Friday, January 20, 2012

UAlbany 7s Going to Vegas Tournament

UAlbany 7s will be traveling to the prestegious Las Vegas 7s Invitational Rugby Tournament February 9-12th. Albany is building on their runner up finish in the East Coast Rugby Conference Tournament and a Plate finalist at the Empire 7s Tournament.

The Danes will face the Southeast Conference's Georgia and perenial power Cal Poly on Thursday. Friday the Albany will face Stanford University and then advance to pool play. Coach Durant "This is a great opportunity for our players. We have made great progress in the olympic version of the sport and this increased competition can only make us better." Albany will start getting after it with 7:00am practices to prepare for the tournament in which stamina and fitness are keys to success,

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