Rugby Picks Up Big EPRU Win Over Lafayette

10/17/2016 9:23:00 AM

written by: Assistant Coach Matt Heavens

The Neumann University Men's Rugby Club went into their 2016 homecoming match against Lafayette looking to stay in the EPRU playoff hunt, as both squads entered the contest with a 3-1 record.

Santino D'Angelo opened the scoring for the Knights crashing in a try from a short run for a 5-0 lead eight minutes into the match. Lafayette added a try to knot it at five,but Neumann would not be denied as Ricky Connelly raced five meters from a line out a minute later to retake the lead 10-5. After a red card, Neumann was forced to play the remaining game one-man down. Lafayette went ahead 12-10 with a try and conversion at the 19-minute mark, but the prop combo of D'Angelo and Connelly proved difficult to manage for the lads from Lehigh Valley, each adding a try putting the club back on top at the half, 20-12.

Lafayette snatched the lead scoring two trys for a 22-20 lead at the fifteen minute mark, but again the Knights responded with two consecutive tries; Nick Fallows at the 17-minute mark and John McNichol scored at the 32-minute point; Bryon Hewitt slotted the conversion for a 32-22 cushion. A Lafayette try and conversion made it interesting with four minutes left, but Neumann would hold on and take the gritty match by a final score of 32-29.

The club will next head to Ursinus College for a matchup on Saturday, October 22.

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