WOLFVILLE – Third year running back Thomas Troop (Alliston, Ont.), named the Subway Player of the Game, rumbled for 170 net yards rushing on 24 carries to lead the Acadia Axemen to a 16-13 win over the now winless Saint Mary’s Huskies.
The Huskies, who drop to an 0-2 record, had a 13-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter but the strong leg of Ryan Begin (Orleans, Ont.) added two field goals of 15 years and 36 yards in the final frame to the Axemen a narrow victory.
“An ugly football game, but I like to winning ugly as opposed to losing ugly”, commented Acadia head coach Jeff Cummins. Adding, “We’ll have to clean up our play. Fourteen penalties for 162 yards is far far too much. We didn’t come out in the second half but the fourth quarter was better where we moved the ball and kicked some field goals”.
The Axemen struck on their first possession in the opening five minutes of the game when Troop scored a two yard run that capped a 56 yard drive.
Three minutes into the second quarter the Huskies got on the scoreboard when Acadia conceded the two points while deep in their end against the wind. Just under six minutes after the Saint Mary’s safety, the Axemen stalled on a 49 yard drive and settled for a 13 yard field goal by Ryan Begin.
The Huskies added a single point on a Chase Kodejs (Bedford, N.S.) rouge in the closing minutes of the first half to make it 10-3 Acadia. A touchback on the opening kickoff of the second half along with a conceded safety by the Axemen four minutes into the third quarter closed the Acadia lead to 10-6.
(A 14 yard touchdown pass reception by Mohamed Abdallah (Edmonton, Alta) culminated a 75 drive that sparked life into the visiting Huskies, giving Saint Mary’s their first and only lead of the game at 13-10.
The Axemen tied the game at 13 when Troop scampered for 44 yards on one play that eventually led to an early fourth quarter 15 yard field goal by Begin. Begin would finish the day three for three with his last and longest field goal of the day – 36 yards – coming at 11:55 in the final frame to give Acadia the lead and eventual win.
While Troop posted the most yardage rushing of 170 net yards on 24 carries, Huskie Abdallah grabbed six receptions for 76 yards. Starting pivot Scott Borden (Halifax, N.S.) was 13 for 26 for 148 yards passing and one touchdown, while Acadia first year quarterback Jon Shaw (Stittsville, N.S.) was 12 for 22 for 75 yards.
Brian Jones (Enfield, N.S.), who was one reception short last weekend of tying an Acadia most receptions in a game record, pulled in seven catches for 60 yards.
The final statistics was indicative of the score. The Huskies posted 239 net yards offense including 202 yards in the air, while the Axemen pulled together 219 yards in total of which173 were on the ground after yards lost.
The Axemen improve to 1-1 and will face the 1-1 StFX X-Men next Saturday in Wolfville at 2:00 pm. The X-men lost their matchup against the reigning AUS champions Mount Allison Mounties 27-25 after leading for most of the game. The undefeated Mounties will host the winless Saint Mary’s Huskies in Sackville, N.B. next Saturday at 2:00 pm.
Source: Eric Cederberg, Acadia Axemen Sports Information)
| Saint Mary’s vs. Acadia at Wolfville, NS 9/13/2014 at 2:10 |
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| Saint Mary’s 13 |
Acadia 16 |
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
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| Saint Mary’s (0-2) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Acadia (1-1) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Wolfville, NS | Raymond Field | |||||
| PRD | TIME | SCORING SUMMARY | SAINT MARY’S – ACADIA |
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| 1 | 09:40 | Acadia – T. Troop 2 yd run. (R. Begin kick is good). Drive: 8 plays, 56 yards in 3:20. |
0 – 7 |
| 2 | 11:31 | Saint Mary’s – Team safety | 2 – 7 |
| 2 | 06:45 | Acadia – R. Begin 13 yd field goal. Drive: 13 plays, 0 yards in 3:22. |
2 – 10 |
| 2 | 02:04 | Saint Mary’s – Chase Kodejs rouge point. | 3 – 10 |
| 3 | 14:57 | Saint Mary’s – TEAM rouge point. | 4 – 10 |
| 3 | 10:53 | Saint Mary’s – Team safety | 6 – 10 |
| 3 | 07:14 | Saint Mary’s – M. Abdallah 14 yd pass from Scott Borden. (Chase Kodejs kick is good). Drive: 11 plays, 0 yards in 5:01. |
13 – 10 |
| 4 | 09:22 | Acadia – R. Begin 15 yd field goal. Drive: 7 plays, 0 yards in 2:42. |
13 – 13 |
| 4 | 03:05 | Acadia – R. Begin 36 yd field goal. Drive: 8 plays, 0 yards in 1:41. |
13 – 16 |
| SAINT MARY’S | STATISTICS | ACADIA |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | FIRST DOWNS | 18 |
| 10 3 5 |
Passing Rushing Penalty |
2 13 3 |
| 239 | TOTAL OFFENSE | 219 |
| 57 4.2 |
Total Offensive Plays Average gain per play |
68 3.2 |
