Mounties Drop Homecoming Game 31-7 to Sherbrooke as Alumni Field is Officially Opened

The Sherbrooke Vert & Or defeated the Mount Allison Mounties 31-7 before a boisterous Homecoming crowd in Sackville Saturday afternoon.  The hometown Mounties officially opened their brand new state of the art Alumni field with a halftime ceremony to honour the donors who made the field possible.

The visiting Vert & Or, at Mount Allison as part of the AUS and RSEQ interlock week, built up a 17-0 lead by halftime.  The first points came when quarterback Jeremy Roch found Jean-Raphael Moisan from 17 yards out for a 7-0 lead.   The Mounties defense worked hard to contain the explosive Sherbrooke offense but kicker Mathieu Hebert was able to put points on the board first earning a rouge point and then with field goals from 30, 35 and 21 yards.

Sherbrooke struck quickly in the 2^nd half, scoring two touchdowns in the opening 8 minutes of the 3^rd quarter to stretch the lead to 31-0.  Roch connected with Moisan from 30 yards and then again with Maxime Gauthier from 7 yards.  The Mounties got the home crowd on their feet with their first touchdown of the day when Brandon Leyh hit Quinn LeBlanc for a 35 yard score.  The major was LeBlanc's first career touchdown.

Leyh was 13 of 28 for the Mounties for 212 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.  Quinn LeBlanc had 6 receptions for 90 yards while sophomore running back Kiel Ambursley had 12 carries for 43 yards and 4 catches for 58 yards.  On defense the Mounties were led by sophomore defensive back Nate Rostek with 10.5 tackles.  Devante Sampson had his 1^st interception of the year along with 5 tackles while Andrew Klain had a fumble recovery for the Mounties.

The Mounties now hit the road for 3 consecutive weeks, first travelling to Acadia to play the Axemen next Saturday October 3^rd on Bell's TV1.  The two time defending champion Mounties currently sit in a tie for 2^nd place with the StFX at 1-2.