Gaiters dump Sherbrooke to notch fifth straight win (VIDEO & STATS)

SHERBROOKE, Que. – A pair of big plays early in the second quarter paced the Bishop’s Gaiters to a 40-10 victory over the Sherbrooke Vert & Or in Quebec University Football League action tonight. At 1:04 of the second, David Haddrall (Kingston ,Ont.) scored on a 69-yard pass-and-run play, the Gaiters’ longest play of the year, to break a 3-3 tie. Three plays later, Harrison Maloney (Thurso, Que.) scored his first career touchdown on a 22-yard interception return to give the Gaiters a 17-3 lead.

Sherbrooke pulled to within seven points with three minutes left in the half, as James Goulet, starting at quarterback instead of the injured Jean-Philippe Shoiry, scored on a one-yard plunge. However, they could draw no closer, as they conceded a safety touch to give Bishop’s a 19-10 halftime lead.
The Gaiters put the game away early in the fourth quarter, as Jesse Andrews (Pickering, Ont.) scored on a ten-yard scamper to make the score 29-10. A 66-yard punt return touchdown by Quincy Van De Cruize (Etobicoke, Ont.) with 25 seconds left put an exclamation mark on the Gaiters’ victory – their first at Sherbrooke since a 62-0 win on October 11, 2003.
Gaiters’ kicker Josh Maveety scored 14 points, as he made three of five field goal attempts, four conversions and a single. He leads the CIS with 82 points, and holds the school single-season points record. A first-quarter William Dion field goal rounded out Sherbrooke’s scoring.
The Gaiters amassed 407 yards of total offence, while holding Sherbrooke to 260. The Gaiters defence held Sherbrooke to only 61 yards rushing, and forced five Sherbrooke turnovers. Bishop’s committed no turnovers.
Andrews completed 17 of 27 pass attempts for 310 yards and a touchdown, his first 300-yard day of the season. Andrews was also the Gaiters’ leading rusher, with six carries for 40 yards and a touchdown. Two Gaiters went over 100 yards receiving, as Haddrall finished with four catches for 113 yards and a major, while Olivier Mongeau (Sorel, Que.) finished with four catches for 102.
For Sherbrooke, Goulet went 13-for-33 for 211 yards with two interceptions. Simon Charbonneau-Campeau caught six passes for 97 yards while Alex Poirier caught four for 70. David Dumas-Goulet led the Vert & Or rushers with 14 carries for 77 yards.
Defensively, Mathieu Boulay (Magog, Que.) led Bishop’s with 4.0 tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble, while Tyler Jutras (Chateauguay, Que.) had 3.5 tackles, including a tackle for loss. Steven Adu (Woodbridge, Ont.) made 4.5 tackles and knocked down a pass.
Emmanuel Thériault led Sherbrooke’s defence with four tackles and a pair of sacks.
The Gaiters (5-1) return to action on Sunday, October 17 as the visit the No. 1-ranked Laval Rouge et Or. Kickoff at the PEPS stadium is set for 1 p.m. Sherbrooke’s (2-4) next game is Saturday, October 16 as they host the Concordia Stingers.

NOTES: The all-time series is now tied 7-7 … This is the first win by a road team in the series since a 39-19 Sherbrooke win in Lennoxville on Sept. 5, 2005 … The Gaiters had lost five straight games at Sherbrooke … This is the first time the Gaiters have had two 100-yard receivers since Sept. 4, 2009 at Sherbrooke, when Shawn Gore and Olivier Mongeau both had 100-yard games … Olivier Mongeau went over the 1,000-yard barrier today. He now has 1,088 career receiving yards.
SUMMARY

First Quarter

SHER – FG Dion 22 6:12
BISH – FG Maveety 42 8:51
Second Quarter

BISH – TD Haddrall 69 pass from Andrews (Maveety convert) 1:04
BISH – TD Maloney 22 interception return (Maveety convert) 1:48
SHER – TD Goulet 1 run (Dion convert) 12:02
BISH – Safety Dion concedes 14:41
Third Quarter

BISH – FG Maveety 35 11:30
Fourth Quarter

BISH – TD Andrews 11 run (Maveety convert) 0:23
BISH – Single Maveety 74 (kickoff) 0:32
BISH – FG Maveety 17 12:28
BISH – TD Van De Cruize 66 punt return (Maveety convert) 14:35

Bishop’s………… 3 16 3 18 – 40
Sherbrooke………. 3 7 0 0 – 10
Attendance at Sherbrooke, Que. – 6,244

YARDSTICKS

BISH SHER
First downs………………. 23 19
Yards Rushing…………….. 128 61
Yards passing…………….. 310 211
Total offence…………….. 438 272
Team losses………………. 31 12
Net offence………………. 407 260
Passes made-tried…………. 17-27 13-33
Returns-yards…………….. 7-119 13-206
Intercepts-yards by………. 2-47 0-0
Fumbles-Lost……………… 1-0 3-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards…….. 1-12 3-31
Punts-average…………….. 5-33.8 8-43.9
Penalties-Yards…………… 8-110 9-90
Possession Time…………… 29:47 30:13
Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.
RUSHING: Bish – Andrews 6-40, Van De Cruize 2-35, Jean-Baptiste 11-32, Burke 5-21; Sher – Dumas-Goulet 14-77, Beaulieu 4-16, Bernard-Perron 4-4, Goulet 2-(minus 15).
RECEIVING: Bish – Haddrall 4-113, Mongeau 4-102, Adekolu 3-30, Fox 2-29, Coventry 2-10, Cronk 1-24, Van De Cruize 1-2; Sher – Charbonneau-Campeau 6-97, Poirier 4-70, Carriere-Garwood 1-17, Corriveau 1-16, Maheu 1-11.
PASSING: Bish – Andrews 17-27, 310 yds, 1 TD, 0 int; Sher – Goulet 13-33-211-0-2.