Army Falls to Penn State in Varsity Cup Quarters

Saturday, April 15

University Park, PA.

1 PM

Army West Point

Penn State (Quarterfinals)

Army Falls to Penn State in Varsity Cup Quarters

April 15, 2017 | Men's Rugby

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The 10th-ranked Army West Point men's rugby team dropped a 47-34 decision to the No. 8 Penn State Nittany Lions in the quarterfinals of the Penn Mutual Varsity Cup Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights dropped to 12-3 on the season, while Penn State improves to 20-1.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army exits the Varsity Cup in the quarterfinal round for the second-consecutive season.
Jon Kim closes out his rookie 15s season with 186 points on four tries, 50 conversions and 22 penalty kicks.
Kim holds the varsity record for single season and career points, conversions and penalty kicks, in addition to single game records for conversions (7 vs. Stony Brook and Air Force) and penalty kicks (4 vs. Wheeling Jesuit).
Team captain Luke Heun recorded his second multi-try effort of the season, duplicating his production from the West Virginia match on Sept. 17.
Andrew Fargo scored his first try of the season.

SCORING TIMELINE vs. PENN STATE
Second minute: Penalty kick – Jon Kim (Army leads, 3-0)
Fourth minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 5-3)
Eighth minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 10-3)
18th minute: Try – Andrew Fargo; Conversion – Jon Kim (Tied, 10-10)
21st minute: Try – Penn State; Conversion – Penn State (Penn State leads, 17-10)
27th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 22-10)
30th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 27-10)
35th minute: Try – Penn State; Conversion – Penn State (Penn State leads, 34-10)
40th minute: Try – Ryan Manion; Conversion – Jon Kim (Penn State leads, 34-17)
44th minute: Try – Luke Heun; Conversion – Jon Kim (Penn State leads, 34-24)
58th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 39-24)
64th minute: Try – Luke Heun; Conversion – Jon Kim (Penn State leads, 39-31)
67th minute: Penalty kick – Jon Kim (Penn State leads, 39-34)
77th minute: Penalty kick – Penn State (Penn State leads, 42-34)
80th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 47-34)

THE TEAM vs. PENN STATE
1. Connor Parker 2. Ryan Moshak 3. Adam Szott 4. Mitchell Sanderson 5. Rob Niscior 6. Austin Rutledge 7. Ryan Manion 8. Ben Lemon 9. John Royston 10. Jon Kim 11. Torran Raby 12. Luke Heun 13. Andrew Fargo 14. Jeff Malm-Annan 15. Jake Lachina

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