Queen's at Western 20190902
Photos from Game 2 - Queen's vs. Western at TD Waterhouse Stadium, London, ON on September 2, 2019.
All photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications by Queen's Football, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
=====================================
QUEEN'S 23, WESTERN 40
=====================================
GAELS FALL TO NO. 2 MUSTANGS UNDER THE LIGHTS IN LONDON, LICANDRO SCORES FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN
By Queen’s Sports Information
The Queen's Gaels (0-2) dropped a 40-23 decision to the No.2 Western Mustangs (2-0) in a special evening Labour Day game in London, Ontario.
GAME FLOW
The opening of the game saw the Gaels give up a single after a mishandle of the ensuing kick-off. Despite the deficit, the Gaels were able to march down the field and kicker Nick Liberatore was able to connect from 37-yards out to put the Gaels ahead 3-1 early.
The Mustangs retook the lead after Marc Liegghio connected on a 35-yard field goal and Western quarterback Chris Merchant followed up with an 11-yard strike to Trey Humes.
Entering the second quarter down 20-3 the Gaels offence got their first major. Tristan Kuchar punched a rush up the gut bouncing off of linemen for 10-yards into the endzone. The Mustangs were quick to respond however and Merchant closed out the half with a rushing score of his own.
After Western started the second half with a field goal, the Gaels put together a pair of big plays on offence. First, James Keenan reached back and fired a deep shot to Richard Burton who hauled in the 36-yard reception. That play set up a beautiful over the shoulder catch by Sakhia Kwemo in the back of the endzone for a touchdown. Kwemo now has a touchdown in each of the Gaels first games this season.
In the fourth quarter, the Gaels saw rookie quarterback Ryan Licandro check-in on offence. He put together a few strong drives and was able to quarterback sneak his way into the endzone for his first career U SPORTS touchdown. The Gaels attempted to go for two points and Licandro connected with Kwemo but he was tackled just shy of the endzone.
The Gaels won the second half outscoring Western 13-6 over the final two frames but an early deficit handed them a 40-23 loss.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 - Touchdowns so far for Kwemo, one in each game
1st - Career score for rookie QB Licandro
2 - Sacks for Gabriel Boucher
1 - Interception each for Zack Kealey and Oliver MacKenzie
=======================================
MUSTANGS WIN 40-23 OVER QUEEN'S IN FRONT OF BIG (9,700) ORIENTATION WEEK CROWD
By Mustangs Communications
The Mustangs opened the 2019 home schedule with a 40-23 win over Queen's in front of a packed crowd at TD Stadium.
"It was awesome, when I saw the packed stands at the start of the game. To finally get an O-Week game like that was really cool." said Chris Merchant, Mustangs Quarterback. "We really did appreciate the support from the fans and they did a great job."
Western made an immediate impact for the packed crowd in attendance after Marc Liegghio's 67-yard kickoff went into the Queen's end zone, the receiver bobbled it and the Mustangs pounced on him for the rouge point.
The Mustangs would strike with the first major of the game when Chris Merchant connected with Trey Humes for an 11-yard catch to put Western up 11-3 with just over 5 minutes left in the 1st quarter.
"Queen's was a good defence, basically returning all their starters from last year." said Merchant "I think we did a good job, still need to clean a lot of stuff up in all aspects especially offence, we're going to do that and hopefully be ready with a short week."
Before the end of the 1st quarter Bleska Kambamba picked off Queen's QB James Keenan and took the ball back 20 yards for the TD to put the Mustangs up 20-3.
"I was just reading the quarterbacks eyes; he threw it and I just kind of attacked." said Kambamba. "Luckily I made a killer play out of it and helped us with momentum and we need to have more of that."
After Queen's ran their first score of the game in to take the score to 20-10, Chris Merchant would connect with Malik Besseghieur for a 48 yard catch to take a 27-10 lead at half time.
Before the end of the half the Mustangs would make it 34-10 when Chris Merchant kept the ball himself and ran it in for a short TD.
"We're always going to ground and pound the ball if we can, we have a young offensive line, especially interior but they're getting better every week" said Merchant.
