GRR: Iona
Iona College rebounded from a frustrating loss to Army last week with an impressive 33-0 shutout of Delaware Saturday.
Despite Iona's loss to West Point last Friday, some Iona players showed themselves to be very handy, and perhaps the handiest was Jon Petteruti.
The Iona flanker and captain was a force, making big runs up the middle, helping set up Iona's lone try, and playing hard-nosed defense.
West Point needed all of their patience and intensity to hold off Iona to win 16-5 Friday night in a Rugby East clash.
Both teams scored one try, but flyhalf Jon Kim's kicking was the difference, as he logged three penalties and a conversion.
Iona College put together two nice early victories in warmup games last week.
Iona had a fairly comfortable time of it against Fairfield, winning 48-0 in a fame where the Gaels ran in changes relatively early. Then Iona took on Fordham, which hung touch through the game and scored two late tries in a 36-20 Iona victory.
Delaware defeated Iona 36-29 in the Pat Quinn Ice Bucket Challenge Bowl Saturday in New Rochelle, NY.
Iona got two tries from Evan Staikos in the loss. Chris Mattina led Delaware in their final game of their comeback fall.
Below is a video report on the game. If you don't see the video, refresh the page.