Portal:2016 Spring Men
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2016 Spring Men Portal
This season has been one of the busiest spring seasons on record. We traveled to North Carolina, Utah, California, New Mexico and cities within Colorado to compete against the nation’s top-ranked teams (e.g. Cal, Life University and St. Mary’s). In addition, the team traveled to New Zealand during spring break to train alongside teams from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Lincoln University and the Christchurch Police Rugby Club.
For a video promo on this season see -> [1]. See season photos here -> [2]. Cal game summary (from Cal standpoint) [3], BYU Summary: [4], CSU highlight: [5], Pre-spring break trip to New Zealand - posted on the USAFA site: [6], Utah match: [7]
Team Record
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb | Life (Charlotte NC) | 0-74 | Life rated #2 in the nation |
| 14 Feb | Clemson (Charlotte NC) | 37-13 | T by Moore, Juana Miller, Culver, Burmester and Jace Miller; Kerdikoshvili (2PK, 3C) |
| 20 Feb | at Cal Berkeley | 12-65 | Kerdikoshvili (T & C), Hancock (T) |
| 27 Feb | at BYU | 8-80 | BYU rated #1; Burmester (T), Kerdikoshvili (C) |
| 3 Mar | Colgate (Las Vegas Sevens Invitational) | 38 - 7 | Maschmeyer (2T, PK), K Miller (2T), and Tries by Rothstein, Burmester, Hancock |
| 3 Mar | Citadel (LVI) | 31 - 14 | Maschmeyer (T, 4C), Tries by D'Agostino, Brown, Burmester, Rothstein |
| 3 Mar | Delaware (LVI) | 14-19 | Hancock (2T) Maschmeyer (2C) |
| 4 Mar | Notre Dame (OH) (LVI) | 24-41 | Hancock (3T), D'Agostino (T), Burmester (2C) |
| 5 Mar | Lindenwood (MO) (LVI) | 26-19 | Burmester (3T), J Miller (T), Krtland (3C) |
| 12 Mar | CSU | 51-28 | |
| 21 Mar | at Royal NZ Air Force "Colts" (U23) | 27-24 | The final 12 minutes provided outstanding play with the lead changing four times |
| 23 Mar | Lincoln University (NZ) | 5-38 | |
| 24 Mar | Christchurch Police (NZ) Rugby Club | 24-44 | |
| 2 Apr | at Central Washington | <score> | |
| 9 Apr | at Univ of Utah | 31-36 | Varsity Cup Round 1; B Smith (T) |
| 23 Apr | Cal Poly | 43-17 | D1A Round 1; scores by Tries by Hancock, Higgins, Rothstein (2), Braden Smith (2), Kerdikoshvili (who also had 4 conversions) |
| 24 Apr | St Mary's | 17-77 | 24 hours after Cal Poly. Tries by Culver, Bochstruck, Hancock. Conversion by Kerdikoshvili |
| Season Record | xx-yy |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb | Clemson B | <score> | Cancelled |
| 27 Feb | BYU B | 17-46 | Tries by Q. Smith, Hein, Kyles; conversion by Kirkland |
| 5 Mar | University of New Mexico | 22-12 | |
| 5 Mar | University of NM B vs our C | <score> | |
| Season Record | xx-yy |
| Last Name | First Name | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Agmata | Christian | 2018 |
| Bartholomew | David | 2019 |
| Beissner | Lucas | 2019 |
| Bochstruck | Chase | 2017 |
| Brown | Dylan | 2017 |
| Burmester | Ben | 2017 |
