Portal:2015 Fall Men
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2015 Fall Men Portal
This season finds a complete turn over in men's rugby leadership. Taking the suggestions of the previous two OICs whose careers moved on, the officer leadership is now increased to FOUR OICs to handle all the administrative tasks associated with a national level team. They undertook a proscribed process for organizing the season to include coach selection (which for the first time ever included advertising, screening resume's and interviewing to select a coach). All this change could not help but impact the team, but after the first few weeks and games, things have settled down and the season began on a high note of winning. Losing to Navy in horrible weather was heartbreaking, but beating Army was a high point. A great base was established for the tough spring season.
Team Record
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sept | Jackalope Tournament | won | See scores in next 3 lines |
| 12 Sept | Utah State | 29-19 | tries by Maschmeyer, Cochell, Fischer, and Braden Smith; Kerdikoshvili 3 conversions and 1 penalty kick |
| 12 Sept | Northern Colorado | 57-14 | 2 tries by Hancock; tries by Moss, Burmester, Fischer, Kuhn, Gonzales, Kerdikoshvili, and Darling; 6 conversions by Kerdikoshvili |
| 12 Sept | CU | 22-14 | tries by Fischer, Hein, and Kerdikoshvili; 1 penalty kick and 2 conversions by Kerdikoshvili |
| 2 Oct | at Navy | 0-28 | Hurricane level winds and downpour throughout a tough match stymied USAFA's quick paced style of play; soaked to the bone Captain C2C Ben Burmester congratulated and awarded Navy with the Shea Trophy |
| 9 Oct | B's at CC | 17-0 | tries by Jace Miller, Alex Goirigolzarri, and Bartholomew; conversion by Kirkland |
| 10 Oct | Wyoming | 55-30 Won | 2 tries by Burmester; tries by Maschmeyer, Hancock, Fischer, Culver, Kerdikoshvili & Miller; 3 conversions and 3 penalty kicks by Kerdikoshvili |
| 17 Oct | at CSU | 13-56 | try by Burmester; Kerdikoshvili 2 penalty kicks and 1 conversion |
| 24 Oct | CU at Infinity Park | 22-20 | Tries by Kaiana Miller, Darling and Burmester; Kerdikoshvili 2 conversions and 1 penalty kick |
| 24 Oct | Cs vs CU | 31-42 | tries by Moore, Hancock, Hein, Hurley, and Beissner; 3 conversions by Brown |
| 24-25 Oct | Bs at High Desert | won | Won 5 0f 6 matches beating UNM As in final 24-10 |
| 31 Oct | at Utah | 30-41 | tries by Thorley, Culver, and Cochell; 3 tries by Burmester |
| 31 Oct | Cs at Utah | 10-42 | USAFA fielded primarily a freshman team against a seasoned Utah second side |
| 31 Oct | Bs at Hawaii | 7-52 | Hosted by the Hawaii Harlequin's men's club |
| 6 Nov | ARMY | 31-25 | 2 tries and 3 conversion by Kerdikoshvili and tries by B Smith, H Hancock and Maschmeyer |
| 14 Nov | New Mexico | 113-15 | Tries by Carl and Jace Miller; 2 tries by Ben Goirigolzarri, Braden Smith, Kerdikoshvili; 3 tries by Culver, Maschmeyer, and Moore; 14 conversions by Kerdikoshvili |
| Last Name | First Name | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Agmata | Christian | 2018 |
| Bartholomew | David | 2019 |
| Beissner | Lucas | 2019 |
