RECAP: #10 Ottawa unable to complete comeback effort in loss to #9 Windsor

The Gee-Gees football team suffered their first loss of the 2023 season, falling 42-31 to the Lancers on home turf on Saturday afternoon. 

Although Ottawa started the day off with an early touchdown, the Gee-Gees struggled to produce consistently in the opening half. Windsor built up a 32-10 lead heading into halftime, forcing Ottawa to reach into their bag of tricks throughout the second half. 

The Gee-Gees were unable to put together a comeback win despite outscoring the Lancers 21-10 in the second half.   

Nicholas Gendron led the way for Ottawa with 129 yards on three receptions, including a 75-yard touchdown grab from Matt Mahler. Amlicar Polk scored the other two Gee-Gee touchdowns and totalled 108 rushing yards while 6.4 yards per carry on 17 attempts. Campbell Fair had a solid day, completing attempts from 44, 30, and 14 yards.

Max Charbonneau registered an impressive 13 tackles for the Gee-Gees, while Eric Cumberbatch tallied 5 tackles along with an interception.

What They're Saying: 

"The environment is looking really positive, no one really cared about scoreboard [at halftime], it's more about the process and what we do every play. When we came back in the second half it showed that we know what we can do we just have to execute." – Nicholas Gendron, wide receiver.

"I'm proud of what we did [against the run], we've got a good defence, but we gave them a lot more points than we should have but some of those points were from penalties, the snap over the head, and those things have an effect on us so it's unfortunate they were able to capitalize on our mistakes." – Marcel Bellefeuille, head coach.

Next Up:  

The Gee-Gees will be back on the road next weekend to take on the 4-0 Western Mustangs at Western Alumni Stadium on Sept. 23.