LENNOXVILLE, Que -- Bolstered by a spectacular seven-goal performance from co-captain Anders Bjella of Milwaukee, Wisc., McGill trampled the Western Mustangs 15-11 at Coulter Field, Sunday, to capture the Baggataway Cup as champions of the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association. It was the second national crown for the team, which previously won in 2012.

The victory capped a perfect season for the Redmen, who went 15-0 against CUFLA opponents -- three of them in post-season play -- en route to producing the second national title of the fall semester for McGill University, which also claimed the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association banner a few weeks ago.

"It's really exciting, mission accomplished," said Tim Murdoch, in his 13th season as head coach at McGill. "To go undefeated, now that I reflect on it, is almost more of a feat than winning the championship itself. Our theme developed by the captains this year was 'As one' and we literally took that to heart today. It was a team-based win.

"After reaching the final in each of the last four years, I think that perhaps we were expected to win this championship compared to our 2012 title where we were in more of an underdog role, so the feeling is quite different. Many of our guys playing today will be graduating and they were all freshmen when we won that first championship."

In fact, the Redmen will be decimated with 12 seniors not expected to return, including all four co-captains, namely Connor Goodwin, Anders Bjella, Paul Rakoczy and Rufus Frost, who suffered a knee injury in the first half.

McGill, which never trailed in the final, led 2-1 after the opening quarter, 7-1 at the half and 11-5 after three before taking their foot off the throttle and making some lineup changes. Western never gave up, to their credit, and outscored the Redmen 6-3 in the final stanza.

Despite the lopsided score, the shots on net were fairly even, with McGill holding a slim 22-21 advantage.

Bjella, a 22-year-old management senior and a 6-foot-1, 185-pound midfielder, was named as McGill's player of the game. "It was the best that I've ever seen him play, by far... just an incredible performance by him," said Murdoch.

Bjella was one of eight different Redmen marksmen to hit their target. The others included Spencer Bromley with two, plus Emile Sassone-Lawless, Maxime Murdoch, Quinton Bradley, Drew Laird, Jake Gutman and Goose Bolton.

Western player of the game Ryan Myles tallied four times in a losing cause for the high-scoring Mustangs. The London-based team also had hat-tricks from both Ryan McRory and Cody Ward, in addition to one goal from Sam Neeb.

William Waesche, McGill's All-CUFLA goaltender, saved 10 of 21 shots for the victory, while Western's Manraj Nijar conceded 14 goals on 22 shots for the loss.

REDMEN RAP: The other McGill seniors not expected back are Drew Laird, Jake Gutman, Alexander Roussos, Alexander Lekacz, Matthew Bouzianis, Quinton Bradley, Shawn Fontaine and Hayden Nix... McGill won 70.3 per cent of their faceoffs (19 of 27)... Connor Goodwin, who became the team's all-time points leader last month, had one assist to establish a McGill single-season points record with 54... Emile Sassone-Lawless had three points, including a pair of helpers, to finish with 30 assists, also a McGill single-season record... The CUFLA, which was founded in 1985, is composed of 15 teams from across Quebec and Ontario.

SEE RESULTS, BOXSCORE, STATS & SCORING SUMMARY BELOW
 

CUFLA FINAL SIX BAGGATAWAY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
(Nov. 6-8, 2016)

QUARTER-FINALS:

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Friday November 6
Bishop's 6, Guelph 5
Brock 10, Trent 9 (OT)

SEMIFINALS:

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Saturday November 7
Western 17, Bishop's 12
McGill 7, Brock 5

FINAL:

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Sunday November 8
McGill 15, Western 11
 

CUFLA BAGGATAWAY CHAMPIONS:
2015	McGill
2014	Guelph
2013	Guelph
2012	McGill
2011	Bishop's
2010	McMaster
2009	Brock
2008	Guelph
2007	Brock
2006	Brock
2005	Brock
2004	Brock
2003	Brock
2002	Brock
2001	Western
2000	Guelph
1999	Brock
1998	Brock
1997	Brock
1996	Brock
1995	Guelph
1994	Brock
1993	Brock
1992	Brock
1991	Brock
1990	Brock
1989	Brock
1988	Western
1987	McMaster
1986	Brock
1985	Western
MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS WON:
18	Brock
5	Guelph
3	Western
2	McMaster
2	McGill
1	Bishop's

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GOLD MEDAL GAME
SCORING SUMMARY
Western 11 @ McGill 15
(Sunday November 08, 2015 @  Bishop's University - Coulter Field)
 

