SENE, PLESIUS AND ANDERSON NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Running back Rotrand Sené of the University of Montreal Carabins, linebacker Frédérick Plesius of the Laval University Rouge et Or and Austin Anderson McGill Redmen have been selected as the Quebec University Football League’s (QUFL) players of the week for the period ending September 19, 2010.

OFFENCE
Rotrand Sené
Running back
University: Montreal
Course: Arts & Sciences
Home town: Montreal, Quebec
Age: 21 years old
Height: 5’9
Weight: 210 pounds
Year of eligibility: 2nd
Former team: Spartiates du Cégep du Vieux Montreal
Highlights : Montreal Carabins running back Rotrand Sené is the QUFL offensive player of the week after leading his team to a 27-10 road win over the StFX X-Men on Saturday. The Carabins, who were playing without injured starting quarterback Alexandre Nadeau-Piuze, put the ball into the hands of the sophomore rusher who delivered a 33-carry, 220-yard performance. Sené reached the end zone on a one-yard plunge in the fourth quarter and gathered in a pair of passes for another 28 yards in the contest. The Montreal, Que. native is the leading rusher in Canada racking up 505 yards through three games, an average of 168.3 per contest.

DEFENCE

Frédérick Plesius
Running back
University: Laval
Course: General studies
Home town: Laval, Qué.
Age: 22 years old
Height: 6’1
Weight: 245 pounds
Year of eligibility: 2nd
Former team: Baylor Bears
Highlights : Laval linebacker Frédérick Plesius has been named QUFL defensive player of the week. The second year Liberal Arts major from Laval, Que. racked up 6.5 tackles and recorded his first sack of season dropping QB Micah Brown for an eight-yard loss late in the second quarter in the Rouge et Or’s 45-7 road win over the Saint Mary’s University Huskies in Halifax.

SPECIAL TEAMS
Austin Anderson
Kicker
University: McGill
Course: Finance
Home town: Canmore, Alberta
Age: 21 years old
Height: 5’11
Weight: 180 pounds
Year of eligibility: 3rd
Former team: Bow Valley Wolverines
Highlights : Place-kicker Austin Anderson accounted for 19 points and matched a single-game school record with six field goals in McGill’s 34-29 loss to Concordia last Friday. The Canmore, Alta. native went 6-for-8, connecting on distances of 46, 27, 12, 48, 18 and 42 yards. Anderson, a 21-year-old finance junior, equaled the McGill single-game mark set by Glenn Miller in 1984 and was one short of the Quebec conference record held by Christopher Milo established in 2008 for the most field goals in a non-overtime game.