Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
Air Force
Shutout Win Caps Off Undefeated Fall
November 02, 2018 | Men's Rugby
WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army men's rugby team capped off its historic fall season with a 42-0 win over Air Force on senior night at the Anderson Rugby Complex.
"We're most happy with our rate of improvement," said head coach Matt Sherman. "We get better game-to-game, practice-to-practice, and that's what we're hungry to keep doing."
Sophomore Jayden Demmy led the way for the Black Knights (9-0, 6-0) with a hat-trick, three try effort. Matthew Meehan was right behind, with two tries of his own.
Captain, and senior, Drew Zagula got the ball rolling with an early try in the fourth minute and it was all Army from then out.
"I kind of wanted to come out first, and set the team up," said Zagula. "I wanted to set a mentality and we just kept it up going forward."
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
4th minute: Try – Drew Zagula – Army (Army leads, 5-0)
9th minute: Try – Jason Green; Conversion (J. Green) – Army (Army leads, 12-0)
13th minute: Try – Matthew Meehan – Army (Army leads, 17-0)
30th minute: Try – Matthew Meehan – Army (Army leads, 22-0
35th minute: Try – Jayden Demmy – Army (Army leads, 27-0)
Second Half
48th minute: Try – Jayden Demmy – Army (Army leads, 32-0)
54th minute: Try – Jayden Demmy – Army (Army leads, 32-0)
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- The 9-0 record to begin the year is the best start for Army men's rugby since varsity play began in 2014.
- Jason Green notched his team leading seventh try of the season.
- Army climbed to No. 5 this week in the D1A rugby polls.
- The Black Knights finish the year with back-to-back shutouts, their only two of the fall.
- Army is now 4-1 all-time against Air Force in varsity 15s play.
UP NEXT
This concludes the fall campaign for the Black Knights. Army will continue 15s play in the spring.
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