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Cards' Rally Falls Short
Despite being down 27-3 at the half, the Varsity Cards ralllied to tie the score with 5 mins left before dropping a 34-27 decision.
The Loyola Dons travelled to Calvert Hall as both team opened their MIAA schedule for the 2013 season. In what has become a regular occurance for the two teams, the match was not decided until the final 5mins of match play. The Dons held onto a 34-27 victory after being up 27-3 at the half.
The Dons wasted little time opening scoring nby taking a 7-0 lead 3 mins into the match. They quickly followed with 2 more scoring tries in the next 5 mins. Down 17 - 0, the Cards finally got on the board with a penalty conversion by Junior Outside Center, Jake Soriano. Soriano who leads the team in scoring would add 2 scoring tries and another penalty kick to account for 22 of the Cardinals' 27 points. The Dons responded by adding two more tries to take a commanding 27-3 lead into the half.
The 2nd half was a different story for the Cardinals. Using 4 straight Loyola penalities, the Cardinals were able to add tries by Soriano and Junior ScrumHalf Steve Gercken early in the 2nd half. Gercken's score came as the Dons were penalized and he took a quick tap to dive into the try zone. Gercken's score cut the Dons' lead to 10points and left the score at 27-17. Soriano would add his 2nd try minutes later off a beautiful feed from teammate Pete Duca. The Cards closed out their scoring using another Don penalty as Soriano tied the match with a 25 yd penalty kick.
The final 5 mins of the match saw the Dons take the lead off a Cardinal Penalty as the Dons defense stopped two Cardinal drives. In stoppage time, the Cardinals drove to the Dons' 25 yd line and were awarded a lineout. The Dons as theyhave done for much of the day won the final lineout and were able to kick the ball out of bounds to end the match.
For the match, the Dons won 11 lineouts to the Cardinals' 6. Jake Soriano had 2 scoring tries, went 2-2 on conversion kicks and and 2-2 on penalty kicks. He has 5 tries and is 7 for 7 on conversion kicks on the season.
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The Dons wasted little time opening scoring nby taking a 7-0 lead 3 mins into the match. They quickly followed with 2 more scoring tries in the next 5 mins. Down 17 - 0, the Cards finally got on the board with a penalty conversion by Junior Outside Center, Jake Soriano. Soriano who leads the team in scoring would add 2 scoring tries and another penalty kick to account for 22 of the Cardinals' 27 points. The Dons responded by adding two more tries to take a commanding 27-3 lead into the half.
The 2nd half was a different story for the Cardinals. Using 4 straight Loyola penalities, the Cardinals were able to add tries by Soriano and Junior ScrumHalf Steve Gercken early in the 2nd half. Gercken's score came as the Dons were penalized and he took a quick tap to dive into the try zone. Gercken's score cut the Dons' lead to 10points and left the score at 27-17. Soriano would add his 2nd try minutes later off a beautiful feed from teammate Pete Duca. The Cards closed out their scoring using another Don penalty as Soriano tied the match with a 25 yd penalty kick.
The final 5 mins of the match saw the Dons take the lead off a Cardinal Penalty as the Dons defense stopped two Cardinal drives. In stoppage time, the Cardinals drove to the Dons' 25 yd line and were awarded a lineout. The Dons as theyhave done for much of the day won the final lineout and were able to kick the ball out of bounds to end the match.
For the match, the Dons won 11 lineouts to the Cardinals' 6. Jake Soriano had 2 scoring tries, went 2-2 on conversion kicks and and 2-2 on penalty kicks. He has 5 tries and is 7 for 7 on conversion kicks on the season.
