | 0-5 | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Kirby Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | 1-0 | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 44 | 77 | 5-17 | 4-18 | 2 | 5-0 | 5-72 | ||||
| 1 | Sean Atkins | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Andrew Hickey | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1B | Reilly Penner | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Henoc Muamba | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 14 | Shea Lenehan | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | D. Comtois | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | Jahmari Bennett | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 30 | J. Bucknor | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 31 | Hugo Rajotte | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Patrick Mpuanga | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 34 | Charlton Elliot | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | Ryan Olsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 41 | Jon Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Bryce Szela | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1-0 | – | 1 | |||
| 53 | Tom Lynch | 6 | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 55 | Marcus Wisdom | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 69 | Colin Wicks | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 75 | Tom Narbaitz | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 76 | Nathaniel Annan | 0 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 98 | Alan Dancewicz | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Dan McLeish | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 23 | 26 | 49 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 3-0 | – | 3 |
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