CSU vs UNM 10/12/08
Colorado State ranked #13 in the nation came out firing on all cylinders for their second league match against the #23 ranked University of New Mexico. State won the match by a score of 51-7.
The B-side also performed well avenging a previous loss to the University of Northern Colorado B-side with a 27-7 win.
The league results for Colorado State will come down to the final two league matches with #9 Air Force this Sunday October 19th at noon at the Air Force Academy and the following Sunday October 26th at noon at #7 ranked Wyoming.
With inspirational senior leader Logan Collins, president, game day captain and All American going out for the season after a broken cheek bone requiring surgery it is up to the team to finish off the season and qualify for the spring playoffs so that he has something to come back for in the spring.
Due to early season success Colorado State climbs the two national rankings moving up to #12 on the
eRugbyNews rankings (subscription required) and #19 on the
AmericanRugbyNews rankings.
A-side Game Summary
Early pressure and great team play led to four scores in the first twenty minutes. The following twenty minutes consisted of back and forth play with no score until CSU finished off the half with a penalty kick and converted try at the 38th and 40th minute of the half to go in to the break up 36-0.
The team kept up the pressure and continued to spread the field and play tough defense to score two more try’s and a penalty kick. Unfortunately CSU lost the shutout at the 70th minute of the game when UNM continued playing hard the whole game and scored off a long kick, where the pressured our wing and fullback, forced a turnover and earned a well deserved try. The final score ended up 51-7 in a tough chipy match dominated by CSU on a day when passes were going to hand and things were working out.
The team had seven different players score on the day and two penalties and 5 conversions kicked by senior fly half Thomas Staab. The try scorers were 5th year senior inside center Justin Pauga, junior scrum half Andrew “Chicago” Bauer, 5th year senior Nick “The Brick” Anderson, sophomore wing John Hackemer, 5th year senior outside center Andrew Anema, and man of the match senior lock Cole Hanson. From this score line you can see it was a good team effort during the match.
B-side Game Summary
The B-side avenged a loss to UNC B earlier in the season with a big 27-7 win.
At the start of the game both teams were really competing hard at the breakdown. After 15 minutes of scrappy rugby and hard rucking the CSU forwards started to take control and supplied good ball to the backs.
The first score came after a long break by the backs that was stopped just short of the try line by UNC. The forwards picked and jammed a couple of times and then sophomore scrum half Kyle Lunsford went weak off a ruck to score an unconverted try to go up 5-0 15 minutes in to the game.
The team continued to play well and got the ball wide to freshman wing Drew Grigsby for two unconverted try’s off of good skip passes from sophomore fly half Mikey Garrity and sophomore outside center “Irish” Pat Kobilca. CSU went in to the half up 15-0.
UNC came back in the second half strong and scored the first try to bring the score to 15-7 and looked to make a comeback. CSU regrouped and scored two more try’s to finish the game. Rookie rugby player senior flanker Brandon Owens scored after a hard driving run up the middle and sophomore fullback Matt Richardson streaked the sideline for a 70 meter try.
Man of the match was awarded to freshman inside center Stephen Vigil but the day was one with a solid team effort. CSU subbed in almost a full new backline in the second half along with several forwards without a drop off in the quality of play. Unfortunately sophomore scrum half Marc Mendes fractured his wrist but will only be out for 2-3 weeks and hooker Matt O’brian sprained his ankle and will be out at least one week.
The B-side still has it’s sites set on winning the league championship and can still do so if they sweep the Air Force and Wyoming B-sides.
Scoring Summary
A-side Scoring Summary
7-0 4:00 CSU #12 Justin Pauga Try, converted by #10 Thomas Staab
14-0 10:00 CSU #9 Andrew Bauer Try, converted by #10 Thomas Staab
19-0 15:00 CSU #15 Craig Sherman unconverted Try
26-0 20:00 CSU #7 Nick Anderson Try, converted by #10 Thomas Staab
29-0 38:00 CSU #10 Thomas Staab penalty kick
36-0 40:00 CSU #11 John Hackemer Try, converted by #10 Thomas Staab
Halftime
41-0 51:00 CSU #13 Andrew Anema unconverted Try
44-0 66:00 CSU #10 Thomas Staab penalty kick
44-7 70:00 UNM backs score on kick and chase converted Try
51-7 80:00 CSU #4 Cole Hansen Try, converted by #10 Thomas Staab
A-Side Line Ups
CSU
1 Gross, Keith
2 Sarver, Spencer
3 Wonstolen, Dan
4 Hanson, Cole
5 Heinz, Carl
6 Pappas, Charlie
7 Anderson, Nick
8 Collins, Logan
9 Bauer, Andrew
10 Staab, Thomas
11 Dombrock, Kevin
12 Puaga, Justin
13 Anema, Andrew
11 Hackemer, John
14 Dombrock, Kevin
15 Sherman, Craig
16 O'Brian, Matt (Sub for #8 @ 60:00)
17 Roman, Dustin (Sub for #4 @ 50:00)
18 Utu, Bjorn (Sub for #11 @ 60:00)
19 Remaley, Ryan
20 Garrity, Mikey
21 Koch, Brandon
22 Tokarsky, Chet