Axemen cruise to 47-9 victory over Huskies in Halifax

(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Friday night at Huskies Stadium, the Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint Mary's Huskies 47-9 in Week 5 of AUS football action.

Subway player of the game Nickolas Bynkoski (Duncan, B.C.) went 19 for 23 for 262 yards and four touchdowns.

Derek Wodz (Lakeside, N.S.) had 11 carries for 86 yards and Jaylen McRae (Boston, Massachusetts) had five catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns to power the Acadia offence.

Derek Naugler (Truro, N.S.) had six tackles and a forced fumble, while Brian Doyle (Syracuse, New York) had five tackles and a sack to anchor the Axemen defence.

The Axemen had 510 yards of total offence, compared to 173 for the Huskies.

The Axemen wasted little time getting on the board as Bynkoski found McRae for a 25-yard touchdown reception to make it 7-0 for Acadia. Bynkoski then connected with Brian Jones (Enfield, N.S.) for a 21-yard major to make it 14-0 after the first quarter.

The second quarter saw Bynkoski and McRae hooked up again from 37 yards to increase the Axemen lead to 21-0.

Bynkoski then took it in himself from eight yards to make it 28-0 Acadia.

Saint Mary's got on the board thanks to a broken punt by the Axemen, which eventually led to a 40-yard field goal from Ideen Samadi (Edmonton, Alta.) narrowing the deficit to 28-3 after the first half.

In the third quarter, Bynkoski and Wodz connected again from 17 yards to make it 35-3.

A 35-yard field goal from Jeffrey Beattie (Hamilton, Ont.), who also hit all six of his extra-point chances, put the Axemen up 38-3 after the third.

In the fourth, Suleiman Semalulu (Gatineau, Que.) returned a punt 25 yards into the house to further widen the gap to 45-3.

Trevor Erdmann (Ardrossan, Alta.) found Rick LeMonignan (Edmonton, Alta.) from 14 yards to make the score 45-9 after a failed two-point conversion. Saint Mary's then conceded a safety to bring the game to its final score of 47-9.

Makenzie Fox (Bedford, N.S.) had seven tackles and Omer Abdallah (Ajax, Ont.) had 5.5 tackles to lead the Huskies on defence. Erdmann went 13 for 27 for 157 yards and a touchdown, and LeMonignan had six catches for 51 yards and a major to anchor the Huskies' offence.

Both teams play their next game on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. The Axemen host the Mount Allison Mounties and the Huskies host the St. Francis Xavier X-Men in their 2015 homecoming game.

Source: Saint Mary's Sports Communications