GRR: 7s
St. Bonaventure needed overtime to beat a very strong Notre Dame College, but did the job in winning the NDC 7s Saturday.
Both SBU and Notre Dame College dominated their pool games, and were just as impressive in the knockout rounds. NDC beat Miami 50-0 in the semis, while Bona beat Big XII winners West Virginia 31-7.
The USA is into the Plate Final after the Eagles defeated Wales 38-12 in Vancouver.
Perry Baker once again was a main strike weapon for the Americans, racing in for the opening try. Folau Niua added on before Baker put on one of his better runs of the weekend, dummying, faking, and changing direction to make his way to paydirt.
This Sevens World Series season has, for the USA, been partly a period of finding new solutions in the forwards.
Fiji defeated the USA 31-26 in overtime of the Cup Quarterfinals in the Canada 7s in Vancouver, taking advantage of a couple of lucky breaks to break some USA hearts.
Seth Halliman threw a sublime long pass to Perry Baker to allow the USA wing to score his 5th try of Day One of the Canada 7s in Vancouver, BC, but that single example of what could be was only what could have been, as it finished off a 17-5 loss to New Zealand.
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