Army Overcomes Penn State 46-36

Defending Rugby East champions Army defeated Penn State 46-36 under the lights in State College on Friday. 

Up 17-10 at the half, #5 Army fought off a strong second half effort by the Nittany Lions to claim their fourth victory in as many games, and their second over a top-10 ranked team (the Black Knights prevailed over Wheeling Jesuit last weekend).  

Penn State goes to 3-1, tied for second in the Rugby East with Iona, who beat West Virginia over the weekend.

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The fifth-ranked Army West Point men's rugby team get a test on Friday as they battle with eighth-ranked Penn State in State College, Pa. Both teams enter the game with unblemished marks of 3-0, as Army sits atop the Rugby East standings, holding a one-point advantage over the Nittany Lions.