Riding the wave of their midweek win over the Western Mustangs, the Marauders proved that their emphatic start to the OUA season was no flash in the pan. Mac weathered a tough test from the OUA's newest members, the Trent Excalibur, to come away with a 27-12 win at Back 10 Field Sunday.

Mac got tries from Jack McRogers, Jamie McNaughton, Matt Nicol and Ken Boyce, while Will Kelly led the team with seven points from two converts and a penalty goal.

On the other end, Nathan Hawkins and Pierre-William Gagné crossed the try line for the Excalibur, with Jesse Leadbetter converting one of the two scores.

The Marauders drew first blood in the opening half, with Kelly converting on two early tries to give the hosts a 14-0 lead.

Trying to swing the momentum, the Excalibur put the Marauders under enough pressure to break onto the score sheet through a penalty try, and Leadbetter made the convert to halve the Marauders lead at 14-7.

Responding well to the challenge, Mac broke through for their third try of the half, and while Kelly's attempt to stay perfect went wayward, the Marauders took a 19-7 lead into the break.

A lightning-quick series of passes from the hosts saw them break through the Trent defence early in the second half, scoring a fourth try and extending their advantage to a comfortable 17 points.

With one pretty trick left up their sleeves, the Excalibur executed a beautiful grubber to snatch a try out from under the Marauders defensive line, but it was too little, too late to seriously challenge the result on the afternoon.

UP NEXT: McMaster hosts the RMC Paladins at Back 10 Field on Saturday, September 17 … Trent travels to Waterloo to take on the Warriors at Columbia Ice Field on Sunday, September 18.