The Université de Montréal Carabins seemed to have an answer for everything in their Friday night game against the Concordia University Stingers, winning 43-12 at the Loyola Campus.
Frustration was palpable among the crowd favorites, who were quarterback Jonathan Sénécal’s new victim after the McGill University Redbirds the previous week. There were numerous penalties for discourtesy, particularly after the final whistle, and linebacker Nicholas Roy was sent off for hitting an opponent. Twice the Stingers had to retreat 25 yards due to a penalty.
The second half was one-sided, but after a relatively tight first half, the Carabins still dominated with 17 to 11. The ball losses increased thanks to the vigilance of Kaylyn St-Cyr, who intercepted the ball and helped Édouard Doyon to another ball.
Sénécal, the general
Sénécal led several well-crafted sequences and made few mistakes. The Blues quarterback utilized a varied playbook, often targeting receivers who were completely exposed by an overwhelmed defensive line.
The 23-year-old pivot found Carl Chabot, Lucas Bertet-Dembele and William Legault in the end zone for touchdowns.
“We really have a very explosive attack. It’s good that everyone is healthy,” Sénécal said in an interview with TVA Sports after the game.
“We have so much depth in our receiver group that we could play anyone and it would go well. “We’ve all been playing together for a long time, so we have good chemistry,” added the man who had seven touchdown passes in two games.
His understudy Rakim Canal-Charles also scored a major with a sneak early in the second quarter, at the end of a sequence in which everyone participated. The Carabins regained the ball thanks to an excellent tackle by quarterback sack expert Nicky Farinaccio and Harold Miessan recovered the fumble.
The UdeM representatives benefit from a week’s break before facing their big rivals from the Rouge et Or of the University of Laval on September 17th.
In the other night’s game, the Redbirds scored 23 points in the second half and defeated Vert & Or de l’Université de Sherbrooke 26-14.