Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, September 16
West Point, NY
12:00 PM
Army West Point
vs
Penn State
Men's Rugby Set to Host Penn State
September 14, 2023 | Men's Rugby
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's rugby team remains at home to take on Penn State on Saturday, Sep. 16 at noon.
The game will be streamed on YouTube.
QUICK HITS
SCOUTING PENN STATE
SERIES HISTORY
SHERMAN'S THOUGHTS
Head coach Matt Sherman:
We're looking forward to applying the many lessons learned from last weeks contest. We believe if we do so that we can take a big step forward as a team in our journey this season, and will need to do so to earn competitive success agains an always formidable foe in Penn State.
CAPTAINS CORNER
Elijah Manges (vice captain):
Playing Penn State is a great opportunity. We get to play them every year and it's always a great challenge to face them. We are excited to get into conference play and this will be a good intense game to start the season.
Matt de Frates (vice Captain):
We learned a lot about ourselves from our game last week against Trinity- both in what we did well and what to improve on. Penn State is going to be a great opportunity to test ourselves again. We're all looking forward to the chance to compete and apply the lessons learned.
The game will be streamed on YouTube.
QUICK HITS
- Army's took on the oldest rugby club in the world, Trinity College Dublin last week in an exhibition match
- Nate Gould scored the first Army try to cut the Trinity lead to 17-7
- Ultimately, the Black Knights fell 38-7 in the preseason exhibition
SCOUTING PENN STATE
- Penn State had a preseason match with Clemson where they beat the Tigers 51-12
- During the XV season, the Nittany Lions went 4-9
- In a matchup with Army at State College, the Black Knights won 40-14
- They went a perfect 5-0 in the Big Ten Universities 7s Championship
SERIES HISTORY
- Army is currently on a four-game win streak over Penn State
- The Black Knights have outscored Penn State 145-57 over the course of the win streak
- Going back to 2014, Penn State leads the series 7-6
SHERMAN'S THOUGHTS
Head coach Matt Sherman:
We're looking forward to applying the many lessons learned from last weeks contest. We believe if we do so that we can take a big step forward as a team in our journey this season, and will need to do so to earn competitive success agains an always formidable foe in Penn State.
CAPTAINS CORNER
Elijah Manges (vice captain):
Playing Penn State is a great opportunity. We get to play them every year and it's always a great challenge to face them. We are excited to get into conference play and this will be a good intense game to start the season.
Matt de Frates (vice Captain):
We learned a lot about ourselves from our game last week against Trinity- both in what we did well and what to improve on. Penn State is going to be a great opportunity to test ourselves again. We're all looking forward to the chance to compete and apply the lessons learned.
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