September 19, 2008
Game Stats (PDF)

LENNOXVILLE: Fourth-year running back Jamall Lee scored the Bishop’s Gaiters only touchdown as they defeated the No. 8-ranked Sherbrooke Vert & Or 15-10 before 4,123 fans at Coulter Field. The Gaiters led 12-1 at halftime, but Sherbrooke closed to within two points in the fourth quarter. Sherbrooke had the ball on the Gaiters’ 10-yard-line with under a minute to go, but the Gaiters’ defence held, clinching the victory.

Lee scored on a one-yard plunge midway through the second quarter, capping a nine-play, 105-yard scoring drive. Lee finished the day with 176 yards on 26 carries. He now has 3,818 career rushing yards, putting him into eighth place on the CIS all-time rushing list.

The Vert & Or staged a comeback in the fourth quarter, capped by Joseph Mroué’s 30-yard touchdown run at 7:28 The touchdown brought the Vert & Or to within two at 12-10, but they were unable to tie the game on the two-point convert attempt.

After Josh Maveety’s second field goal of the day put the Gaiters up 15-10 with 2:27 remaining, the Vert & Or mounted their final drive. Sherbrooke put together a 12-play, 57-yard drive, advancing to the Gaiters’ 10-yard-line, but a pair of holding penalties pushed the Vert & Or back, and Jean-Philippe Shoiry’s third-down pass to Alex Beaudoin fell short, sealing the Gaiters’ win.

Maveety added two singles to his two field goals to round out the Gaiters’ scoring, while Sherbrooke’s William Dion made one field goal and scored a punt single.

Gaiters’ receiver Keith Godding caught six passes for 154 yards, a career high, while Jesse Andrews was 13-of-28 for 248 yards as the Gaiters’ offence rolled up a total of 489 yards, compared to Sherbrooke’s 325.

For Sherbrooke, Shoiry went 22-for-39 for 218 passing yards, while Joseph Mroué had nine carries for 75 yards and Alain Dorval caught seven passes for 86 yards.

The Gaiters (2-2) and Vert & Or (3-1) meet each other next week in the back half of the home-and-home series. Kickoff at the Stade de l’Université de Sherbrooke is set for 4 p.m.

SUMMARY:
First Quarter
  SHER - Single Dion 43 (punt) 3:30
  BISH - FG Maveety 28 6:12
Second Quarter
  BISH - TD Lee 1 run (Maveety convert) 6:59
  BISH - Single Maveety (MFG) 50 12:21
  BISH - Single Maveety (MFG) 37 14:59
Third Quarter
  No scoring
Fourth Quarter
  SHER - FG Dion 29 4:16
  SHER - TD Mroué 30 run (two-point convert failed) 7:28
  BISH - FG Maveety 34 12:33

Sherbrooke     1  0  0  9 -- 10
Bishop's         3  9  0  3 -- 15