Farmville, VA  The Hampden-Sydney Rugby Football Club traveled just up the road to Longwood University on Saturday to compete in the Todd Miller Memorial 7's tournament at Lancer Park. Competition opened in a round-robin format. The Tigers started the day with a 43-0 win over Longwood in the short 7's format. Senior David Haiss scored the opening try, followed by two consecutive tries by Senior Mason Khandagle. Haiss scored again, and tries were then recorded by Bruton Peacock, Teddy Hendrickson, and Cameron Chandler. Each try was followed by a conversion attempt by Graeme Ebert, who went 4 for 7 in the winning effort. in the next round robin match, H-SC fell to Richmond 12-0.  On March 26th at Hampden-Sydney, the Spiders were no match for the Tigers in 15's play, falling 39-12, but have won two close hard-fought 7's matches vs H-SC this spring. 

The pool play results sent H-SC up against VMI in the tournament semi-final. The Tigers fell 14-7 in a well-played match. After falling behind 14-0, the ruggers fought back with a try by Teddy Hendrickson and a successful conversion by Graeme Ebert but could not match VMI's score before time ran out. In the other semi-final, Richmond defeated Emory and Henry to move into the final vs VMI.  VMI then defeated Richmond to win the Todd Miller Memorial 7's championship. Hampden-Sydney was then awarded third place as Emory and Henry was not able to compete in the 3rd place match as a result of low player numbers for E&H. In its place, H-SC played Longwood once again in an unscored friendly, offering more opportunities to play and featuring excellent sportsmanship between the squads. 

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, April 16th in a trip to Lexington for a rematch with VMI. Game time is scheduled for 4:30 pm.