Ivy 7s Men Bracket Final

Dartmouth A and B side teams swept their respective brackets to secure a first and second place finish at the Ivy Men's 7s Tournament.

In their final bracket play matchup Dartmouth faced off against number 2 seed Harvard for a place in the finals against Dartmouth A. A beautiful defensive interception from Jack Badenhausen gave Dartmouth a 5-0 lead. However, Harvard was quick to retaliate with a try of its own taking the lead 7-5.  Some solid passing from Dartmouth and a selfless pass from Gordon Driscoll led a full field try from Chris Nkoy putting up Dartmouth 12-7. Unfortunately, a few knock-ons and some nice steps from Harvard led to a couple Harvard tries giving the Crimson a 17-12 lead. But Dartmouth wasn’t ready to quit.

A beautiful dummy by Jack Badenhausen led a great try tying up the game at 17.  With only seconds left and Harvard ball, senior Will de Chatellus commanded a great defensive push pressuring Harvard into a lofted pass, which Andrew Zhu grabbed and ran into the try zone for a nail biting Dartmouth win and securing a Dartmouth sweep.

The winner of the Ivy 7s receives an automatic bid to the USA Rugby Sevens National Championship tournament to be held in North Carolina in 2016.