The Hoosiers went on the offensive out of the scrum and were less than a meter away from a try.
Krieger was forced to run after the kickoff and he committed a knock-on penalty to award Indiana a scrum inside Navy's 22-meter zone. Krieger put the Mids ahead, 14-0, after making the conversion kick. Jake Cornelius jumped in front of the kick for a block and Vaughn Schmitz pounced on the loose ball for a try in the seventh minute. Indiana won the ensuing scrum and attempted a clearing kick to flip the field. The Mids charged inside the five-meter line after receiving the kick, but a knock-on penalty resulted in a turnover. The ball then continued to roll into the try zone and the Hoosiers were forced to down it for a goal line drop kick. Landon Opp caught a kick at Navy's 22-meter line and launched a kick that landed right on Indiana's 22-meter line. Roanin Krieger made the conversion kick to put Navy in the lead, 7-0. JD Bengston received the first pass out of the scrum and took it over 20 meters by himself into the try zone for the first score just 2:27 into the match. The Hoosiers committed a knock-on penalty attempting to receive the kick, resulting in a scrum for Navy. The Mids drove near the 22-meter line and tried a short kick to further advance the ball. Indiana dropped a pass at the 10-meter line in its defensive zone less than a minute into the match to give Navy possession. However, as a result, we were a little disjointed in some areas and that's something we have to work on going forward." We had a younger lineup playing today so from that perspective it's exciting. "One thing that was very pleasing was finishing with a very young team. That will hopefully give us fuel for our upcoming training because we have a tough week ahead of us.
It's about ourselves and as a result, we are a bit frustrated right now. "It's not about score lines or our opponents. Very unhappy with some of our set piece and another few areas we didn't perform in," said director of rugby Gavin Hickie.
"It's good to defeat the defending Big Ten champs by the score we did, but we are pretty upset with the fact that we gifted Indiana 21 points. The Mids jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first seven minutes and rode the momentum to win their 21st-consecutive match dating back to last season. Team captain Ben Haugh scored three tries for the Navy men's rugby team (3-0) in its, 69-21, victory against Indiana (1-1, 1-0) on Saturday at the Prusmack Rugby Center in Annapolis, Md.
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