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Defense steps up in Cavs' win
By GLEN ROSALES
Special to the Star-Tribune
RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- The Wyoming Cavalry spotted New Mexico the first quarter Sunday, then got serious about their American Indoor Football Association game.
Looking like anything but the best team in the league, the Cavalry trailed 8-0 before turning the game around with a 22-point second quarter to win easily 58-16.
"I keep telling them I want them to play with a sense of urgency," Wyoming coach Dan Maciejczak said. "I guess they thought that means play like crap for the first quarter and spot them eight points and then play with a sense of urgency."
However the Cavalry took it, they had little difficulty after the first quarter as they improved to 5-0 on the season.
While the Cavs offense had trouble getting started, the defense turned in its best game of the season.
Defensive back Tanner Tetrault had three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown and nearly turning the trick again on the final one. The defense finished with seven turnovers and scored two touchdowns.
"Usually I'm not too good with the ball," Tetrault said. "I guess I got some good downfield blocking."
It's the second time in less than a year that he's turned the interception hat trick.
And this time Wyoming needed it because the offense struggled coming out of the gate after the start of the game was delayed 20 minutes because of a power outage.
"We were all worked up and ready to go and that put a damper on us," Maciejczak said. "We were mentally prepared to play."
Wyoming quarterback Matt Strand handed the Wildcats the first points of the game when he was called for intentional grounding while in the end zone. After the safety, it took New Mexico just two plays to get into the end zone.
Strand continued to struggle early, tossing an interception on the Cavs' next possession, then getting stripped of the ball on the following series.
New Mexico, however, was unable to capitalize as the Wyoming defense kept the Wildcats out of the end zone.
"I've said all year long that our defense is young, but they fly to the ball," Maciejczak said. "We can do a lot of things defensively."
Fittingly , it was the defense that jump-started the Cavalry, whose offense went backwards in the opening quarter with -12 yards.
Early in the second quarter, Tetrault got things turned around for Wyoming in a hurry, stepping in front of a Wildcats pass at the goal line and cruising 50 yards in the opposite direction for a touchdown.
"The coaches called a certain coverage that worked out great," Tetrault said. "The line did their job and got great pressure and I just had to run with it."
And then the rout was on, with Strand finding his touch, hitting A.J. Street with a 10-yard TD pass midway through the second quarter. Moments later, the Cavalry charged down the field in 21 seconds just before the half ended, with Strand finding Street on an eight-yard pass.
Wyoming hosts Ogden on Friday.
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