Portal:2017 Spring Men
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2017 Spring Men Portal
The season started with a win (after looking great the first 15 minutes or so, ASU took it to us the rest of the half and had a good lead at the half. Conditioning carried us through the second half, and with about 3 minutes left, scored the winning try to win) The next games against top tier teams challenged our confidence, but positively influenced our continued improvement. CSU and Utah State both dropped out of the schedule at the 11th hour, and our inability to find replacement matches led to a scarcity of 15s experience prior to going into the D1A championships. National rankings at season's end left us at 37th (Army and Navy, 9th and 10th) [[1]]
Season photos are at zoomierugby.shutterfly.com/pictures
Team Record
| Date | Opponent (Final National Ranking) | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan | at Arizona State | 35-24 | Higgins 1T, 3C, Ts by Culver, Hancock, Welch, Lyons and Mechikoff |
| 4 Feb | St Mary's (1) | 0-55 | 0-22 with 17 minutes to go [[2]] |
| 11 Feb | Lindenwood (8) | 7-53 | Closer game than score indicates (7-34 with 10 min left); Brown T, Higgins C |
| 25 Feb | BYU (3) | 15-74 | Kyles, Welch - Ts; Tothstein - P, Higgins - C [[3]] |
| 3 Mar | Colgate | 38-7 | LVI Sevens |
| 3 Mar | Citadel | 33-14 | LVI Sevens |
| 3 Mar | Delaware | 14-21 | LVI Sevens |
| 4 Mar | Notre Dame (OH) | 24-43 | LVI Sevens Cup QF |
| 4 Mar | Lindenwood | 26-19 | LVI Sevens |
| 4 Mar | Arizona (15) @ Las Vegas | 28-30 | Lyons 2Ts, Cochell T, Rothstein T and 4 Cs; Ahead 28-18 with 10m left; AZ scored and then intercepted a pass in the last minute for the tie and conversion put them ahead |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-MT State | 10-20 | Ts by M Davis and Troxell |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-U NM | 12-29 | Ts by Zhang and Davis, C by Gorigolzarri |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-CU | 26-31 | Ts by Pingree, Bustuttil and Troxell, C by Gorigolzarri and Bustuttil(2), |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-AFA side 2 | 21-28 | Ts by Boyd, Gorigolzarri, Davis, C(3) by Gorigolzarri |
| 15 Apr | Arizona (15) | 7-51 | T by Welch, C by Higgins |
| 29 Apr | CC | 22-12 | Sevens; Ts by Goirigolzarri (2) and M Davis (2) [[4]] |
| 29 Apr | CC | 24-12 | Sevens; Ts by Zhang, Swenson, M Davis |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Feb | St Mary's B | 0-75 | |
| 11 Feb | Lindenwood B | 0-60 | |
| 25 Feb | BYU B | 0-58 | |
| 4 Mar | U AZ B | 21-37 | Lavery T, Busuttil T, Bartholomew T, Goirigolzarri 3C |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-Wyoming | 5-33 | T by Waterman |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-Kansas St | 7-28 | T by Waterman, C by Romero |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-Utah St | 12-45 | T by Arnold, Moss, C by Romero |
| 8 Apr | AFA Sevens-AFA A | 28-21 | T by Zhang, Hinnant(2), Arnold, C (4) by Romero |
