LONDON, Ont.- The Western Mustangs fell to the McGill Redmen 4-1 on Saturday night. McGill captured it’s third straight Queen’s Cup victory with the win.

The rivalry between the two teams was evident early and remained a factor throughout the course of the game.

McGill’s Evan Vossen found himself in on a partial breakaway just two minutes into the game. Vossen’s initial shot was stopped by Mustangs Josh Unice but Redmen forward Andrew Wright banged in a rebound that gave McGill a 1-0 lead early.

The Redmen found themselves up 2-0 just minutes later after a nice passing play by Christophe Longpre-Poirier and Francis Verreault-Paul was finished off by Benoit Levesque.

Unice came up with a magnificent glove save as Verreault-Paul missed a glorious opportunity just 15 seconds into the second.

The prior Unice save lead to Western’s first goal of the game at at 2:04. Dominic Desando from Kevin Baker and Keaton Turkiewicz gave the Mustangs some much needed momentum at the beginning of the period.

The turning point of the game came seven minutes later. While a man down, Western’s Geoff Killing tried to glove an air-bourn puck behind Unice but ended up batting it into his own goal.

The powerplay goal was given to Verreault-Paul at 9:01.

Longpre-Poirier finished off a tic-tac-toe play by the Redmen and gave his team a 4-1 lead at 8:57 of the third.

Western was unable to get anything significant going in the remainder of the period.

A big scrum broke out with under two minutes remaining that saw four players receive ten minute misconduct penalties.

The player of the game award was given to Verreault-Paul, who earned a goal and two assists in the game.

Both teams will travel to Fredericton, New Brunswick to compete in the 2012 Cavendish University Cup. The tournament runs March 22-25.