HAMILTON– Marshall Ferguson of Kingston, Ont., tossed two touchdowns and Chris Pezzetta of Burlington, Ont., ran for another as the No. 4 McMaster Marauders(5-0) defeated the Queen’s Gaels (0-5) 28-19 during homecoming weekend at McMaster University.
Ferguson used eight receivers to tally 376 yards in passing with Daniel Vandervoort of Barrie, Ont., leading the Marauder receivers with 107 yards on four catches. He also notched a first quarter touchdown while Isaiah Mels of London, Ont., had the other touchdown reception.
For Queen’s, Bill McPhee of Burlington, Ont., was 20 for 29 throwing for 277 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Alex Carroll of Victoria, B.C., was McPhee’s top target hauling in 145 yards with a touchdown. Doug Corby of Burlington, Ont., added the other Queen’s touchdown while Jessie Andrew of Arnprior, Ont., posted 131 yards on the ground for the Gaels on 18 carries.
McMaster kicker Tyler Crapigna of Nepean, Ont., moved within one field goal of the OUA’s all-time career leader in field goals. The fifth year kicker hit one field goal in today’s game (41-yards) for his 76th, and is one behind Lirim Hajrullahu of Western who currently holds to OUA mark of 77. Sherbrooke’s William Dion holds the CIS record with 82 career field goals.
Attendance was 5,427 which was a sellout at Ron Joyce Stadium.
(Source: Michael Grobe, McMaster Sports Information)
HAMILTON – The Queen’s Gaels put in a solid effort on Saturday nearly upsetting the No.4 Marauders in their homecoming game in Hamilton Ontario but McMaster came out on top with a 28-19 win.
The Gaels had a strong outing on both sides of the ball. Jesse Andrews (Arnprior, Ont.) had an impressive showing for Queen’s rushing 18 times for 131 yards on the day while Alex Carroll (Victoria) caught nine passes for 145 yards and a touchdown. Billy McPhee (Burlington, Ont.) completed 21 of 29 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns throwing one interception. On defence Yann Dika-Balotoken (Toronto) had an interception and 1.5 tackles for the Gaels.
McMaster was led by Chris Pezzetta who rushed 24 times totaling 154 yards and one score while Marshall Ferguson completed 22 of his 33 passing attempts for 376 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
The game started off slow in the opening quarter but Queen’s proved to be a problem for the Marauders. McMaster missed a field goal attempt early and the Gaels hoped to take advantage. Andrews and the offensive line created space that was capitalized on for big gains and the Gaels were in a position to put points on the board and take the lead. McPhee found himself in trouble however and was unable to hit his receiver and instead found a Marauder who intercepted the pass.
McMaster responded and Daniel Vandervoort hauled in an impressive one handed 23-yard pass from Feguson for the major.
In the second quarter the Gaels had their own chance for a field goal early but could not convert as Dillon Wamsley(London, Ont.) missed by the slightest of margins. McMaster was shut down on offense by the Gaels secondary and McMaster conceded a safety bringing the score to 7-2 for the home Marauders.
In what looked like a flashback from their meeting a year ago, Dika-Balotoken picked off Ferguson and took it 90 plus yards to the endzone for what looked to be a pick six for the Gaels but the play was called back due to an offside on Queen’s.
The Gaels defense kept the pressure on the Marauders and it paid off, Corey Flude (Kingston, Ont.) recovered a Marauder fumble at the Gaels 16 yard line to halt the McMaster offensive attack. Queen’s could not put much together on offence and were forced to concede a safety as well restoring the seven point Marauder lead. McMaster tacked on a field goal late in the half and went to the locker room up 12-2 on Queen’s.
Carroll and McPhee were simply in-sync in quarter three. Carroll caught passes of 17, 23 and finally another 17 for a touchdown in one drive to put the Gaels all-square with McMaster at 12-12. Dika-Balotoken came up with an interception that held up this time as McMaster was approaching the Gaels red-zone. Queen’s offensively couldn’t get much going and conceded another safety to put the Marauders up 14-12.
The field position after the safety didn’t hurt McMaster as they marched down the field for a touchdown to end the the third quarter. Queen’s responded in kind on six plays with a Corby five-yard touchdown reception to bring the game back to a two-point spread. McMaster was relentless however and marched 76 yards for a touchdown on the next drive killing enough of the clock to stop any Queen’s comeback attempt and sealing the score at 28-19.
The Gaels will now take a week off as they sit with the bye next week. Queen’s will return to action on October 11 when they host Toronto in Kingston.
