Match Report - Dartmouth vs UMass

On a crisp and sunny late October Saturday the Big Green stormed Brophy Field in Hanover, NH, eager to redeem themselves after a tough loss the week before. The young Big Green team saw an opportunity in Saturday’s match to improve in all facets of the game as they looked to move forward, continue to improve before Northeastern next week, and build for a productive winter off-season, Spring Tour and the 2007 spring Ivy League Tournament.

Dartmouth 1st XV Bests UMass 100-0

On a crisp and sunny late October Saturday the Big Green stormed Brophy Field in Hanover, NH, eager to redeem themselves after a tough loss the week before. The young Big Green team saw an opportunity in Saturday’s match to improve in all facets of the game as they look to move forward and continue to improve before Northeastern next week, a productive winter off-season, Spring Tour and the 2007 Ivy League Tournament.

Captain Tom Manzo ‘07 was pleased with his team’s performance as they rolled up a truly impressive tally, posting 100 points on the day and earning their third shutout victory of the season.

On the game Manzo noted, “We came to play today, and really controlled the ball throughout the game. We were able to wear them out quickly with our speed and capitalized on keeping possession moving forward. Our backs had a good day.”

The scoring opened very early on as Paul Huelskamp ’06 broke through the UMass defense, dicing through the back three to touch down under the posts; something he would do twice more before the day was done. Co-Captain Aziz Sayigh ’07 also managed an impressive individual effort in the first half charging his way through traffic to mark one of his two tries on the day.

Perhaps the highlight of the first half was when fan-favorite and club president Peter Harris ’07 notched his first career 1st XV try about midway through capitalizing off a nifty line-break by junior hooker Josh Ring ‘08. Another one of the Huelskamp tries, as well as a try in the corner from winger Drew Jennings, one of his three on the day, put the Big Green up 33-0 at the half with four made conversions.

In the second half the pressure just kept on coming as flyhalf Conlan O’Leary ’09 always managed to find the streaking open man and the Big Green wore away the UMass defense. Scoring tries on the day were burly lock Anthony Arch ‘09, stringy 8-man Josh Weinberg ‘07, stout and shifty Captain Tom Manzo ‘07, speedy winger Jake Pawlowski ‘08, as well as the ageless Brad Fierstein ’06 who managed to dot down twice while playing the tight-head prop position.

On the day the Big Green nailed 10 of the 15 conversion attempts, with Jennings curving the final one inside the posts as time expired to set the mark at 100-0. The tough second XV won yet again following the victory with a hard-fought 17-7 battle of their own.