Queens added a TD late in the 3rd quarter to cut the score to 37-17 but a Marc Liegghio field goal in the early part of the 4th quarter put the game out of reach.
"I think we need to play better than that. Offensively, defensively and special teams. If we want to beat the best teams in our conference." said Mustangs Head Coach Greg Marshall "We've got a young team, we struggled to put 3 solid plays together at some points tonight and we need to be better"
ROSTER
=========================
0 ETHAN WHITING
2 NICK LIBERATORE
3 KONNER BURTENSHAW
4 JAMES KEENAN
7 PERRY AMANKWAAH
8 SEBASTIAN HANSEN
9 ETHAN MARTIN
12 RYAN LICANDRO
13 BEN ARHEN
15 EJAZ CAUSER
17 ZACK KEALEY
20 OLIVER MACKENZIE
22 THOMPSON MCCALLUM
26 CONNOR MCQUILKIN
27 TRISTAN KUCHAR
29 LIAM PUSKAS
30 MARQUIS RICHARDS
31 BURKE DERBYSHIRE
32 W. Ruddy
33 NOLAN BEDARD
36 ADAM SEDORE
38 J WASHINGTON
39 WILL BANNATYNE
40 KURTIS SCHAEFER
44 GABRIEL BOUCHER
45 JACOB JEFFERIES
46 PETER ADJEY
48 WALTER KARABIN
49 CAMERON DUFFY
50 NICHOLAS PINARD
52 DOMINIC CIRACO
60 RYAN BERTA
62 JACOB BUTLER
65 HARRISON TAYLOR
66 JOSH MOSLEY
68 ADAM DINGWALL
70 EVAN FLORAN
74 JOEY CANTARUTTI
81 SAKHIA KWEMO
83 RICHARD BURTON
84 JAKE MAGEE
85 MARKO XIDOS
89 JACK HACHE
90 TYLER ROY
91 YANN KY
92 CAMERON LAWSON
93 O. STEWART
96 ANDREW MULLINS-GRANT
97 BLAKE ZARUBIAK
Read MoreAll photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications by Queen's Football, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
=====================================
QUEEN'S 23, WESTERN 40
=====================================
GAELS FALL TO NO. 2 MUSTANGS UNDER THE LIGHTS IN LONDON, LICANDRO SCORES FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN
By Queen’s Sports Information
The Queen's Gaels (0-2) dropped a 40-23 decision to the No.2 Western Mustangs (2-0) in a special evening Labour Day game in London, Ontario.
GAME FLOW
The opening of the game saw the Gaels give up a single after a mishandle of the ensuing kick-off. Despite the deficit, the Gaels were able to march down the field and kicker Nick Liberatore was able to connect from 37-yards out to put the Gaels ahead 3-1 early.
The Mustangs retook the lead after Marc Liegghio connected on a 35-yard field goal and Western quarterback Chris Merchant followed up with an 11-yard strike to Trey Humes.
Entering the second quarter down 20-3 the Gaels offence got their first major. Tristan Kuchar punched a rush up the gut bouncing off of linemen for 10-yards into the endzone. The Mustangs were quick to respond however and Merchant closed out the half with a rushing score of his own.
After Western started the second half with a field goal, the Gaels put together a pair of big plays on offence. First, James Keenan reached back and fired a deep shot to Richard Burton who hauled in the 36-yard reception. That play set up a beautiful over the shoulder catch by Sakhia Kwemo in the back of the endzone for a touchdown. Kwemo now has a touchdown in each of the Gaels first games this season.
In the fourth quarter, the Gaels saw rookie quarterback Ryan Licandro check-in on offence. He put together a few strong drives and was able to quarterback sneak his way into the endzone for his first career U SPORTS touchdown. The Gaels attempted to go for two points and Licandro connected with Kwemo but he was tackled just shy of the endzone.
