Army Completes Comeback Win Over Central Washington

Saturday, March 26

West Point, NY

2 PM

Army West Point

Central Washington

Army Completes Comeback Win Over Central Washington

March 26, 2022 | Men's Rugby

WEST POINT, N.Y. --- Army West Point Men's Rugby secured the comeback win over Central Washington, 37-29, to celebrate Senior Day on Saturday afternoon, at the Anderson Rugby Complex.

Central Washington jumped out in front first, taking a 7-0 lead over Army in the fourth minute. Sean McNulty rallied the Black Knights' offense by connecting on a penalty kick that erupted into a 10 point scoring run for Army. At the 11th minute mark, Army lead 10-7 over CWU. The Wildcats did not go down easy as they took a 17-10 lead over the Cadets in the 23rd minute of the contest.

Army silenced the Wildcats for the rest of the half while producing three tries by Steven Rhode, Tiaan Mosconi and Koikoi Nelligan and two conversions off the foot of McNulty. The Black Knights went into the break with a 29-17 lead over Central Washington.

Out of the half, Central Washington found the try zone and was successful on the conversion cutting Army's lead to 29-24. Nelligan helped the Cadets answer by finding the try line. McNulty followed with the conversion giving Army a 37-24 lead. Army kept Central Washington quiet for the rest of the game until the final minute when the Wildcats crossed the try zone. Army was able to secure the 37-29 victory over Central Washington.

Quotable
"This week was an important week and we played a great team today. Proud of the way the boys fought through every minute. It's time to refocus and get ready for playoffs. The job's not done." - Nolan Greene

"Props to central Washington for coming out and giving us a tough fight. I'm really proud of the brothers for sticking together and showing resilience in big moments" - Riley Smith

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Army finds out where it will travel for the first round of post season on Sunday, March 27.

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