The Montreal Carabins defeated the Concordia Stingers 48-3 Saturday afternoon at Concordia Stadium in a lopsided victory. In the first game of the season, Rotrand Sene rushed 182 yards, while the Carabins defense was solid.
The Carabins opened the scoring in the first quarter. After the Stingers conceded a safety, the Carabins followed up by scoring a touchdown on a 89 yard kickoff return by Antoine Pruneau to give his team a 9-0 lead.
In the second quarter, the Sene Machine rolled along. The fifth year rusher scored two touchdowns – on a three yard run and then a 17 yard run later in the quarter. Along with the Stingers conceding another safety, the Carabins enjoyed a 25-0 lead at halftime.
“The defense gave us good opportunities in the field and we were able to score points,” said Sene. “The offensive line did a good job. “
“This is a good start, but we need to eliminate penalties and correct our mistakes in order to do better each week.”
Quarterback Pierre-Luc Varhegyi went into action in the second half. After completing a 39-yard pass to Mikhail Davidson, he scored on a 1 yard quarterback sneak. In the fourth quarter, he connected with rookie Sean Thomas Erlington for a six yard touchdown pass, the rookie’s first score as a Carabin.
Varhegyi had 10 completions on 14 attempts for 182 passing yards, one touchdown and threw an interception in the game. At least seven different receivers made catches in the game.
The Carabins defensive only gave crumbs to his opponents as the unit put constant pressure on Stingers quarterback Reid Quest. The unit, under the instruction of Danny Maciocia managed a total of eight sacks. Defensive back Alexandre Doucet caught two interceptions, while his teammates Nicolas Gauthier and Jordan Rwiyamilira caught one apiece. In addition, the Blues had four batted passes. Linebacker Byron Archambault registered 11 solo tackles and recorded one sack.
“We couldn’t put any less pressure than we did today,” said the defensive lineman David Ménard “This had be done and it created several turnovers.”
“We have great athletes and recruits on the line that are already playing at a high level.”
“This is a good start,” said Carabins Head Coach Danny Maciocia. “I am very proud of our players.”
“They came today and gave their best. The guys had a great attitude and played with passion throughout the game. ”
Rookie kicker Félix Ménard-Brière was successful on six conversion attempts and he also added two rouges.
Manuel Crisi-Lauzon also scored a one yard touchdown late in the game. In the end, the Carabins had 442 total yards as opposed to 101 total yards for the Stingers.
The Carabins home opener is next Friday night against the Bishop’s Gaiters. Kickoff is at 7:00pm.
Photo credit: James Hajjar
With files from Mathieu Dauphinais
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