U Sports: Carleton tops McMaster, Guelph beats Waterloo in OUA quarterfinals
OTTAWA — Running back Nathan Carter scored three touchdowns and the Carleton Ravens survived a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to beat the McMaster Marauders 30-25 in one of two Ontario University Association football quarterfinals on Saturday.
McMaster scored 13 unanswered points on a pair of TDs from Jordan Lyons and Michael Bazzo in the final 12 minutes to turn a 30-17 deficit into a close game.
Carleton had taken control in the second quarter with 13 points, including a one-yard TD run from Carter, to go into halftime up 21-5. Carter also had a one-yard score in the first quarter and added a 27-yard running TD in the Ravens’ nine-point third quarter. He finished the game with 176 yards.
Ravens quarterback Mike Arruda was 11 for 21 with 238 yards.