MONTREAL, QUEBEC - The Norwich University men's rugby team opened its spring 7s campaign on Sunday, traveling to Montreal, Quebec to compete in the Concordia (Quebec) 7s Tournament.
The Cadets finished with a 2-2 record and earned fifth place out of eight teams at the tournament. The tournament consisted of six Canadian Intercollegiate Universities and two United States schools with New England College joining Norwich.
Norwich dropped its first two matches of the day to Laval, 28-21 and then McGill, 42-0. However, the Cadets rebounded to win their last pool play match vs. University of Montreal 35-0. NU then won the fifth place match vs. University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 28-7.
Matt Rambin and Adam Schmitz led the way for the Cadets with three tries on the day, while Nate Rolling and Jay Inzenga each added two scores each. Anthony Candrilli and Keegan Frick also scored for NU.
Norwich will travel to the University of New Hampshire on April 14 for the Scott Milley 7s tournament.
NU 21 Laval 28
Scoring
Laval Try 7-0
NU Candrilli try 7-7
Laval Try 14 -7
Half Laval 14-7
NU try Nate Rolling 14-14
NU Matt Rambin Try NU 21-14
Laval Try 21-21
Laval Try
Final Laval 28 –NU 21
McGill 42 NU 0
Scoring
McGill Try
Mcgill Try
McGill try
Mcgill try
Half 28-0 McGill
McGill Try
McGill Try
Final McGill 42-0
Norwich 35 University of Montreal 0 (UdeM)
Scoring
Keegan Frick Try
Adam Schmitz Try
Half 14-0 Norwich
Nate Rolling Try
Adam Schmitz try
Jay Inzenga Try
Final 35-0 Norwich
5th Place Game
Norwich 28 University of Quebec @ Chicoutimi 7 (UQAC)
UQAC Try
Matt Rambin Try 7-7
Matt Rambin Try NU 14-7
Half NU 14 – 7
Jay Inzenga Try NU 21 -7
Adam Schmitz Try NU 28-7
Final NU 28-7
