SHERBROOKE, Que. – The No. 10 Bishop's Gaiters travel to Montreal on Friday, September 6 to face the No. 3 Montreal Carabins at CEPSUM in RSEQ University Football action. Both squads are coming off opening week victories and will kick off at 7 p.m.
 
The Gaiters (1-0), who are ranked in the top-10 in Canada for the first time since 2010 beat their cross-town rival Sherbrooke Vert et Or 28-27 on Sunday.  The seesaw affair teetered the Gaiters way when the Vert et Or missed a 40-yard field goal as time expired.
 
The Carabins (1-0) will enter the game with an extra day of rest after they cruised by the Concordia Stingers 48-3 on Saturday.
 
The Gaiters Jordan Heather (Oromocto, N.B.) and the Carabins Byron Archambault (Montreal) were named RSEQ offensive and defensive players of the week respectively. Heather was also the CIS Offensive Player of the Week.
 
A season ago the teams met on two occasions with the Carabins winning both.  Montreal won 45-15 on the island, and topped the Gaiters 37-7 in Lennoxville.  The Gaiters squad will look to exert revenge and beat the Carabins for the first time since 2009 and the first time at CEPSUM since 2007. Friday's game will be the first off three night games the Gaiters will play on the road.  They will also face Sherbrooke (Sept. 14) and McGill (Oct. 4) at 7 p.m.
 
Bishop's was not only led by Heather in their victory against the Vert et Or but also Geoff Coventry (Orleans, Ont.) who caught seven passes for 142 yards and a major score and Alexander Fox (Montreal) who grabbed six balls and scored two touchdowns.  On defense O'Shane Daley (Scarborough, Ont.) led the way with six tackles, one for a loss and two interceptions, including one on the goal line to snuff out a Sherbrooke drive late in the fourth quarter.
 
"This is going to be a tough challenge," said Gaiters head coach Kevin Mackey. "They have a great defensive front, run the ball very well and are a physical football team.  We have to match their intensity, play discipline and penalty free to be successful."
 
The tenth ranked Gaiters will take on the third ranked Carabins in Montreal on Friday night.  Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The game can be heard live on Estrie 107.7 FM in Sherbrooke and is also available online.  Follow the Gaiters anytime at the revamped www.gaiters.ca.
 
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