Game Summary | Game Stats
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Davenport got on the board early and often in the Panthers 82-13 win over Purdue on Saturday. Ryan Hargraves and Travis Kamstra each had two tries for the Panthers while eight others scored for DU. Davenport will be in action again next Saturday when they host Ohio State.
Jean Pierre Eloff got Davenport on the board first with a penalty kick two minutes into the game. Three minutes later, Erin Hillary scored a try for the Panthers. The ensuing conversion was blocked to give Davenport a 8-0 lead.
Ryan Hargraves scored both of Davenports next two tries with a Purdue penalty kick in between. JP Eloff made both conversions to extend the Panthers lead to 22-3 with 19 minutes left in the first half.
Davenport ended the first half with three consecutive tries by Gabe Sochanek, Angus MacLellan, and Mason Baum. JP made two of the three conversions to give Davenport a 41-3 halftime lead.
The Panthers didn't miss a beat to start the second half, scoring just two minutes in on a try by Keenan Dolan. Anthony Welmers scored his first try of the season five minutes later to give Davenport a 53-3 lead over the Boilermakers.
Travis Kamstra scored his two tries in a seven minute span in the middle of the second half. Griffin Benson made one of the two conversions. After a Purdue try, Griffin Benson made a penalty kick to increase Davenport's lead to 65-8.
Bryan Ray and Demecus Beach each added a try in the last five minutes of play, with a Purdue try in between, to finish off the Boilermakers 82-13.
The Panthers will be in action again next Saturday when they host Ohio State at 4:30 PM.
Post-Game Quotes - Head Coach Kruger Van Biljon
Thoughts on Game: "Starting out the first 10-20 minutes were very constructive, we followed our pattern of play. After that we started to dominate and went back to our bad habits and playing individually. When Purdue came into the game again we settled down and took it to them. Overall I'm happy but there is still a lot of work ahead of us."
On depth and balance of team: "I think that's a nice thing we have at Davenport. We have depth and I can send guys in and spots can be filled without any ramifications. The reason we scored tries with ten different people is we started running support lines and all our guys know how to play rugby and we don't just play with one style, everyone can run and everyone can pass and I think that showed today against Purdue."
Post-Game Notes
Davenport improves to 2-0 on the season…Davenport is now 2-0 all-time against Purdue, the Panthers beat the Boilermakers 21-0 last season…The 82 points scored is the most scored for DU since the 2009-10 season when the Panthers scored 83 and 87 points in two matches, the most scored last season was 64.
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