Danes Florida Tour 2011

Albany,NY- The Danes left Albany on Friday for a two game stint in Orlando,FL. The Danes small tour roster opened the slate, after a 24 hour bus ride and 2 days of sun burns, took on the Orlando RFC in a Tuesday night contest at Barnett Park, Orlando's well drilled pack controlled 80 percent of the games set pieces but Albany was able to stay in the game with good loose and lineout play. Albany first score came when flanker Kris Kaiser quicked tapped a penalty just outside of 10 meters. Kyle Grogan would add another score of a goaline ruck with Mo Aisi adding both conversitons. However Orlando's pack proved to be the difference providing their backs with the platform to score four converted tries to take the contest 28-14. After a rest day Albany finishes the tour against the University of Central Florida at UCF's main campus.

Danes O Four at SUNY Tournament

Latham,NY- Danes lose tough one against eventual champion and go on to o four the tournament. Albany used the day to get great experience for many of the young and inexperienced players. Coach Durant commented "We hoped to contend but it did not work out, We were ,however,"
Albany travels for a two game Florida Tour with game against the Orlando Rugby Club and the Universtiy of Central Florida.

Rugby Magazine write up:

Written by RUGBYMag.com News Release Sunday, 10 April 2011 00:00

Binghamton Wins SUNY Championship
Binghamton held on to take the resurrected SUNY (State University of New York) Rugby Championship in Albany, NY Saturday. Featuring suffocating defense and a creative backline attack, lead by outside center and tournament MVP Noah Reichman, Binghamton held off Buffalo to win the DI bracket. SUNY Geneseo captured DII honors in an exciting finish over New Platz.

The DI bracket was a five-team round-robin format with each team playing four shortened games, receiving four points for a win and a bonus point for scoring four tries. Binghamton got off to an early start defeating host Albany 17-10, and Buffalo won a nail biter over rival Brockport 14-13. Brockport saw the win slip away after missing a penalty kick on the last play of the game.

Stony Brook got off to a good start by defeating Albany 29-7. Stony Brook also won over Brockport 18-7 and lost to Binghamton 12-24. In one of the most exciting games of the day, Binghamton dispatched Buffalo in a narrow 7-0 win. In one of the upsets of the day, Brockport went up on Binghamton 28-0 in the first half and held on for a 31-24 win.

Albany took the wooden spoon losing to Brockport 24-12 and Buffalo 42-0. In the last game of the day, Stony Brook faced off against Buffalo with either team having the opportunity to take the championship with a four-try bonus point win. In a tight first half, Buffalo lead 7-5. After the turnaround, Buffalo dominated the second half and scored two more tries, but came up short on the fourth try with the game ending on the Stony Brook goal line, handing the championship to Binghamton.

DI STANDINGS
Binghamton 3-1 13*
Buffalo 3-1 13
Stony Brook 2-2 9
Brockport 2-2 9
Albany 0-4 0

*won head to head vs. Buffalo

Danes booted at Fordham U,18-15

Bronx-NY- Fordham defeated the University of Albany 18-15 on its home turf at Murphy Field. Albany got scores from Anthony Russo and Mo Asisi in the first halv. Albany led at the 12-7.
Fordham's Number 9, Jared Rozowsky was man of the match, scoring 8 points through one conversion and two key penalty kicks from over 25 meters out. Those kicks put the Rams up for good in the second half. Albany flyhalf Jeff Lahens would notch an unconverted try late in the game.