QUICKLY
Damian Cherry's late one-yard touchdown run lifted the University of Regina Rams to a 31-28 win over Manitoba on Thursday night at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Jacob Tkachuk's first-quarter interception set the table for the first points of the game. Starting quarterback Noah Pelletier hit Ambrose Abiara for a 39-yard completion, and another 20-yard pass to Quinton Fettes set up a 4-yard touchdown run for Pelletier to put the Rams up 7-0.
• The Rams took a 13-3 lead into halftime thanks to the Pelletier major and two field goals by kicker Ty Gorniak.
• Another Gorniak field goal and a five-yard touchdown run by Jeremiah Nyambiya put the Rams up 23-3 lead early in the fourth, but Manitoba then reeled off 25 unanswered points to take the lead over the defending Canada West champions.
• In his second season with the program, Conner Kerr led the Rams downfield on the final drive of the game. A pair of big plays by rookie running back Onan Furst and two pass interference penalties got the Rams into scoring position, and Cherry's major with just 13 seconds remaining gave the visitors the victory.

QUOTABLE
"Our older group played in the first half and did a great job executing. Then our younger players got a taste of Canada West football. This group stayed in it right until the end and found ways to make plays with the game on the line. I thought Conner Kerr had a good game for us and Eythan Crites had some huge returns on special teams, and I know the defensive guys loved what they saw from Owen Zimmer, Maddux Elson, Jacob Tkachuk, and Kaeden Brennan." - Rams head coach Mark McConkey

ON THE ROAD
Thursday's game marked only the second time in history that the University of Regina Rams played an away non-conference game. The only other time was in 2002, when the Rams travelled east to play Laval.

NEXT UP
The Rams will now prepare for their Canada West opener scheduled for next Friday, Aug. 29 at Calgary.