Men's Rugby Rolls In Season Opener Over Penn State 26-6

Saturday, September 16

West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Army West Point

Penn State

Men's Rugby Rolls In Season Opener Over Penn State 26-6

September 16, 2023 | Men's Rugby

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's rugby team kicked off their season with a big 26-6 win over Penn State.

After 15 minutes of feeling each other out, Nathan Gould broke through and got the first try of the regular season. Jonny Haley converted the conversion to go up 7-0.

Penn State would connect on two penalties to close out the first half as the Black Knights would take a 7-6 lead into the break.

The second half was all Army. Pat Oglesbee scored a try with 8:24 left to push the lead to 14-6. Two minutes later Ben Richards joined the party with a try of his own to make it a 19-6 ball game.

Oglesbee would tack on some extra insurance with 10 seconds left to seal the 26-6 win.

HEAR FROM THE PLAYERS

Tiaan Mosconi: "I want to thank Penn state for a tough challenge. We have a lot of lessons to work on. But excited how the boys pushed through adversity and fought to the very end."

Patrick Oglesbee: "Great game today with the boys! Had a couple breakdowns in the first half but stayed connected and handled business. Great opportunity to learn and grow for our next game"

Andrew Bardak: "We had a ruthless defense but we hurt ourselves with our discipline. We need to focus on cleaning our hand up and not beat ourselves."

Ben Richards: "Big win today against a tough Penn State team. While we got a bit excited and had some penalties in their end, we finished hard and were able to rack up a couple big tries to close out the game. Cheers to all the boys today"