| Bush | Richie | 2017 |
| Byszewski | Paul | 2019 |
| Carl | Joseph | 2017 |
| Cobb | Marquis | 2019 |
| Cochell | Mitch | 2017 |
| Connelly | Ryan | 2019 |
| Cornillez | Michael | 2019 |
| Cox | Thomas | 2019 |
| Culver | Colin | 2018 |
| D'Agnostino | Alex | 2017 |
| Dalton | Dominique | 2018 |
| Darling | Daniel | 2017 |
| Fischer | Matt | 2016 |
| Francoeur | Nicholas | 2018 |
| Frometa | Josh | 2019 |
| Geueke | Greg | 2017 |
| Goirigolzarri | Alex | 2019 |
| Gonzales | Gonzo | 2017 |
| Grauer | Dane | 2017 |
| Griffith | Johnny | 2019 |
| Grimes | Dee | 2017 |
| Hancock | Hunter | 2019 |
| Hanley | Grizz | 2017 |
| Harold | Joshua | 2016 |
| Hein | AJ | 2018 |
| Higgins | Elliott | 2019 |
| Hoffman | Mike | |
| Jaffe | Sam | |
| Kerdikoshvili | Gregor | 2018 |
| Kim | Kevin | 2017 |
| Kirkland | Kirk | 2016 |
| Krige | Jean | 2019 |
| Kuhn | Geoffrey | 2017 |
| Kyles | Jason | 2018 |
| Lichtsinn | Andrew | 2017 |
| Maschmeyr | Will | 2016 |
| Miller | Jace | 2019 / 21 |
| Miller | Kaiana | 2017 |
| Miner | Brady | 2017 |
| Moore | Dallas | 2017 |
| Moss | Donavan | 2018 |
| Nyfeler | Peter | 2019 |
| Oliver | Matt | 2019 |
| Parzych | Jacob | 2018 |
| Pingree | Jackson | 2019 |
| Reichenbach | Heath | |
| Reiss | Evan | 2019 |
| Rothstein | Casey | 2017 |
| Smith | Braden | 2018 |
| Smith | Quincy | 2017 |
| Stewart | Nkozi | 2018 |
| Stille | Dustin | 2019 |
| Thorley | McCord | 2018 |
| Vargas | Connor | 2017 |
| Vaughn | Cody | 2017 |
| Welch | Dalton | 2017 |
| Wiggins | Jordan | 2018 |
| Grauer | Dane | 2017 |
| Basham | Ben | 2017 |
| LoGrande | Anthony |
Post Season Experience/Records
Leadership
Staff
Head Coach - Denny Merideth '73 [[8]]
Assistant Coach - Paul Emerick IV
Assistant Coach - James Paterson
Assistant Coach - Karl Kennedy
Assistant Coach - Jim Donovan
Assistant Coach - Jaron Maynard
OIC - Col Gary Heldfeldt '88
OIC - LtCol(s) Jeff Ulmer '01
OIC - Capt Mike Kerschbaum, '05
OIC - Capt Mike Hoffman
CIC - Matt Fischer
Trainer - Bonnie Anderson
Manager - Rachel Duff
Captains
C1C Matt Fischer
C2C Ben Bermester
Media
Click here for more 2016 Spring Men Pictures
Memorable Events
Most Improved Player of the Year - Lawrence D'Agostino
Ironman of the Year - Benjamin Burmester
Rookie of the Year - Hunter Hancock
Inspirational Teammate Award - Quincy Smith
Murph Award - Elliott Higgins
Koehn Award - William Maschmeyer
Academic All Americans - Chase Bockstruck, Ben Burmester
Team Scoring leaders
Keridikishvili, Grigor 204
Burmester, Benjamin 70
Smith, Braden 50
Hancock, Hunter and Maschmeyer, William with 40
Culver, Colin 35
Higgins, Elliott and Moore, Dallas with 20
Fischer, Matthew, Miller, Kaiana and Rothstein, Casey with 15
Darling, Daniel, Goirigolzarri, Benjamin, Hein, August and Miller, Jace with 10
Bockstruck, Chase, Carl, Joseph, Cochell , Mitchell, Gonzales, Gilbert, Hanley, James, Kuhn, Geoffrey, Miner, Brady, Moss, Donavon, Thorley, McCord with 5