The Gaels won the second half outscoring Western 13-6 over the final two frames but an early deficit handed them a 40-23 loss.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 - Touchdowns so far for Kwemo, one in each game
1st - Career score for rookie QB Licandro
2 - Sacks for Gabriel Boucher
1 - Interception each for Zack Kealey and Oliver MacKenzie
=======================================
MUSTANGS WIN 40-23 OVER QUEEN'S IN FRONT OF BIG (9,700) ORIENTATION WEEK CROWD
By Mustangs Communications
The Mustangs opened the 2019 home schedule with a 40-23 win over Queen's in front of a packed crowd at TD Stadium.
"It was awesome, when I saw the packed stands at the start of the game. To finally get an O-Week game like that was really cool." said Chris Merchant, Mustangs Quarterback. "We really did appreciate the support from the fans and they did a great job."
Western made an immediate impact for the packed crowd in attendance after Marc Liegghio's 67-yard kickoff went into the Queen's end zone, the receiver bobbled it and the Mustangs pounced on him for the rouge point.
The Mustangs would strike with the first major of the game when Chris Merchant connected with Trey Humes for an 11-yard catch to put Western up 11-3 with just over 5 minutes left in the 1st quarter.
"Queen's was a good defence, basically returning all their starters from last year." said Merchant "I think we did a good job, still need to clean a lot of stuff up in all aspects especially offence, we're going to do that and hopefully be ready with a short week."
Before the end of the 1st quarter Bleska Kambamba picked off Queen's QB James Keenan and took the ball back 20 yards for the TD to put the Mustangs up 20-3.
"I was just reading the quarterbacks eyes; he threw it and I just kind of attacked." said Kambamba. "Luckily I made a killer play out of it and helped us with momentum and we need to have more of that."
After Queen's ran their first score of the game in to take the score to 20-10, Chris Merchant would connect with Malik Besseghieur for a 48 yard catch to take a 27-10 lead at half time.
Before the end of the half the Mustangs would make it 34-10 when Chris Merchant kept the ball himself and ran it in for a short TD.
"We're always going to ground and pound the ball if we can, we have a young offensive line, especially interior but they're getting better every week" said Merchant.
Queens added a TD late in the 3rd quarter to cut the score to 37-17 but a Marc Liegghio field goal in the early part of the 4th quarter put the game out of reach.
"I think we need to play better than that. Offensively, defensively and special teams. If we want to beat the best teams in our conference." said Mustangs Head Coach Greg Marshall "We've got a young team, we struggled to put 3 solid plays together at some points tonight and we need to be better"
ROSTER
=========================
0 ETHAN WHITING
2 NICK LIBERATORE
3 KONNER BURTENSHAW
4 JAMES KEENAN
7 PERRY AMANKWAAH
8 SEBASTIAN HANSEN
9 ETHAN MARTIN
12 RYAN LICANDRO
13 BEN ARHEN
15 EJAZ CAUSER
17 ZACK KEALEY
20 OLIVER MACKENZIE
22 THOMPSON MCCALLUM
26 CONNOR MCQUILKIN
27 TRISTAN KUCHAR
29 LIAM PUSKAS
30 MARQUIS RICHARDS
31 BURKE DERBYSHIRE
32 W. Ruddy
33 NOLAN BEDARD
36 ADAM SEDORE
38 J WASHINGTON
39 WILL BANNATYNE
40 KURTIS SCHAEFER
44 GABRIEL BOUCHER
45 JACOB JEFFERIES
46 PETER ADJEY
48 WALTER KARABIN
49 CAMERON DUFFY
50 NICHOLAS PINARD
52 DOMINIC CIRACO
60 RYAN BERTA
62 JACOB BUTLER
65 HARRISON TAYLOR
66 JOSH MOSLEY
68 ADAM DINGWALL
70 EVAN FLORAN
74 JOEY CANTARUTTI
81 SAKHIA KWEMO
83 RICHARD BURTON
84 JAKE MAGEE
85 MARKO XIDOS
89 JACK HACHE
90 TYLER ROY
91 YANN KY
92 CAMERON LAWSON
93 O. STEWART
96 ANDREW MULLINS-GRANT
97 BLAKE ZARUBIAK
