Box Score The Windsor Lancer football team welcomed the undefeated Western Mustangs to Alumni Field on Saturday. The Lancers played with purpose but eventually fell to the Mustangs 59-7.
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The loss moves Windsor to 0-4 on the season, while the Mustangs remain undefeated with a 4-0 record and are tied for first place with the undefeated Waterloo Warriors (4-0).
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STATS
Safety
Matt Gayer led all Lancers on defense with 12 tackles, while also registering an interception. Three Lancers recorded double digit tackles
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Marcus Kentner led the Lancers on the ground, gaining 60 yards on 13 carries, good for 4.6 yards per carry. Kentner also scored from three yards out in the fourth quarter.
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Clark Green punted for 502 yards, averaging 41 yards a punt for the Lancers.
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GAME ACTION
Under mostly sunny skies the game kicked off at 1:02pm with Western wasting no time in getting on the board, opening the game with a 12-yard field goal. Â The Mustangs would then rattle off nine scoring plays throughout the first half.
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Western quarterback Chris Merchant found his running back Cedric Joseph for a 15-yard touchdown pass midway through the first quarter.
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The Mustangs would find the end zone twice more in the second quarter, with back-up quarterback Stevenson Bone finding pay dirt on a sneak from one yard out. Minutes later, Cedric Joseph would force his way into the end zone from a yard out as well.
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Windsor Safety
Matt Gayer Intercepted Western's Chris Merchant with 1:55 left in second quarter.
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The Lancers conceded four safeties while Western scored three touchdowns as well as a rouge to make the halftime score an impressive 33-0.
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The Mustangs would continue their dominance into the second half, finding the end zone twice in the third quarter as well as picking up a safety. Western's Chris Merchant took off in the third quarter for a 54-yard touchdown run, the longest run of the day.
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Windsor's
Marcus Kentner would finally get the Lancers on the board with a goal line touchdown run with 3:15 left in the fourth quarter.
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UP NEXT:
The Lancers travel to Ottawa next Saturday, September 24th to take on the Gee-Gees. The game is at 1:00pm and can be seen live on
www.oua.tv. Ottawa is 3-1 on the season, coming off a road loss at MacMaster.
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