BU football keeps Coulter Field victorious
After a two-year losing streak in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) league, the Bishop’s University football team has finally got its mojo back, accumulating its second win of the year this weekend, once again at home on Coulter Field. The Gaiters held off the Mount Allison Mounties 27-23 on Saturday, September 14.
BU’S Nicolas Cartagenise was named player of the game after three interceptions and a pick six, a team record. Quarterback Charles Aubry made a 39-yard pass to Melvin Palin in the first quarter for a touchdown. By th end of the first half, Bishop’s was up 7-6. The third quarter saw a 15 yard pass from Aubry to fifth year Zachary Graveson, while the fourth quarter was the theatre of an upset by Mount Allison. After Cartagenise’s impressive 79-yard run on an interception for the touchdown, Gaiters were up 24-6 but suffered two quick touchdowns by the Mounties. Still leading
24-23 with one minute left to play, kicker Noah Laursen achieved a 23-yard field goal to ultimately stop Mount Allison 27-23.
Lindsay Moore led the women’s soccer team on Friday, September 13, on Coulter Field with one goal against the Université Laval, the first of the season scored against the red and gold team. Despite this feat, the Gaiters fell 4-1 against Laval, currently fifth in the RSEQ. “The way we fought up to the 89th minute was phenomenal,” admitted coach Paul Ballard despite the loss. “We pushed them and we have a lot to be proud of.”
The men’s lacrosse team travelled far and wide to North Bay, Ontario, to face the Nipissing University Lakers on Saturday, September 14. Reece Tomkow’s two goals were not enough to fight off the Ontarian team as the Gaiters fell 8-4. BU hopes to do better next weekend as they head to Ontario again on September 21, this time to face Queens University.
Sunday September 15 was a busy day for the Gaiters, as the women’s soccer team faced the University of Sherbrooke Vert et Or, the men’s rugby team hosted École de Technologie Supérieure, the women’s rugby team travelled to Montreal to face the Mcgill Marlets, and the women’s hockey team welcomed the Moncton University team at the Jane and Eric Molson Arena on the Bishop’s campus.