September 29, 2012
McMaster Marauders still undefeated
For the second straight game the McMaster Marauders built up a big first-half lead and counted on the Maroon defense to protect it, coming home from London with a 33-27 win over the Western Mustangs.
In front of a Homecoming crowd in excess of 10,000 Western took an early 9-0 on a safety and a first-quarter touchdown from Garrett Sanvido. But before the end of the quarter a pass from quarterback Kyle Quinlan to Brad Fochesato brought McMaster into the red-zone and Quinlan scored on a one-yard plunge to get within two points.
The second quarter belonged to the Marauders as they scored 21 unanswered points that included TD passes from Quinlan to Tyler Loveday and Dahlin Brooks to build the lead to 28-9. A late Mustang field-goal made the score 28-12 at the half.
The second half saw the defenses from both side take over and scoring was hard to come by. Another TD from Sanvido on the last play of the third quarter brought Western closer at 30-18, after missing on an attempted two-point conversion.
In the fourth quarter, some well placed punting from Tyler Crapigna left the Mustangs with some long fields to navigate. Crapigna added a field-goal in the quarter and the scoring was completed when Mac conceded a safety and Western got a late TD pass from Will Finch to Matt Uren, making the final 33-27.
The Marauder defense played an outstanding game, keeping Garrett Sanvido, the leading rusher in CIS, under control and applying intense pressure on Mustang QB Donnie Marshall, who left the game with a lower body injury late in the fourth quarter. Unofficially both Nick Shortill and Ben D'Aguilar registered three sacks for the game.
Kyle Quinlan was the top rusher in the contest gaining 145 yards on 10 carries and scoring one touchdown. He also completed 18 of 32 passes for 247 yards and two scoring strikes, Quinlan now has 53 career touchdown passes, and is only six behind Ben Chapdelaine, who holds the McMaster career record with 59.
McMaster improves to 5 and 0, alone in first place in the OUA. Western goes to 3 and 2 on the season
Next action for the Marauders is a road game at York on Thursday, October 4, 2012.
Source: McMaster Sports Info
In front of a Homecoming crowd in excess of 10,000 Western took an early 9-0 on a safety and a first-quarter touchdown from Garrett Sanvido. But before the end of the quarter a pass from quarterback Kyle Quinlan to Brad Fochesato brought McMaster into the red-zone and Quinlan scored on a one-yard plunge to get within two points.
The second quarter belonged to the Marauders as they scored 21 unanswered points that included TD passes from Quinlan to Tyler Loveday and Dahlin Brooks to build the lead to 28-9. A late Mustang field-goal made the score 28-12 at the half.
The second half saw the defenses from both side take over and scoring was hard to come by. Another TD from Sanvido on the last play of the third quarter brought Western closer at 30-18, after missing on an attempted two-point conversion.
In the fourth quarter, some well placed punting from Tyler Crapigna left the Mustangs with some long fields to navigate. Crapigna added a field-goal in the quarter and the scoring was completed when Mac conceded a safety and Western got a late TD pass from Will Finch to Matt Uren, making the final 33-27.
The Marauder defense played an outstanding game, keeping Garrett Sanvido, the leading rusher in CIS, under control and applying intense pressure on Mustang QB Donnie Marshall, who left the game with a lower body injury late in the fourth quarter. Unofficially both Nick Shortill and Ben D'Aguilar registered three sacks for the game.
Kyle Quinlan was the top rusher in the contest gaining 145 yards on 10 carries and scoring one touchdown. He also completed 18 of 32 passes for 247 yards and two scoring strikes, Quinlan now has 53 career touchdown passes, and is only six behind Ben Chapdelaine, who holds the McMaster career record with 59.
McMaster improves to 5 and 0, alone in first place in the OUA. Western goes to 3 and 2 on the season
Next action for the Marauders is a road game at York on Thursday, October 4, 2012.
Source: McMaster Sports Info
