WHEELING, W.Va. (March 20) - The Wheeling University rugby team collected a trio of wins over Franciscan in 7s play Saturday afternoon on Bishop Schmitt Field.
THE MATCHUPS
- MATCH 1 FINAL: Wheeling 49, Franciscan 5
- MATCH 2 FINAL: Wheeling 45, Franciscan 0
- MATCH 3 FINAL: Wheeling 31, Franciscan 5
- Location: Bishop Schmitt Field | Wheeling, West Virginia
SCORING SUMMARY - Match 1
Tries scored by
Haddar (Conversion kick by Iye)
Gannon (Conversion kick by Iye)
Oltra (Conversion kick by Iye)
Haddar (Conversion kick by Iye)
Haddar (Conversion kick by Iye)
Gannon (Conversion kick by Iye)
Gannon (Conversion kick by Jalli)
SCORING SUMMARY - Match 2
Tries scored by
Jalli (Conversion Kick by Jalli)
Jalli (Conversion kick by Jalli)
Jalli (Conversion Kick missed)
Jalli (Conversion Kick by Iye)
Blankenship (Conversion kick missed)
Iye (Conversion kick missed)
Byrd (Conversion Kick missed)
Oltra (Conversion Kick Missed)
SCORING SUMMARY - Match 3
Tries scored by
Haddar (Conversion kick by Haddar)
Gannon (Conversion kick by Jalli)
Oltra (Conversion kick missed)
Haddar (Conversion kick missed)
Jalli (Conversion kick by Jalli)
COACH'S COMMENTS
"I think we played well, especially with the matches so close together. Playing three matches of 7s in 90 minutes isn't typical, they're usually spread out over most of a day, so that was a good test of our fitness. We had a pretty hard week of training, so it was good to see where we are in our conditioning. I was very happy that we lowered our penalty count significantly from last week, and that's a big credit to the guys for putting in the effort and come into training looking to fix those mistakes. We had a few errors again that we'll need to iron out before our next matches. The next two weeks is all about putting everything together to play against some big schools at Tropical 7s."
~ Wheeling University Head Coach Michael Geibel