| Brooks | Bugsy | 2019 |
| Brown | Dylan | 2017 |
| Burman | Andrew | 2019 |
| Burmester | Ben | 2017 |
| Bush | Richie | 2017 |
| Byszewski | Paul | 2019 |
| Carl | Joseph | 2017 |
| Chi | Sean | 2018 |
| Cobb | Marquis | 2019 |
| Cochell | Mitch | 2018 |
| Connelly | Ryan | 2019 |
| Cornillez | Michael | 2019 |
| Cox | Thomas | 2019 |
| Culver | Colin | 2018 |
| D'Agnostino | Lawrence | 2017 |
| Dalton | Dominique | 2018 |
| Darling | Daniel | 2017 |
| Fischer | Matt | 2016 |
| Francoeur | Nicholas | 2018 |
| Frometa | Josh | 2019 |
| Geueke | Greg | 2017 |
| Gingery | Matt | 2018 |
| Goirigolzarri | Alex | 2019 |
| Goirigolzarri | Ben | 2016 |
| Gonzales | Gonzo | 2017 |
| Griffith | Johnny | 2019 |
| Grimes | Dee | 2017 |
| Hancock | Hunter | 2019 |
| Hanley | James | 2017 |
| Harold | Joshua | 2016 |
| Hein | August | 2018 |
| Henigman | Jacob | 2018 |
| Higgins | Elliott | 2019 |
| Hurley | Nick | 2019 |
| Jaffe | Sam | 2018 |
| Kerdikoshvili | Gregor | 2018 |
| Kim | Kevin | 2017 |
| Kirkland | Jacob | 2016 |
| Krige | Jean | |
| Kuhn | Geoffrey | 2017 |
| Kyles | Jason | 2018 |
| Lichtsinn | Andrew | 2017 |
| Maschmeyr | William | 2016 |
| Miller | Jace | 2019 or 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 |
| Reiss | Evan | 2019 |
| Rivera | CJ | 2019 |
| Rothstein | Casey | 2017 |
| Smith | Braden | 2018 |
| Smith | Dylan | 2019 |
| Smith | Quincy | 2017 |
| Stewart | Nkozi | 2018 |
| Stille | Dustin | 2019 |
| Thorley | McCord | 2018 |
| Vargas | Connor | 2017 |
| Vaughn | Cody | 2017 |
| Welch | Dalton | 2017 |
| Wiggins | Jordan | 2018 |
| Woody | Joseph | 2019 |
Post Season Experience/Records
Leadership
Staff
Head Coach - Denny Merideth 73 [[1]]
Assistant Coach - Paul Emerick IV
Assistant Coach - James Paterson
Assistant Coach - Jim Donovan
Assistant Coach - Karl Kennedy
OIC - Ltc Gary Heldfeldt, 88
OIC - Maj Jeff Ulmer
OIC - Capt Mike Kerschbaum
OIC - Capt Mike Hoffman
Manager - Rachel Duff
Cadet In Charge
CIC - Matt Fischer
Captains
C1C Ben Bermeister
C2C Matt Fischer
Media
Front Row: Bonnie Anderson (Trainer) McCord Thorley, August Hein, Thomas Cox, Jace Miller, Will Maschmeyer, Matt Fischer (Co-Captain), Ben Burmester (Co-Captain), Andy Lichtsinn, Kaiana Miller, Larry D’Agostino, Eliott Higgins, Dylan Brown, James Paterson (Coach) Second Row: Col Gary Helfeldt (OIC), Matt Oliver, Michael Cornillez, David Bartholomew, Alex Goirigolzarri, Jason Kyles, Joe Carl, Grigor Kerdikoshvili, Mitch Cochell, Hunter Hancock, Gilbert Gonzalez, Braden Smith, Brady Miner, Dallas Moore, Quincy Smith, Greg Geuke, Dalton Welch, Maj Jeff Ulmer (OIC) Third Row: Heath Reichenbach, Johnny Griffith, Marquis Cobb, Christian Agmata, Jacob Parzych, Evan Reiss, Josh Frometa, Ryan Connelly, Geoff Kuhn, Colin Culver, Chase Bockstruck, Jackson Pingree, Dane Grauer, Casey Rothstein, Jean Krige, Nicholas Francoeur, Peter Nyfeler, Denny Merideth (Head Coach) Missing: Paul Byszewski, Dominique Dalton, Daniel Darling, Grizz Hanley, Mike Hoffman, Sam Jaffe, Kevin Kim, Kirk Kirkland, Donavan Moss, Nkozi Stewart, Dustin Stille, Jordan Wiggins
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