| 202 | NET YARDS PASSING | 80 |
| 15-31 6.5 5-25 1 |
Completions-Attempts Net yards per pass play Sacked: Number-Yards Had intercepted |
13-23 3.5 5-34 0 |
| 62 | NET YARDS RUSHING | 173 |
| 21 3.0 |
Rushing Attempts Average gain per rush |
40 4.3 |
| 13-464 | PUNTS: Number-Yards | 10-314 |
| 35.7 | Average | 31.4 |
| 55 | TOTAL RETURN YARDS | 146 |
| 5-43 2-12 0 0 |
Punt Returns: Number-Yards Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards Interception Returns: Number-Yards |
11-108 1-16 1-22 |
| 16-140 | PENALTIES: Number-Yards | 14-162 |
| 4-1 | FUMBLES: Number-Lost | 0-0 |
| 5-34 | SACKS: Number-Yards | 5-25 |
| 0 0 | INTERCEPTIONS: Number-Yards | 1-22 |
| 28:33 | TIME OF POSSESSION | 31:27 |
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| DEFENSIVE STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | SAINT MARY’S | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 99 | Matt Delmas | 7 | 3 | 8.5 | 2 – 16 | 3 – 18 | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Jonathan Langa | 7 | 3 | 8.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | M. Loggale | 7 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 33 | Jeremy Nichole | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 49 | Kyle Macdonald | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | – | 1 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 21 | Kayin Marchand-Wright | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Makenzie Fox | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 77 | John Paul | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1 – 5 | – | – | ||||
| 43 | A. Panchyshyn | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | T. Pastusiak | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 37 | Marvin Golding | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 – 6 | 2 – 9 | – | – | ||||
| 18 | Troy Adams | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Jesse Lacle | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 54 | Jay Hachey | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 3 | Kevin Myrthil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 – 10 | 1 – 10 | – | – | ||||
| 55 | Nick Bartolacci | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TM | TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 20 | – | – | ||||
| 56 | Cameron Emond | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 1 | – | – | ||||
| 36 | Luke Ciraco | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 51 | 20 | 61 | 5 – 34 | 11 – 69 | – | – | 1 | ||||
| # | ACADIA | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | SACKS-YDS | TFL-YDS | FF | FR-YDS | INT-YDS | BRUP | BLKS | QBH |
| 3 | Martin Pesek | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 – 17 | 2.5 – 18 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 54 | Drew Morris | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 0.5 – 2 | 0.5 – 2 | – | – | 1 | |||
| 25 | Harland Hastings | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | – | 1 – 4 | – | 1-22 | ||||
| 33 | Harrison da Costa | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 26 | Russell Rainey | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | 1.5 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 23 | Sean Stoqua | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 55 | Adam Melanson | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 1-0 | – | ||||
| 45 | Jesse St. James | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 – 4 | 0.5 – 4 | – | – | ||||
| 16 | Brandon Jennings | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | Brett Backman | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 40 | Conor McCrudden | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | Dylan Hynes | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 27 | William Wojcik | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1 | Ben Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 – 14 | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Zack Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 6 | Brian Doyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Suleiman Semalulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 52 | Jacob Creedon | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | Brady Switzer | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| TOTALS | 34 | 20 | 44 | 5 – 25 | 8 – 48 | 1 | 1-0 | 1-22 | 1 | |||
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Wolfville, NS Stadium: Raymond Field Attendance: 1652 Weather: Sunny, a few clouds Temperature: 17 Wind: NE 13 |
Referee: G. Maclean Umpire: C. Bawn Head Linesman: G. Welton Line Judge: P. Fairweather Back Judge: V. Williams Field Judge: K. Strickland Side Judge: A. Lawlor Scorekeeper: C. Vibert |
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