St. Bonaventure University

In its bid to capture a second national men’s rugby title in four months, St. Bonaventure came up short. Twice.

Two yellow cards against the Bonnies allowed Dartmouth to score both its tries with the man advantage, leading to a 10-7 win over SBU in the Premier Cup division quarterfinals of the Collegiate Rugby Championship National 7s Friday afternoon at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland.

St. Bonaventure, which was one of the top four seeds in the 32-team bracket, finished seventh, losing to Walsh, 17-14, on the final play of the match and beating Indiana, 15-7, Saturday in a consolation bracket of the Cup Division. Wheeling edged Dartmouth, 14-12, for the national title.

To reach the quarterfinals, the Bonnies overwhelmed their first two opponents Friday, thumping Maryland, 47-7, and shutting out Clemson, 24-0.

Noah Edwards (6 tries, 4 conversions), Troy Heroldt (3 tries, 4 conversions) and Matthew Marten (3 tries) led the Bonnies in scoring for the weekend.

St. Bonaventure, which thumped Queens, 55-19, in December to win its second national 15s title in the last five years, was hoping to avenge its title-game loss to Wheeling in last April’s CRC National 7s.

On Sunday, the St. Bonaventure women won the consolation Shield Bracket of the Premier Cup, defeating UConn, 34-14, and Aquinas, 27-0.

The Bonnies lost both of their games Saturday in the main bracket of the Premier Cup — 45-7 to Navy and 17-5 to Northern Iowa.

Gia Ditto (5 tries), Alexandria Sutandar (2 tries) and Madison Moeller (2 tries) led the Bonnies in scoring over the four games.

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