GEE-GEES CRUISE PAST QUEEN'S

KINGSTON - Josh Sacobie passed for 291 yards and three touchdowns as the fifth ranked uOttawa Gee-Gees cruised past the Queen's University Golden Gaels 34-13 Saturday afternoon in OUA football action at Richardson Stadium.

The third year pivot completed 18 of 30 passes and for the second consecutive game avoided throwing an interception as the Gee-Gees racked up 438 yards in total offence.

The Gaels offence sputtered on Saturday, accumulating just 201-yards including 79 on the ground. Queen's starting quarterback Dan Brannagan went 11 of 29 for 59-yards, while Ibrahim Zylstra came on in relief, passing for 88-yards on four completions including a 22-yard touchdown strike to Brad Smith in the final 90-seconds of the game.

Ottawa's special teams proved to be particularly important on Saturday, as Ara Tchobanian consistently pinned the Gaels inside their 10-yard line with his punts. He averaged 40.6-yards per punt, which set the stage for four safeties during the contest. He would also boot a pair of field goals from 36 and 40 yards, his two longest of the season.

The Gaels took an early 3-0 lead on Ryan Elger's first field goal of the day, but Sacobie hooked up with Wayne Desmond on a 49-yard touchdown pass less than three minutes later to give the Gee-Gees the lead for good.

After a pair of safeties and a Queen's field goal, Sacobie ended the first half with yet another final play, hail-mary touchdown pass, this time hooking up with David Crane from 43-yards out. It is the third time this year that Sacobie has finished the half by throwing a last-second bomb for a major.

Ottawa would score another touchdown late in the third quarter before netting a pair of safeties and field goals in the final 15-minutes.

On the defensive side of the ball Mike Cornell has a huge game for Ottawa, twice sacking Brannagan.

With the victory, the Gee-Gees improve their record to 5-1 and move into a three-way tie for first place with the Laurier Golden Hawks and McMaster Marauders with just two games remaining in the regular season. Ottawa will wrap up the home portion of the 2006 campaign next Saturday afternoon when the Gee-Gees host the Waterloo Warriors (2-4) at 2 p.m. as apart of NCAFA Day. The game will be broadcast live on the internet at www.geegees.ca and on a tape-delay on Rogers Television 22 at 8 p.m.


Scoring by Quarter
Queen's 3-3-0-7=13
Ottawa 7-11-6-10=34

1st Quarter
QUE - FG Elger 47-yards 7:31
OTT - TD Desmond 49-yard pass from Sacobie (Tchobanian convert) 10:29

2nd Quarter
OTT - Safety Elger conceded 6:31
OTT - Safety Elger conceded 13:03
QUE - FG Elger 39-yards 14:38
OTT - TD Crane 43-yard pass from Sacobie (Tchobanian convert) 15:00

3rd Quarter
OTT - TD Nicolson 2-yard pass from Sacobie (Convert fails) 13:21

4th Quarter
OTT - Safety Elger conceded 2:31
OTT - Safety Elger conceded 4:46
OTT - FG Tchobanian 40-yards 6:29
OTT - FG Tchobanian 36-yards 12:30
QUE - TD Smith 23-yard pass from Zylstra (Elger convert) 13:24