The Danes made the long trip to College Park, MD Friday for a weekend stint at University of Maryland's College Park campus. The Danes started of the day on UM's Fraternity Row Field against the host University of Maryland. The Danes struck first when center Mik
e Cyr darted through space some 15 meters out to score a Jack Riessman converted try. The Danes would use excellent defense to keep UM scoreless but could not mount any kind of consistent offensive attack. UM was winning the set piece game and controlling tempo despite going against a big head wind.The second half saw UM use the set piece advantage to commit to playing the ball wide to their speedy wings or using the wind advantage to keep Albany on their back foot. These tactics proved to work magic for UM as they reeled off four scores against a spread Albany defense. Albany put up a late surge but was unable to punch it in as UM cleared poached ball deep inside their own territor
y to seal the victory.
Both sides then took their “B”s across the street to UM’s beautiful regulation rugby pitch on the school’s Engineering Fields for the seconds match. The UM Seconds proved to be the squad with better form beating the tourists 37-0. Much of the scoring came on the outside Vs. the Dane’s inexperienced back three. Lessons were learned from the contest which would provide dividends later in the day.
Albany’s First XV would face America East rival, University of Maryland at Baltimore County [UMBC] in the second game on the Engineering Field. It was a contrast in styles with Albany relying on a strong game of crashing forwards while UMBC looked to use the speedy backs to counter Albany. Albany posted the only points of the half when prop Justin D’Addario scored from pick up ball off of an Albany ruck, 5-0 at the half.
Second half was a see saw battle with UMBC scoring on the wing and Albany’s fly half Jeff Lahens converted try off a crash ball. Scrum half Jake Touhey, with less that 8 minutes remaining, took a quick tap aand hit space for a dive into the try zone to put Albany up for good, 17-12.
Albany “B” learned from earlier mistakes to tie UMBC “B” 7-7 in the last game of the day. Inside center Collin DuSell scored on a 40 meter scamper up the middle to score just to the right of the posts. Albany’s back 3 clamped down on defense and held UMBC to 7 points.
Sunday, after much needed rest from Saturday’s heat, the Danes took off for the 20 minute bus ride to Washington, D.C. for sightseeing. Memorials, museums, monuments and exhibits were all visited as the Albany tourist tried to catch as much of the city as possible in the 5 hours allotted. The weary travelers would board the bus and not reach home until 12:30am as the bus encountered the famed I-95 gridlock. The Danes, satisfied from a successful tour look to keep momentum against a tough NERFU opponent in the University of Massachusetts this Saturday at noon.
e Cyr darted through space some 15 meters out to score a Jack Riessman converted try. The Danes would use excellent defense to keep UM scoreless but could not mount any kind of consistent offensive attack. UM was winning the set piece game and controlling tempo despite going against a big head wind.The second half saw UM use the set piece advantage to commit to playing the ball wide to their speedy wings or using the wind advantage to keep Albany on their back foot. These tactics proved to work magic for UM as they reeled off four scores against a spread Albany defense. Albany put up a late surge but was unable to punch it in as UM cleared poached ball deep inside their own territor
y to seal the victory.Both sides then took their “B”s across the street to UM’s beautiful regulation rugby pitch on the school’s Engineering Fields for the seconds match. The UM Seconds proved to be the squad with better form beating the tourists 37-0. Much of the scoring came on the outside Vs. the Dane’s inexperienced back three. Lessons were learned from the contest which would provide dividends later in the day.
Albany’s First XV would face America East rival, University of Maryland at Baltimore County [UMBC] in the second game on the Engineering Field. It was a contrast in styles with Albany relying on a strong game of crashing forwards while UMBC looked to use the speedy backs to counter Albany. Albany posted the only points of the half when prop Justin D’Addario scored from pick up ball off of an Albany ruck, 5-0 at the half.
Second half was a see saw battle with UMBC scoring on the wing and Albany’s fly half Jeff Lahens converted try off a crash ball. Scrum half Jake Touhey, with less that 8 minutes remaining, took a quick tap aand hit space for a dive into the try zone to put Albany up for good, 17-12.
Albany “B” learned from earlier mistakes to tie UMBC “B” 7-7 in the last game of the day. Inside center Collin DuSell scored on a 40 meter scamper up the middle to score just to the right of the posts. Albany’s back 3 clamped down on defense and held UMBC to 7 points.
Sunday, after much needed rest from Saturday’s heat, the Danes took off for the 20 minute bus ride to Washington, D.C. for sightseeing. Memorials, museums, monuments and exhibits were all visited as the Albany tourist tried to catch as much of the city as possible in the 5 hours allotted. The weary travelers would board the bus and not reach home until 12:30am as the bus encountered the famed I-95 gridlock. The Danes, satisfied from a successful tour look to keep momentum against a tough NERFU opponent in the University of Massachusetts this Saturday at noon.
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