WATERLOO, Ont. (October 16, 2010) – The Laurier Golden Hawks (3-4) scored six touchdowns and a rouge in 10 minutes during the second quarter to topple the Queen’s Gaels (2-5) 44-23.
The onslaught of points were caused by a combination of bad field position and three Queen’s turnovers including two fumbles on special teams.
“It just got away from us today and we couldn’t stop the bleeding,” said Queen’s head coach Pat Sheahan. “The important thing was the three touchdowns in the final two minutes [of the half]. Those 21 points in the final two minutes… you sort of felt the nails being hammered into the coffin.”
Laurier’s Shane Kelly of Basking Ridge, N.J., USA, tossed 253 yards and a career high three touchdowns in the dominant win. Wide receiver Dustin Zender of Waterloo, Ont., converted two of those touchdowns while Alex Anthony of Victoria, B.C. had the other. Fullback Issac Dell of Niagara Falls, Ont. had two touchdowns on the ground.
Queen’s held the early advantage after Jimmy Therrien of Montreal converted a three-yard run to give the Gaels a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Dan Village of Abbotsford, B.C., opened the scoring with a 24-yard field goal at 10:47 of the first quarter.
Gaels Quarterback Justine Chapdelaine was 9 for 16 with 89 yards and two interceptions in the loss. He had the other Gaels touchdown on a nine-yard scramble early in the third quarter.
Billy McPhee of Burlington, Ont., relieved Chapdelaine in the fourth quarter scoring on a one-yard run as time expired. Village missed the convert to close the scoring at 44-23.
Overall Queen’s committed six turnovers in the game including the two on special teams. The Golden Hawks defence also sacked Gaels quarterbacks four times.
CIS rookie of the year candidate Sam Sabourin of Stittsville, Ont., picked up 4.5 tackles in the game while Geoff Mohtadi of Calgary led Queen’s with 6.5. Laurier’s Mitchell Bosch of Langley, B.C. was the Golden Hawks top defender with 6.5 tackles.
The loss for Queen’s sets up a must-win scenario heading into the final week of the regular season against the York Lions.
Ottawa (6-1), Western (6-1), McMaster (6-2) and Guelph (4-3) have already secured playoff berths leaving Laurier (3-4), Toronto (3-4), Windsor (2-5) and Queen’s fighting for the final two positions. Queen’s needs a York loss coupled with a Western win to qualify for the post season.
Kickoff of the game against York is set for 1:00pm at Richardson Stadium on October 23. Tickets are available by calling 613.533.2500.
NOTES: With the two converts and the field goal, Village has tallied 261 points in his career which is just four short of tying Jamie Galloway’s school record for most points in a career… Queen’s Ryan Granberg of Sherwood Park, Atla., collected his second consecutive 100 yard rush game tallying 107 yards on eight carries… Announced attendance at University Stadium was 1,475
Queens Sports Info
WATERLOO, Ont. – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (3-4) scored six majors and a rouge in for 43 points in the second quarter en-route to 44-23 win over the Queen’s Gaels (2-5)
Laurier quarterback Shane Kelly of Basking Ridge, N.J. led the offence throwing for 253 yards and going 20-30 and three TD’s. His favourite target was All-Canadian receiver Dustin Zender of Waterloo, Ont. who scored touchdowns on both his receptions. Alex Anthony of Victoria B.C. picked up the other score through the air and led the Hawks in receiving with 65 yards.
“We’ve got a lot of good athletes here,” said manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries. “When we step up and our kids play to their a bility, we can put these things away.”
Laurier’s special teams had a strong outing, giving the purple and gold excellent field position in the second quarter. They created two of the three turnovers that led directly to majors. The Gaels fumbled on a punt return, and after a penalty, left the Hawks at the 1-yard line. Isaac Dell of Niagara Falls, Ont. punched in his first of two to get the ball rolling.
Queen’s struggled with their special teams after a short punt that left the Hawks on the Gaels 32-yard line. Laurier ate up the short field and Rashad La Touche of Whitby, Ont. scored the Hawks second major of the game to take the lead. La Touche was also a key on specials, as one of the two players who forced a fumble. The other was linebacker Giancarlo Rapanaro of Niagara Falls, Ont.
Laurier didn’t look back from there. The purple and gold scored on each of their next four possessions.
“Our specials were outstanding, our c over teams created turnovers and we certainly took advantage of that,” continued Jeffries.
Late in the match the Gaels’ Ryan Granberg of Sherwood Park, Alta. picked up 107 rushing yards to lead all players on the ground. At pivot position, Queen’s struggled with both Justin Chapdelaine of Abbotsford, Ont. and Billy McPhee of Burlington, Ont. seeing the field. The former went 9-for-16 with two interceptions, while the latter was 3-for-10 and one pick.
“It’s a great luxury to have a defence like ours,” said Shane Kelly. “Cause you know they are going to contain the other teams offence.”
On defence Laurier was led by Mitchell Bosch of Langley B.C. with 6.5 tackles (six solo, one assisted). Following Bosch were Carlos Naranjo of Whitby, Ont. with five solo tackles and Giancarlo Rapanaro of Niagara Falls, Ont. with five (four solo, two assisted).
