Last Saturday, the UVM men traveled to western New York to face the #1 in NY, Buffalo State. The final score was 46-21. UVM put away 8 tries. Although the team struggled to make conversions after the tries, the team still won with a wide margin.
Game Stats:
Tries
UVM-Charlie Powell (‘10) @ 9:57, Cody Transue (‘11) @ 13:03, Leigh Hammond (‘12) @ 18:07, Brendan Galvin (‘09.5) @ 23:27, Cody Transue @ 38:47, Adam Burgess (‘10) @ 36:15, Joshua Hogan (‘10) @ 49:51, and Charlie Powell @ 76:06. Jack Bates (‘11) converted 3.
Buffalo- Tries with successful conversions @ 20:23, 58:58, and 63:41
Set Piece Success Rate
Scrums-W6 L7= 46%
Line Out-W10 L4= 71%
Penalties
UVM x11
Buffalo x 4(sin bin x1)
How are those set-piece stats collected? What do they measure? Scrums, for example: Did UVM win 46% of all scrum restarts, or only 46% of their own? More interesting stats would be: what percentage of their own did UVM win, and what percentage did they take off the opposition?