Second Half Domination Pushes Army Past Queens

Saturday, March 5

Charlotte, NC

7 PM

Army West Point

Queens

Second Half Domination Pushes Army Past Queens

March 05, 2022 | Men's Rugby

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Army West Point Men's Rugby opened the spring season with a 34-12 victory over Queens University of Charlotte, on Saturday night.

It was a physical match between the teams as they were both scoreless in opening 10 minutes. Army was the first team to score as Sean McNulty was successful on a penalty kick, in the 11^th minute, to put the Black Knights up 3-0. Queens quickly answered with a try of its own to lead 5-3.

The Black Knights battled on defense to keep Queens off the board for just over ten minutes of the half. Army scored two tries during the 10-minute span, by Matthew Meehan and Scharl Du Toit, to lead 13-5 at 24:17. McNulty was successful on a conversion to increase the lead to 15-5.

Queens fought back with a try and conversion to get within three of the Black Knights with just over five minutes left in the half (15-13). The Cadets answered the call by finding the try-zone in the final minutes of the half. McNulty was successful for the second time on a conversion to increase Army's lead to 22-12 going into halftime.

Army held Queens scoreless in the second half while scoring two tries and one conversion. The Black Knights first try came in the 48^th minute of the match as Steven Rohde powered his way across the try-line, 27-12. KoiKoi Nelligan scored Army's final try of the day in the 54^th minute. Jonny Haley converted on the conversion making the final score 34-12 in Army's favor.

Quotable
"It felt great to get back on the pitch with the brothers. Queens put a lot of pressure on us from the very beginning, but we were able to rise to the challenge and come together as a team. This game was a great start for our spring season. We just need to continue climbing from here on out." - Max Sackett

"We were very pleased with our performance today. It was good to be back out on the pitch after our mid-season break. The brothers were able to shake off some rust in the early going and bounce back against adversity all game long. Overall, it was great to be back out there with the lads and it was a great overall team performance." - Steven Rohde

"I felt we had a good performance overall against a capable and motivated opponent tonight. There will be some things we can build on, and certainly many lessons we are excited to start learning from and improving on." - Coach Sherman

Up Next
Army will continue the road trip to Marietta, Ga. as the Black Knights take on Life on Wednesday, March 9 at 4 p.m.

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