Mounties fall to Laval in interlock play

(SACKVILLE, N.B.) - The Mount Allison Mounties lost 49-4 to the Laval Rouge et Or in AUS-RSEQ interlock play on Saturday at Alumni Field. 

This was the first trip to New Brunswick for Laval since playing in the 2013 CIS Uteck Bowl at Mount Allison.

The CIS No. 3-ranked Laval picked up 16 points in the opening quarter of the game and then continued to build their lead as the afternoon went on. 

The Rouge et Or opened the scoring three minutes into the game when Dominic Levesque connected from 30 yards out for his first of four field goals on the day. 

Laval stretched the lead to 10-0 four minutes later when quarterback Hugo Richard hit Antony Auclair for a 25-yard touchdown. 

Laval would pick up a safety, another Levesque field goal and a rouge point on a missed field goal to finish the scoring in the first quarter.

Mount Allison's defence forced Laval to a safety early in the second quarter to put the first points on the board for the home side. 

The Mounties' other points came from a kickoff through the end zone for a single point by Ryan Lambert and a rouge point off a missed field goal.

Laval's Richard had two rushing touchdowns, one from eight yards and the other from five yards and he also threw for two touchdowns. Richard finished the day 24 of 37 for 292 yards. He threw one interception that was picked off by Mounties junior Nate Rostek.

Freshman Mounties quarterback Jakob Loucks continued to show his potential, completing 14 of 32 passes for 171 yards against one of the top defences in the country. The longest pass of the day came on a 37-yard completion to Jarred Rawlings. 

Rawlings finished the day with three catches for 50 yards while sophomore Mountie Josh Hicks of Moncton, N.B. also had three catches for 43 yards. 

Chris Reid led the Mounties' ground attack with 33 yards on 13 carries.

The Mounties were led defensively by fifth-year linebacker Kyle Horsman who had 9.5 tackles on the day. Rostek had 7.5 tackles while defensive end Jesse Myers had seven tackles on the day.

The Mounties return to AUS action this coming Saturday (Oct. 1) when they host the Acadia Axemen as part of Homecoming celebrations. 

Kickoff will be at 2 p.m. and the game will include a special ceremony at the start to celebrate all alumni and supporters who helped allow for new bleachers, press box and scoreboard at Alumni Field.

Source: Mount Allison Sports Communications