For the Gaels, Geoff Mohtadi of Calgary, Alta. led the way with 6.5 tack les (five solo, three assisted). He was followed by OUA leading tackler Sam Sabourin of Stittsville, Ont. with 4.5 (four solo, one assisted) and Josh Sultana who had 4.5 (four solo, one assisted). Paul Hutchinson of Hamilton, Ont. picked up the lone interception for the Gaels.
Next up for the Hawks will be a trip to Windsor to take on the Lancers. The final match of the regular season will be played on Saturday, October 24th at 1 p.m.
With one game remaining on the schedule the Hawks are still in the hunt for a home playoff date. The top three spots in the OUA have been locked up by Ottawa, Western and McMaster with the order depending on the final game. For Laurier to host a quarter-final match-up, the Hawks would have to defeat Windsor and Guelph would have to lose to Ottawa. Laurier can also still miss the playoffs, if they lose to Windsor.
Laurier Sports Info
| Queen’s 23 |
Laurier 44 |
| Laurier (3-4) | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Queen’s (2-5) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Wilfrid Laurier Uni. | University Stadium |
| 1 | 04:13 | Queen’s – D Village 24 yd field goal. | 3 – 0 |
| 2 | 13:22 | Queen’s – J Therrien 3 yd run. (D Village kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 3:58. |
10 – 0 |
| 2 | 09:52 | Laurier – I Dell 1 yd run. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 1 yards in 0:07. |
10 – 7 |
| 2 | 06:58 | Laurier – R La Touche 2 yd run. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 32 yards in 1:24. |
10 – 14 |
| 2 | 03:02 | Laurier – I Dell 1 yd run. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 2:31. |
10 – 21 |
| 2 | 02:33 | Laurier – D Zender 20 yd pass from S Kelly. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 20 yards in 0:21. |
10 – 28 |
| 2 | 02:33 | Laurier – | 10 – 29 |
| 2 | 01:31 | Laurier – D Zender 29 yd pass from S Kelly. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 1 plays, 29 yards in 0:06. |
10 – 36 |
| 2 | 00:15 | Laurier – A Anthony 29 yd pass from S Kelly. (N Hawkes kick is good). Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards in 0:46. |
10 – 43 |
| 3 | 04:38 | Queen’s – J Chapdelaine 9 yd run. (D Village kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 23 yards in 2:10. |
17 – 43 |
| 4 | 11:00 | Laurier – | 17 – 44 |
| 4 | 00:00 | Queen’s – B McPhee 1 yd run. (D Village kick blocked). Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 1:24. |
23 – 44 |
| 25 | FIRST DOWNS | 22 |
| 8 15 2 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
10 12 0 |
| 75% (3 of 4) | THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 33% (1 of 3) |
| 0% (0 of 0) | FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0% (0 of 0) |
| 370 | TOTAL NET YARDS | 349 |
| 60 6.2 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
57 6.1 |
| 123 | NET YARDS PASSING | 253 |
| 12-27 4.6 4 for 50 3 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked:Number-Yards Had intercepted |
20-30 8.4 0 for 0 1 |
| 247 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 96 |
| 33 7.5 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
27 3.6 |
| 7 for 215 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 7 for 304 |
| 30.7 | Average | 43.4 |
| 220 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 182 |
| 6 for 119 5 for 80 1 for 21 |
Punt Returns:No-Yards Kickof Returns:No-Yards Int. Returns:No-Yards |
6 for 83 3 for 52 3 for 47 |
| 7 for 63 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 7 for 82 |
| 2-2 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 0-0 |
| 29:59 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:01 |
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| 32 | R Granberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 15 | P Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | J Sultana | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | M Webster | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | A Lue | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1-21 | 1 | |||
| 22 | A Rich | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | B D’Andrea | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 28 | A Daprato | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 38 | J Widgett | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 43 | M Ritchie | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | S Sabourin | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 45 | S Laporte | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 46 | T Thibault | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 48 | F Pankewich | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 49 | G Mohtadi | 5 | 3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | A Sauer | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 92 | D Dicarlo | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 96 | D Wiggan | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1-4 | – | – | ||||
| 97 | T Festeryga | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 1-34 | – | – | ||||
| 98 | J Miniaci | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 1-5 | – | – | ||||
| 99 | K Macdonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 38 | 26 | 64 | 0-0 | 3-43 | – | 1-21 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Isaac Dell | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Anton Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Vince Luciani | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Shane Herbert | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Nick Sapone | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Carlos Naranjo | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | Shane Burns | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 13 | Giancarlo Rapanaro | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0-9 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||
| 16 | Scott McCahill | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 1-19 | ||||
| 24 | Peter Mcdougall | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 30 | Patrick McGarry | – | – | 1-0 | 1-28 | |||||||
| 28 | Rashad La Touche | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| 33 | Mitchell Bosch | 6 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | 1-0 | ||||
| 35 | Mitch Nicholson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-6 | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 41 | Samuel Aird | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 42 | Spencer Troop | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0-10 | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Daniel Bishop | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0-4 | – | – | – | ||||
| 60 | Alex Brouwers | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 63 | Andrew Heeley | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-11 | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Josh Pirie | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 91 | George Kourtesiotis | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Stephen Cormack | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-10 | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 43 | 16 | 59 | 4-50 | – | 3 | 2-0 | 3-47 | 2 |
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