Men's Rugby Opens Season With Win Over Kutztown

Friday, September 9

West Point, NY

6:00 PM

Army West Point

Kutztown

Men's Rugby Opens Season With Win Over Kutztown

September 10, 2022 | Men's Rugby

Game 1
Score	Army 25, Kutztown 17
Record	Army (1-0), Kutztown (0-1)
Location	Anderson Rugby Complex

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Black Knights kick-off their 15s season with a 25-17 victory over the Kutztown Golden Bears.

The Black Knights opened the scoring two minutes into the contest. Maxwell Brown sprinted through the defense for the try. However, Kutztown hit back with a try three minutes later to tie the score, and went up 7-5 on a conversion one minute later.

Army drove the down field and Adam Bazan scoring a try for a 10-7 lead at the 11:37 mark. The Golden Bears tied the game at 10-10 four minutes later. A try by Matt de Frates at the 21:15 mark broke the tie. Tiaan Mosconi and Jonny Haley added a try and a conversion, respectively, to give Army a 22-10 lead at halftime.

Haley's penalty kick gave the Black Knights a 25-10 lead. Kutztown cut the lead to 25-15 and added a conversion, but the Black Knights' defense held off the comeback attempt.

Cadets' Corner
"The boys played a tough match today. Kutztown put together a good offense, and we countered them well with our tough defense. The new players on the team really stepped up today and played like brothers. We got better today and will only go up from here." – Max Brown

"Kutztown brought the physicality to make it a gritty and close match. It was a lot of fun to play to play in and I'm excited about the lessons we learned from the match. We're only climbing from here." - Matt de Frates

SCORING RUNDOWN
First Half
2:14 – Army – Try (Maxwell Brown) | Army 5-0
5:30 – Kutztown – Try | 5-5
6:20 – Kutztown – Conversion | Kutztown 7-5
11:37 – Army - Try (Adam Bazan) | Army 10-7
15:48 – Kutztown – Penalty Kick | 10-10
21:15 – Army – Try (Matt de Frates) | Army 15-10
42:46 – Army – Try (Tiaan Mosconi) | Army 20-10
44:00 – Army – Conversion (Jonny Haley) | Army 22-10

Second Half
52:00 – Army – Penalty Kick (Jonny Haley) | Army 25-10
56:30 – Kutztown – Try | Army 25-15
57:27 – Kutztown – Conversion | Army 25-17

Army hosts Queens University on Friday, September 16 at 6 p.m.