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Air Force, Kutztown Into Final Of D!A 7s Qualifier

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Air Force, Kutztown Into Final Of D!A 7s Qualifier

Air Force aainst Utah. David Barpal photo.

Kutztown University and the Air Force Academy will face off this evening in Las Vegas in the final of the D1A 7s open qualifier.

Both teams survived very close semifinals to get there.

In pool play, Kutztown shut out New Mexico and Colorado and were pushed by Utah 26-14. Overall, though, outscoring pool opponents 120-14 sent a message.

That set up the semifinal with St. Bonaventure, which had finished 2nd in the other pol by virtue of a 19-17 loss to Air Force. Kutztown prevailed 19-10 to reach today’s championship game.

Air Force had similar success, albeit in a less dominant fashion. The Zoomies defeated Utah 19-7, Bonnies 19-17, and then Utah Valley’s 2nd side 14-0 (which is a forfeit score).

On to the quarterfinals. Kutztown took a forfeit over Utah Valley 2nds, while SBU beat Colorado 20-7. Utah Valley’s 1sts beat Utah 31-7, and Air Force shut out New Mexico 41-0 behind CJ Gabriel’s four tries. 

 

In the semis, KU got a huge game from Tai Kauwe and held off SBU.

Air Force got tries from Gabriel, Ben Bollinger, and Connell Swenson, with Koby Hinnant kicking two key conversions for the 19-14 win over UVU.

UVU went on to beat St. Bonaventure 29-24 to take 3rd.

The final will be played today, Saturday, Feb 15 at 2PM PT, 5PM ET in Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.

D1A Qualifier Scores
Thu Feb 13 New Mexico 0-56 Kutztown Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 19-10 Colorado Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Air Force 19-7 Utah Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 2 0-14 St. Bonaventure Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 14-26 Kutztown Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 New Mexico 0-45 Colorado Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 2 0-14 Utah Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Air Force 19-17 St. Bonaventure Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Colorado 0-38 Kutztown Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 64-0 New Mexico Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 St. Bonaventure 34-14 Utah Pool Play
Thu Feb 13 Utah Valley 2 0-14 Air Force Pool Play
Fri Feb 14 Utah Valley 2 0-14 Kutztown Quarterfinals
Fri Feb 14 Colorado 7-20 St. Bonaventure Quarterfinals
Fri Feb 14 Utah 7-31 Utah Valley Quarterfinals
Fri Feb 14 New Mexico 0-41 Air Force Quarterfinals
Fri Feb 14 Colorado 14-0 Utah Valley 2 5th SF
Fri Feb 14 New Mexico 0-48 Utah 5th SF
Fri Feb 14 St. Bonaventure 10-19 Kutztown Semifinal
Fri Feb 14 Air Force 19-14 Utah Valley Semifinal
Fri Feb 14 New Mexico 14-0 Utah Valley 2 7th/8th
Fri Feb 14 Utah 0-29 Colorado 5th/6th
Fri Feb 14 Utah Valley 29-24 St. Bonaventure 3rd/4th
Sat Feb 15 Air Force vs Kutztown Final