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Sylvan Lake Park, Sanford, Florida
Saturday 21, 2007
With the opening whistle of quarterfinal play the Middlebury Panthers rolled their scoring machine right into the den of the University of Northern Colorado Bears and didn’t look back winning their quarterfinal match 39-27.
Middlebury started very strong going up 15-0 in the first fifteen minutes over the stunned #2 seed UNC team. UNC refocused and came back hard. "They (UNC) started to play and for the next 65 minutes Middlebury faced a tough, continued fight," said head coach Ward Patterson minutes after the victory.
"They came at us with amazingly hard running but the team dug deep and played well” said Coach Patterson. Middlebury never trailed in the game. With two minutes to go and Middlebury holding onto a narrow 32-27 lead, sophomore Ari Silverman scored an 'insurance' try. With the two-point conversion made and the clock winding down, Middlebury's celebrating began.
Middlebury advances to tomorrow’s semifinal match at 3:30pm against #3 seed Humboldt State University (CA), 33-19 winners earlier in the day in their match against #6 seed SalisburyUniversity (MD).
All in all it was a great day for Northeast Territory Rugby teams as both the Division II Bowdoin and Norwich women’s teams walked over their opponents and the #1 seed Coast Guard Academy men’s team was victorious in a 17-5 win over #8 seed U of Northern Iowa. All advance to Sunday’s semifinal matches.
Saturday 21, 2007
With the opening whistle of quarterfinal play the Middlebury Panthers rolled their scoring machine right into the den of the University of Northern Colorado Bears and didn’t look back winning their quarterfinal match 39-27.
Middlebury started very strong going up 15-0 in the first fifteen minutes over the stunned #2 seed UNC team. UNC refocused and came back hard. "They (UNC) started to play and for the next 65 minutes Middlebury faced a tough, continued fight," said head coach Ward Patterson minutes after the victory.
"They came at us with amazingly hard running but the team dug deep and played well” said Coach Patterson. Middlebury never trailed in the game. With two minutes to go and Middlebury holding onto a narrow 32-27 lead, sophomore Ari Silverman scored an 'insurance' try. With the two-point conversion made and the clock winding down, Middlebury's celebrating began.
Middlebury advances to tomorrow’s semifinal match at 3:30pm against #3 seed Humboldt State University (CA), 33-19 winners earlier in the day in their match against #6 seed SalisburyUniversity (MD).
All in all it was a great day for Northeast Territory Rugby teams as both the Division II Bowdoin and Norwich women’s teams walked over their opponents and the #1 seed Coast Guard Academy men’s team was victorious in a 17-5 win over #8 seed U of Northern Iowa. All advance to Sunday’s semifinal matches.
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