Windsor, ON - A trio of third-quarter touchdowns led the Mustangs to a 58-25 win over Windsor on Saturday afternoon.
Coming into the day a lot of attention was on what the new look Lancers would bring under the leadership of Head Coach J.P. Circelli who had spent the last 4 years with the Mustangs coaching staff.
Western would open the scoring in a big way in this one, Chris Merchant threw the ball over the middle and connected with Savaughn Magnaye-Jones for an 82 yard TD to take the 7-0 lead.
Windsor would respond quickly on the next drive with a TD of their own to tie the game at 7-7.
After pulling ahead 10-7 on a field goal, Windsor would take their first lead of the game on a Sam Girard 1 yard TD run.
Before the end of the half, with Windsor up 17-16, the Mustangs would regain the lead. Merchant connected with Brett Ellerman for a 5 yard TD to take a 23-17 win into half time.
Western came out with a major offensive push to start the second half.
Trey Humes stared the scoring early with a 12 yard TD run at 11:44 to take the 30-17 lead and then minutes later Brett Ellerman would get the 42-yard catch at 9:52 and the Mustangs moved the scoreboard to 37-17.
The powerful Mustangs offence kept their foot on the pedal when MalikBesseghieur would pick up a TD on a 45-yard reception making it 44-17 Western with just under 10 minutes left in the 3rd.
Windsor would get a late touchdown and a two-point conversion to pull the score to 44-24 but it was too late for the Lancers.
With time expiring in the game Jonathan Femi-Cole would take the ball and power it into the end zone to push the Mustangs lead to 51-25.
With the game out of reach, the Lancers would air the ball out and it was picked off by Alex Salytchev who took it back for pick-6 and a 58-25 lead.
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With the win, he Mustangs keep their undefeated record intact moving to 6-0 on the season. Windsor drops to 1-5 with the loss.
Key Stats
QB Chris Merchant - 18 for 27 & 4 TD's and 1 INT
RB Trey Humes - 16 rushes for 92 yards & 1 TD
R Brett Ellerman - 3 receptions for 53 yards & 2 TD's
R Malik Besseghieur - 6 receptions for 112 yards & 1 TD
K Marc Liegghio - 3 for 3 FG's, 2 punts for 102 yards
Next Game
The Mustangs return to TD Stadium for the remainder of the regular season. First up is the Waterloo Warriors next Saturday (October 5th) at 1:00 pm.
Tickets are available at westernmustangs.ca/tickets. Western students get FREE admission with their Western ONECard.
