Men’s Rugby Sprints Past St. Bonaventure on the Road

Friday, September 23

Olean, N.Y.

6:30 PM

Army West Point

St. Bonaventure

Men’s Rugby Sprints Past St. Bonaventure on the Road

September 23, 2016 | Men's Rugby

Olean, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's rugby team opened its three-match road trip with a 67-12 victory against St. Bonaventure on Friday night.

The Black Knights improve to 4-0 on the season and 3-0 in Rugby East play, while the Bonnies fall to 1-2 both overall and in conference.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army moves to 3-0 in the all-time series against St. Bonaventure.
This was the first time the Black Knights have scored 60 or more points in consecutive games.
Junior fly half Jon Kim scored a game-high 18 points.
Ben Vasta, Jason Blackwood, Andrew Finken, Eli Brown and Nathan Brooks all made their 15s collegiate debuts.

TURNING POINTS

Freshman Sam Sutera forced a turnover that was picked up by sophomore Chris L'Amoureux who runs in for the try from the Bonnies' 22-meter line in the 27th minute.

SCORING TIMELINE VS. ST. BONAVENTURE

10th minute: Penalty Kick – Jon Kim (Army leads, 3-0)
12th minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 10-0)
15th minute: Penalty Kick – Jon Kim (Army leads, 13-0)
20th minute: Try – Ryan Moshak; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 20-0)
27th minute: Try – Chris L'Amoureux (Army leads, 25-0)
34th minute: Try – Ben Lemon; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 32-0)
37th minute: Try – St. Bonaventure; Conversion – St. Bonaventure (Army leads, 32-7)
55th minute: Try – Sean Berry; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 39-7)
58th minute: Try – Hayden Cross; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 46-7)
60th minute: Try – Ben Vasta; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 53-7)
64th minute: Try – St. Bonaventure (Army leads, 53-12)
70th minute: Try – Jason Blackwood; Conversion – Jason Blackwood (Army leads, 60-12)
79th minute: Try – Ben Vasta; Conversion – Jason Blackwood (Army leads, 67-12)

THE TEAM VS. ST. BONAVENTURE
1. Dan Dougherty 2. Ryan Moshak (Ben Vasta @ 56th) 3. Adam Szott (Eli Brown @ 53rd) 4. Chris L'Amoureux 5. Sean Berry (Nathan Brooks @ 65th) 6. Raaqim Rispress 7. Alec Smith 8. Ben Lemon (Andrew Finken @ 59th) 9. John Royston (Jason Blackwood @ 59th) 10. Jon Kim (Drew Zagula @ 62nd) 11. James Mbony 12. Luke Heun (Jordan Jurosic @ 64th) 13. Sam Sutera 14. Hayden Cross 15. Jake Lachina (Tony Smith @ 54th)

WHAT'S THE WORD?

Head coach Matt Sherman – "Overall, this was a strong performance and we hit a lot of targets we set out to improve upon from the week before. With that said, our job in Western New York is half done, and we need to refocus our efforts and continue to improve against Buffalo."

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