| Last Name | First Name | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | Rod | 2020 |
| Agmata | Christian | 2018 |
| Arnaud | Antoine | 2020 |
| Aro | Michael | 2019 |
| Bartholomew IV | David | 2019 |
| Belyeu | Tyler | 2020 |
| Bockstruck | Chase | 2017 |
| Boyd | Liam | 2020 |
| Brandt | Curran | 2019 |
| Brown | Dylan | 2017 |
| Burmester | Ben | 2017 |
| Busuttil | Christian | 2020 |
| Carl | Joseph | 2017 |
| Chester | Payton | 2020 |
| Cobb | Marquis | 2019 |
| Cochell | Mitch | 2017 |
| Connelly | Ryan | 2019 |
| Cornillez | Michael | 2019 |
| Cottam | Jack | 2020 |
| Cox | Thomas | 2019 |
| Crotts | Michael | 2020 |
| Culver | Colin | 2018 |
| D'Agostino | Alex | 2017 |
| Dalton | Dominique | 2018 |
| Delgado | Cole | 2020 |
| Dunbar | Tristan | 2020 |
| Dvali | Nodar | 2020 |
| Dyson | Ryan | 2020 |
| Eadie | Tommy | 2019 |
| Ellis | Brad | 2020 |
| Frometa | Josh | 2019 |
| Galbraith | Conner | 2020 |
| Goirigolzarri | Alex | 2019 |
| Griffin | Trey (?steve) | 2019 |
| Griffith | Johnny | 2019 |
| Guerrero | Brian | 2019 |
| Hancock | Hunter | 2017 |
| Hanley | Grizz | 2017 |
| Hayes | Colton | 2020 |
| Hein | A J | 2017 |
| Higgin | Elliott | 2019 |
| Hinnant | Koby | 2020 |
| Hughes | Jake | 2019 |
| Johnson | Connor | 2020 |
| Jonasen | Colin | 2020 |
| Kerdikoshvili | Gregor | 2018 |
| Kim | Kevin | 2017 |
| Kyles | Jason | 2018 |
| Lavery | Nate | 2020 |
| Lichtsinn | Andy | 2017 |
| Lunasin | Hunter | 2019 |
| Lyons | Austin | 2018 |
| Mechikoff | Michael | 2018 |
| Menser | Eric | 2019 |
| Miller | Kaiana | 2017 |
| Miner | Brady | 2017 |
| Moss | Donavan | 2018 |
| Munekata | Adam | 2020 |
| Nagle | Noah | 2020 |
| Nye | Jett | 2019 |
| Pingree | Jackson | 2019 |
| Pontzer | Luke | 2020 |
| Quiros | Jon | 2019 |
| Reiss | Evan | 2019 |
| Romero | Christopher | 2017 |
| Rothstein | Casey | 2018 |
| Smith | Braden | 2018 |
| Smith | Liam | 2020 |
| Smith | Quincy | 2017 |
| Stewart | Nkozi | 2018 |
| Stille | Dustin | 2019 |
| Swenson | Connell | 2020 |
| Thorley | McCord | 2018 |
| Troxell | Tate | 2020 |
| Vaughn | Cody | 2017 |
| Walker | Nick | 2020 |
| Waterman | Nick | 2019 |
| Weaver | Ben | 2017 |
| Welch | Dalton | 2017 |
| Wyatt | JJ | 2020 |
| Basham | Benjamin | 2017 |
| Darling | Dan | 2017 |
| Davis | Markez | 2017 |
| Fox | Rachel | 2017 |
| Gonzales | Gilbert | 2017 |
| Grimes | Dee | 2017 |
| Kuhn | Geoffrey | 2017 |
| Moore | Dallas | 2017 |
| Search | Greg | 2017 |
| Vargas | Connor | 2017 |
| Zielinski | Paul | 2020 |
| Zhang | Han | 2020 |
| Zorn | Dylan | 2020 |
Post Season Experience/Records
Leadership
Staff
Head Coach - Denny Merideth '73 [[5]]
Assistant Head Coach - James Paterson
Assistant Coach - Jaron Maynard
Assistant Coach - Justin Mitchell
Assistant Coach - Zack Kennedy
OIC - LtCol Jeff Ulmer '01
OIC - Lt Col Joe Dan Cox, '98
CIC - C1C Ben Bermester
Trainer - Bonnie Anderson
Captains
C1C Mitch Cochell
Media
Memorable Events
Click here for pictures of the End of 2017 banquet
USA Rugby Academic Honor Roll for Bockstruck, Weaver and Mechinkoff [[6]]