Photo credit: John Sheahan
(Source: Shawn MacDonald, Queen’s Golden Gaels Sports Information)
| QUEENS vs. McMaster Marauders at HAmilton ON 9/27/2014 at 13:07 |
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| Queen’s 19 |
McMaster 28 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen’s (0-5-0) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| McMaster (5-0-0) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| HAmilton ON | Ron Joyce | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | QUEEN’S – MCMASTER |
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| 1 | 04:22 | McMaster – Vandervoort, D. 23 yd pass from Ferguson, M.. (Crapigna, T kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 92 yards in 2:52. |
0 – 7 |
| 2 | 10:46 | Queen’s – Team safety | 2 – 7 |
| 2 | 05:30 | McMaster – Team safety | 2 – 9 |
| 2 | 02:34 | McMaster – Crapigna, T 41 yd field goal. Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards in 2:56. |
2 – 12 |
| 2 | 00:00 | Queen’s – Wamsley, Dillon 20 yd field goal. Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards in 0:21. |
5 – 12 |
| 3 | 05:48 | Queen’s – Carroll, Alex 17 yd pass from McPhee, Billy. (Wamsley, Dillon kick is good). Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards in 1:50. |
12 – 12 |
| 3 | 01:16 | McMaster – Team safety | 12 – 14 |
| 4 | 12:43 | McMaster – Mels, Isaiah 3 yd pass from Ferguson, M.. (Crapigna, T kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 3:33. |
12 – 21 |
| 4 | 09:59 | Queen’s – Corby, Doug 5 yd pass from McPhee, Billy. (Wamsley, Dillon kick is good). Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards in 2:39. |
19 – 21 |
| 4 | 06:35 | McMaster – Pezzetta, Chris 1 yd run. (Crapigna, T kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 3:16. |
19 – 28 |
| QUEEN’S | STATISTICS | MCMASTER |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | FIRST DOWNS | 33 |
| 16 7 2 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
19 12 2 |
| 405 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 586 |
| 56 7.2 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
78 7.5 |
| 283 | NET YARDS PASSING | 376 |
| 21-29 9.8 3-14 1 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
22-33 11.4 1-6 1 |
| 151 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 237 |
| 24 6.3 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
44 5.4 |
| 7-292 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 5-181 |
| 41.7 | Average | 36.2 |
| 125 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 111 |
| 6-54 4-71 1-0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
8-37 3-74 1-0 |
| 6-62 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 9-67 |
| 0-0 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 1-1 |
| 1-6 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 3-14 |
| 1-0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 1-0 |
| 24:02 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 35:58 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QUEEN’S | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 21 | James Donald | 7 | 1 | 7.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Nelkas Kwemo | 6 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 15 | Mitchell Spataro | 6 | 2 | 7 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 45 | Michael Moore | 5 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 92 | Luke Ball | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 24 | Justin Bowman | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Zac Sauer | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 95 | Corey Flude | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 0-5 | – | ||||
| 42 | Jason Shamatutu | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 96 | Derek Wiggan | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 13 | Matt Pendergast | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Wesley Mann | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 30 | Stephen Trivieri | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Yann Dika-Balotoken | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | 1-0 | ||||
| 29 | Nick Dowd | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 – 6 | 1 – 6 | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Jake Firlotte | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Brendan Coffey | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | Frederic Kinkead | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | Colton Ballou | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 20 | Chris Mackey | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | 1-0 | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 56 | 20 | 66 | 1 – 6 | 2 – 7 | 1-5 | 1-0 | |||||
| # | MCMASTER | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 1 | Nicholas Shortill | 5 | 4 | 7 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 18 | Joey Cupido | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1 | |||
| 26 | Steven Ventresca | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Jacob Heathcote | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Andrew Surya | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 54 | Mark Mackie | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 77 | Mike Kashak | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 – 8 | 2 – 8 | – | – | ||||
| 9 | Allan Dicks | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 44 | Kyle Fitzsimons | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 47 | Conner Mackay | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 – 6 | 1 – 6 | – | – | ||||
| 65 | Adam Dickson | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Steven McNicoll | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Eric Mezzalira | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 41 | Cole Munden | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 5 | Keldyn Ahlstedt | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Johnathan Ngeleka | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | Joseph Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 92 | Kevin Aleinik | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 99 | Christian D’Aguilar | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 13 | Jeremy Kyei | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| TOTALS | 40 | 18 | 49 | 3 – 14 | 4 – 15 | – | 1-0 | 2 | ||||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: HAmilton ON Stadium: Ron Joyce Attendance: 5427 Weather: Clear and Sunny Temperature: 25C Wind: Slight |
Referee: K.Mikelboro Umpire: C.Sutherland Head Linesman: A.Monaco Line Judge: M.Cobb Back Judge: B.Greig Field Judge: H.Murphy Side Judge: J.Pringle |
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