Army Goes 2-1 on First Day of West Point 7s Invite

Saturday, May 20

West Point, N.Y.

12:20 PM

Army West Point

Notre Dame

Army Goes 2-1 on First Day of West Point 7s Invite

May 20, 2017 | Men's Rugby

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's rugby team kicked off its 7s season with a 2-3-1 showing on the first day of the West Point 7s Invitational Saturday at the Anderson Rugby Complex.

Army's silver team posted a record of 2-1 on the day, while the black team went 0-2-1. Penn State went a perfect 3-0, and NEC was 2-1. Notre Dame finished the first day with a mark of 1-2 with Temple rounding out the group by going 0-2-1.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

This was Army's first 7s competition of the season.
The Black Knights faced all of their opponents for the first time in 7s as a varsity program.
Jake Lachina leads the Black Knights in scoring with seven tries for the silver team.
Lachina scored a hat trick in the first half of the opener against Notre Dame, finishing the match with four scores.
Hayden Cross's three tries were the most on the black team.
Benton Weeks finished closely behind him on the black squad with two tries.

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Silver vs. Notre Dame
1st minute: Try – Jake Lachina (Army leads, 5-0)
3rd minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Harrison Farrell (Army leads, 12-0)
5th minute: Try – Harrison Farrell (Army leads, 17-0)
6th minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Luke Heun (Army leads, 24-0)
8th minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 31-0)
13th minute: Try – Nathan Williams; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 38-0)

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Black vs. NEC
2nd minute: Try – NEC (NEC leads, 5-0)
4th minute: Try – NEC (NEC leads, 10-0)
8th minute: Try – NEC (NEC leads, 15-0)
11th minute: Try – NEC (NEC leads, 20-0)

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Black vs. Temple
2nd minute: Try – Temple; Conversion – Temple (Temple leads, 7-0)
4th minute: Try – Drew Zagula; Conversion – Brendan Cunningham (Tied, 7-7)
6th minute: Try – Hayden Cross (Army leads, 12-7)
9th minute: Try – Hayden Cross (Army leads, 17-7)
10th minute: Try – Temple (Army leads, 17-12)
11th minute: Try – Temple (Tied, 17-17)

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Silver vs. Penn State
2nd minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 5-0)
4th minute: Try – Jake Lachina (Tied, 5-5)
10th minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Harrison Farrell (Army leads, 12-5)
11th minute: Try – Penn State; Conversion – Penn State (Tied, 12-12)
13th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 17-12)
14th minute: Try – Penn State (Penn State leads, 22-12)

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Black vs. Notre Dame
2nd minute: Try – Notre Dame; Conversion – Notre Dame (Notre Dame leads, 7-0)
5th minute: Try – Hayden Cross (Notre Dame leads, 7-5)
6th minute: Try – Notre Dame (Notre Dame leads, 12-5)
7th minute: Try – Benton Weeks; Conversion – Brendan Cunningham (Tied 12-12)
9th minute: Try – Notre Dame (Notre Dame leads, 17-12)
11th minute: Try – Benton Weeks; Conversion – Brendan Cunningham (Army leads, 19-17)
12th minute: Try – Notre Dame (Notre Dame leads, 22-19)
13th minute: Try – Notre Dame (Notre Dame leads, 27-19)

SCORING TIMELINE: Army Silver vs. Temple
3rd minute: Try – Torran Raby; Conversion – Harrison Farrell (Army leads, 7-0)
7th minute: Try – Harrison Farrell; Conversion – Harrison Farrell (Army leads, 14-0)
9th minute: Try – Temple; Conversion – Temple (Army leads, 14-7)
10th minute: Try – Jake Lachina; Conversion – Jon Kim (Army leads, 21-7)
13th minute: Try – Temple; Conversion – Temple (Army leads, 21-14)

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