Tackling on both sides was ferocious and commited, with both teams putting on great stands at the goal line. In the end, Truman relied on 3 of 6 penalty kicking from Tony Sauceda, while KU notched a penalty and unconverted try. By all rights, Truman's tactical errors and aggressive mistakes in injury time, should have cost them the match. KU spurned opportunities to go for points in the dying minutes and choose to run the ball from two makeable penalty kicks. Truman will host Pool D of the WRFU Round of 12 on March 24-25, while KU travels to the University of Wyoming.
Credit is due to the members of both teams for their overall fine performance.
With a number of Truman players unavailable, injured or ill, Truman relied on some younger players to step up. Special kudos go to Joe Rothermich who started at scrumhalf after Greg Gallagher came down sick on Friday. With the loss of a couple of other front row starters, Joel White stepped in and played very well at loosehead prop. Christian McKeel replaced Sam Merritt who busted his nose about 25 min into the game. Truman played aggressive and notched a 10-5 win, on a Brian Dooley try, and a Luke Walczewski conversion and penalty.