Meet The Team
Jaden Cusprinie
Major: Phycology
Minor: ASL & deaf studies
Hometown: Albany, NY
Pre-game snack: Banana
Rugby hot take: A bump off is cooler than a step
Ryan Masten
Major: Chemistry
Minor: None
Hometown: Avon, NY
Pre-game snack: Protein bar, banana, or pickle
Rugby hot take: An intentional knock should not be a yellow card
John Rovente
Major: Marketing
Minor: Global Supply Chain and Operations
Hometown: Oxford, NY
Pre-game snack: gummy bears
Rugby hot take: The Community is better than the game
Caleb Pygon
Major: Nursing
Minor: None
Hometown: Hamburg, NY
Pre-game snack: Oatmeal, Met-Rx bar, banana and a V8 drink
Rugby hot take: 7s is easier to play than 15s, but 15s is way more fun to play
Joey Stacey
Major: Nursing
Minor: Public Health + Philosophy
Hometown: Baldwinsville, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit Punch Hydration blend and a banana + PB sandwich
Rugby hot take: 7s is easier to play than 15s, but 15s is way more fun to play
Vano Armenak
Major: Biology
Minor: None
Hometown: Iraq, Kirkuk
Pre-game snack: I don't have any specific one
Rugby hot take: N/A
Alex Cownie
Major: Education
Minor: None
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Pre-game snack: Protein bar
Rugby hot take: Good forwards win games
Dylan Hohl
Major: Sports Management
Minor: None
Hometown: Sardinia, NY
Pre-game snack: a couple tangerines or a banana
Rugby hot take: Not all props are slow
Nathan McDermott
Major: Finance
Minor: None
Hometown: Valley Center, CA
Pre-game snack: Tangerines
Rugby hot take: Rugby community beats any other sporting community
Jacob Nagelhout
Major: 7-12 History Education
Minor: None
Hometown: Niagara Falls, NY
Pre-game snack: Weltch's fruit snacks
Rugby hot take: Kiwi is more fun to pull off than an Eagle
Cody Olkeberry
Major: Finance
Minor: None
Hometown: Grand Island, NY
Pre-game snack: Peanut Butter and Jelly
Rugby hot take: lineouts don't make sense
Kameron Olden
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Criminology & Fraud examination
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Pre-game snack: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Rugby hot take: games should be shorter
Tremaine Tigg
Major: Business Management
Minor: Accounting
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Pre-game snack: Ribs
Rugby hot take: If rugby was shown an promoted to the youth more the sport would be just as big as football
Maceo Swanzy
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Ryan Alvarez
Major: Sports management
Minor: None
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit snacks
Rugby hot take: Hooker the best foward
Derek Eells
Major: Nursing
Minor: None
Hometown: Clay, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit Snacks
Rugby hot take: Backline players are more important then forwards
Logan Herbst
Major: Environmental Science
Minor: None
Hometown: Macedon, New York
Pre-game snack: Kiwi
Rugby hot take: Forwards should kick more
Colby Okelberry
Major: Sports Management
Minor: None
Hometown: Grand Island, NY
Pre-game snack: Protein Bar and Gatorade
Rugby hot take: More chip and chases
Gabriel Poblocki
Major: EDU-HIS
Minor: None
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit snacks
Rugby hot take: Sacha Fienburg from SA is going to end as the greatest 10 of all time.
Noah Walker
Major: Computer Information Science
Minor: None
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit snacks
Rugby hot take: Scrums are life
Rob Warner
Major: Business Admin
Minor: None
Hometown:Syracuse, NY
Pre-game snack: Uncrustables
Rugby hot take: Backs are the best
Stephen Wiltse
Major: Psychology
Minor: None
Hometown: Allegany, NY
Pre-game snack: Fruit
Rugby hot take: More forward chip and chance
Cal Croft
Major: Psychology
Minor: None
Hometown: Orchard Park, NY
Pre-game snack: N/A
Rugby hot take: Rugby should replace the nfl
Gavin McWhirter
Major: Early Childhood Education
Minor: None
Hometown: Orchard Park, NY
Pre-game snack: None
Rugby hot take: We should be able to fight like hockey
Connor Lane
Major: Nursing
Minor: None
Hometown: New York, NY
Pre-game snack: Yogurt
Rugby hot take: Backs are more important than forwards
James McCutcheon
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Reponse Gisubizo
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Hayden Smith
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Jake Pedersen
Major: Accounting
Minor: Law & Jurisprudence
Hometown: Honeoye Falls, NY
Pre-game snack: Applesauce squeeze pack
Rugby hot take: 7s games should be twice as long.
Jonathan Clark II
Major: Sport management
Minor: None
Hometown: Clayton, NY
Pre-game snack: Uncrustable
Rugby hot take: Forwards should kick
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