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Written by Alex Goff
Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:26 |
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Air Force Flies at Rocky Mountain 7s |
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Sevens -
Collegiate Sevens
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The Air Force Academy won four games in a row to take the Rocky Mountain 7s and win qualification to the USA Rugby National Collegiate 7s Championships.
Air Force also fielded a second team that won its pool, but lost two close games in the playoff rounds to finish 4th. Air Force beat Colorado 19-5 and Colorado State B 42-5 to win their pool. In the semis they downed a tough Northern Colorado team 27-10, before destroying Colorado State 66-21 in a high-scoring final that featured a try about every two minutes. Five Air Force players, including two from their second team, were named to the All-Tournament Team, while Colorado State's Ben Pinkelman was named tournament MVP. Utah, which has been working through troubles on campus, played and got two players on the All-Tournament Team, but all their games were determined to be forfeits because of questions about their good standing. Utah actually won both of their pool games over CSU and Wyoming. Colorado State University (1) 5-0 (14-24) Utah Air Force Academy (Blue) 12-7 Dixie College Colorado State University (2) 14-36 University of Northern Colorado Air Force Academy (Silver) 19-5 University of Colorado (1) University of Wyoming 5-0 (5-43) Utah Air Force Academy (Blue) 53-0 University of Colorado University of Northern Colorado 14-24 University of Colorado (1) Colorado State University (2) 5-45 Air Force Academy (Silver) Colorado State University (1) 33-24 University of Wyoming Dixie College 38-5 University of Colorado (2) Plate SF Colorado State University (2) 12-38 University of Colorado (1) University of Wyoming 19-33 Dixie College Cup SF University of Northern Colorado 10-27 Air Force Academy (silver) Colorado State University (1) 24-21 Air Force Academy (Blue) Bowl FInal Utah 0-5 (not played) University of Colorado (2) Plate Consolation Colorado State University (2) 31-7 University of Wyoming Plate Final University of Colorado 33-0 Dixie College Cup Consolation University of Northern Colorado 22-14 Air Force Academy (Blue) Cup Final Colorado State University (1) 21-66 Air Force Academy (Silver)
Final Standings
- Air Force Academy (Silver) – Cup Champion
- Colorado State University (1)
- University of Northern Colorado
- Air Force Academy (Blue)
- University of Colorado (1) – Plate Champion
- Dixie College
- Colorado State University (2)
- University of Wyoming
- University of Colorado (2)
- Utah Rugby
All Tournament Team
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University
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Jackson Bristol
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Air Force Academy (Silver)
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Huston Harrison
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Air Force Academy (Silver)
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Daniel Lange
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Air Force Academy (Blue)
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Eric Schrek
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Air Force Academy (Silver)
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Zachary White
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Air Force Academy (Blue)
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Ben Pinkelman
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Colorado State University
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Taylor Utt
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Colorado State University
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Sinjin Cooper
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Dixie College
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Sean Kilfoyle
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University of Colorado
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Brian Wanless
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University of Colorado
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Kyle Nachbar
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University of Northern Colorado
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David Zimmerman
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University of Northern Colorado
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Lopeti Lauti
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University of Utah
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Tonata Lauti
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University of Utah
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Nick Prudhomme
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University of Wyoming
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Tournament MVP
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Ben Pinkelman
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Colorado State University
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