Once again West Pint somehow pulled off another dramatic victory and defeated Air Force 19-17 Friday night at the Anderson Rugby Complez.

A try in the second half from Andy Sullivan and an Andrew Borer conversion lifted the Black Knights to a 19-17 victory the Zoomies. Sullivan's try came in the 68th minute, with Borer's kick putting Army on top for the first time since the 27th minute. Both Sullivan and Borer did not start the game but came in replacement of injured starers Jake Lachina and Logan Pearce.

"I'm thrilled, it's always a great game when we get to play another service academy, they're the same kind of kids that we have here and they're just America's best so it's just a privilidge to play them," head coach Mike Mahan said. "It was a close game, I didn't think it should have been that close, we just maybe were playing with a little too much emotion and not using our heads enough, but we made it through and we're looking forward to next week in Wheeling."

Air Force missed two penalty kicks early on to keep the game scorless through the beginning of play. Army suffered a huge blow midway through the first half, as starting fullback and vice-captain Logan Pearce left the game due to injury.

In the 21st minute, Army opened up the scoring with Jamison Geracci scoring the try and Borer succeeding on the kick to put the Black Knights up 7-0.

Air Force would rattle off two tries, a conversion and a penalty kick to send Army into the break trailing 17-7.

In the second half, David Huff broke free down the far side of the field, recording a try in the 45th minute to pull Army with five.

Following Huff's score, Air Force dominated possession as it appeared the game was getting away from the Black Knights.

In the 58th minute, Air Force was within inches of a score but a penalty gave possession back to the Black Knights who were able to march the ball down into Falcons' territory. Air Force was issued a yellow card in the 62nd minute with the ball deep in their own territory, allowing Army to put on the pressure.

The Black Knights threatened but Air Force was able to keep the ball out of the try zone until the 68th minute when Sullivan broke free.

"I think it was the 17th minute that he (Pearce) went down and Logan and I would go after it everday in practice, him and I, and one of the big things we worked on is kicking and just good communication with our defense, as a fullback that's your main responsiblity," said Borer. "Going in so early in the game, I knew we had a lot of time left, we had a lot of work to do. It was a typical service academy rival game, so that's what we had to do to win the game. It was a huge win, we've got Navy and the rest of the season to look forward to. To beat Air Force on our home turf like this is a big win for us but we've got a lot of work to do."

Leading 19-17 and performing in front of a gigantic crowd at Anderson Rugby Complex, the Black Knights were unable to hold on to the ball with neither team gaining possession for an extended period of time.

The Falcons were awarded a penalty kick, with the opportunity to take the lead, in the 76th minute, but the ball sailed wide.

Army maintained possession of the ball for a majority of the wanning minutes, holding on for the 19-17 victory.

"To come off the bench and play at fullback, the position where all the pressure is, you're back there all alone, Borer did such a great job," Mahan added. "There's not but a tiny bit of difference between him and Pearce so he just filled in great."

With the win, the Black Knights move to 7-0 on the season and still remain atop the Rugby East Conference standings. They'll close out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 8 when they travel to Wheeling Jesuit.