Goals by Quarter TEAM 1 2 3 4 OT 1 OT 2 F Western 1 0 4 6 0 0 11 McGill 2 5 4 3 0 0 14

McGill

#	Player	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	PIM
19	Bjella, Anders	7	0	7	0	0	0
20	Bromley, Spencer	2	2	4	0	0	0
4	Sassone-Lawless, Emile	1	2	3	0	0	0
18	Murdoch, Maxime	1	1	2	0	0	3
8	Bradley, Quinton	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	Laird, Drew	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Gutman, Jake	1	0	1	0	0	0
50	Bolton, Goose	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	Goodwin, Connor	0	1	1	0	0	0
12	Lekacz, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Rakoczy, Paul	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Frost, Rufus	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Roussos, Alec	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
88	Burnell, Rhys	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Nix, Hayden	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Williams, Dan	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Hofmann, Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Tse, Matthew	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bouzianis, Matt	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Genereux, Louis-Charles	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Linton, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Fontaine, Shawn	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Beckes, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Wilson, Ben	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Mullen, Brendan	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Abric, Durham	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Van Hees, Eric	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Rougeau, Paul	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Wickersham, Cyrus	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Hosking, Bohe	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Vickery, James	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Miao, Kevin	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	McGILL GOALIE	Mins	Shots	GA
5	Waesche, William	80:00	21	11

Western

#	Player	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	PIM
13	Myles, Ryan	4	2	6	0	0	0
15	McCrory, Ryan	3	0	3	0	0	0.5
14	Ward, Cody	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	Neeb, Sam	1	2	3	0	0	0
2	Masterson, Thomas	0	3	3	0	0	0
22	Jones-Smith, Jordi	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Charteris, Craig	0	0	0	0	0	3
20	Hunt, Peter	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	McCrory, Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	Taylor, Charlie	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Dale, Braeden	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Zeng, Ziyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Moriyama, Michael	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Farrus, Nikolai	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Gamble, Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Emerson, Kyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Haber, Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Clancy, Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Meredith, Teagan	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Sutch, Graeme	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Tokiwa, Jonathan	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Byrne, Michael	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
26	Morton, Josh	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mercey, Ben	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Drinkwater, Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Gamble, Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lewis, Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Anyon, Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Croley, Keagan	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	WESTERN GOALIE	Mins	Shots	GA
7	Nijjar, Manraj	80:00	22	14

 

1st Quarter Scoring Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
13:35	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Assisted by: 18 Murdoch
8:18	McGill	20 Spencer Bromley Assisted by: 4 Sassone-Lawless
0:41	Western	13 Ryan Myles Unassisted

2nd Quarter Scoring
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
12:12	McGill	23 Drew Laird Unassisted
8:18	McGill	8 Quinton Bradley Unassisted
5:58	McGill	18 Maxime Murdoch Assisted by: 20 Bromley
3:39	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Assisted by: 14 Goodwin
1:20	McGill	50 Goose Bolton Unassisted

3rd Quarter Scoring
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
18:42	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Assisted by: 20 Bromley
16:18	McGill	4 Emile Sassone-Lawless Unassisted
13:41	Western	13 Ryan Myles Assisted by: 24 Neeb
10:57	Western	15 Ryan McCrory Assisted by: 2 Masterson
8:37	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Unassisted
3:27	Western	24 Sam Neeb Unassisted
2:00	Western	15 Ryan McCrory Assisted by: 24 Neeb
0:18	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Unassisted

4th Quarter Scoring
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
18:45	Western	14 Cody Ward Assisted by: 2 Masterson
17:39	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Unassisted
12:10	Western	14 Cody Ward Assisted by: 13 Myles
9:28	McGill	19 Anders Bjella Unassisted
7:37	Western	14 Cody Ward Assisted by: 13 Myles
4:39	McGill	20 Spencer Bromley Assisted by: 4 Sassone-Lawless
2:40	Western	13 Ryan Myles Unassisted
0:55	Western	15 Ryan McCrory Assisted by: 2 Masterson
0:02	Western	13 Ryan Myles Unassisted

1st Quarter Penalty Summary
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
11:34	Western	21 McCrory Personal 1 minutes

2nd Quarter Penalties
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:16	Western	17 Byrne Technical 0.5 minutes

3rd Quarter Penalties
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
19:59	Western	10 Charteris Personal 3 minutes
14:24	McGill	18 Murdoch Personal 3 minutes

4th Quarter Penalties
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:30	Western	15 McCrory Technical 0.5 minutes
3:00	McGill	44 Roussos Technical 0.5 minutes
0:10	McGill	21 Rakoczy Personal 1 minutes

SOURCE:
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McGill University
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