This past Sunday the Lancers began their 2017 season with a trip to Bath Spa, who were fresh off a large defeat at the hands of Southampton. For the Lancers this would be an important test to see where they stood within the division.

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Having won the toss the Lancers elected to receive the ball, recovering an onside kick attempt to begin the game. 3 plays later, the Lancers faced a 4th and long, which was converted via a crafty scramble from quarterback Will Szymanski. This play seemed to give the offense some rhythm as they begun to move the ball at ease, resulting in a passing touchdown following a 9 play, 49 yard drive.

 

Bath Spa were then challenged to respond, however the Lancers’ defense stepped up to recover a fumble only 3 plays into the Bulldogs’ first possession. Starting another drive with good field position, the offense capitalised in the form of a Will Szymanski rushing touchdown. This was followed by another Bath Spa turnover on downs, and once again the Lancers started with good field position. 3 plays later and Szymanski ran the ball in for another TD.

 

This was the story for much of the afternoon, with the Lancers defense allowing -80 yards of offense on 34 plays, whilst forcing 8 turnovers. The offence capitalised on this with 350 yards of total offense and 9 offensive TDs. Defensive end Tom Rizvi added another touchdown on a pick-6 play, which put the exclamation point on a 76-0 win for the Lancers. Congratulations to rookie Lucas Stolle who was named MVP following a 4 touchdown performance.

 

The Lancers will look to build on a convincing opening performance, travelling to Southampton (2-0) this weekend.

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MVP       

O MVP     

D MVP     

ST MVP   

HAMMER 

JUICE

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