At least they are back on track.

A week after getting pounded at Ohio State, the Penn State men's rugby team (3-1) went up against the University of Maryland Terrapins this past Saturday in College Park.

The Ruggers came away with a relatively easy 67-10 win against the Terrapins despite having about four changes in the side.

Man-of-the-match was forward Brent Ilgen.

"He was the leader of the team in the match," Penn State men's rugby captain Jason Fisher said. "He even got sin-binned [received a yellow card] because he was being very physical."

According to Fisher, the yellow card, which keeps a player out for 10 minutes, occurred when Ilgen saw a Ruggers player being hit by a Terrapins player and he then proceeded to yank the Terrapins player off the Penn State player.

The Ruggers came into the match knowing they had to prove something, to themselves and no one else. They expected an outright win against the Terrapins.

"I think a lot of us were disappointed with what happened at Ohio," Fisher said. He also added that against the Terrapins the Ruggers upped their level of play.

Ilgen especially had a motive for upping his level of play.

"I just figured it was my last year," Ilgen said, "and being a senior, the loss against Ohio State did not sit too well."

Instead of getting off to their traditional slow start, the Ruggers made sure that from the get-go, they were the ones in control.

"We played really good for some time, especially in the first half," Penn State men's coach Terry Ryland said. "Then in the second half we kind of leveled off."

Playing in hot and humid conditions, the Ruggers could not keep their up-tempo game going throughout the entire game and the Maryland squad proceeded to add some points in the second half.

With a big lead in the first half, the Ruggers used up all six of their substitutions at halftime so that the coaching staff could assess other players.

In all facets of the game, the Ruggers felt that they had made improvements.

On offense, they passed the ball among themselves with confidence.

Defensively, although it still needs improvement, players came up and made the tackles.

They were also more physical and aggressive, which is something the coaching staff would like to see a lot more of.

The win renews some confidence in the Ruggers as they recover from the disappointing loss against the Buckeyes.

"I thought it was positive and shows that we are going in the right direction," Ryland said.

In his post-game comments, Ryland told the team that it was a good win but that they should not dwell to long on it, as they will soon go up against a much better side in Loyola University.

"You have to keep getting better," Ryland said. "Especially when we have to play a lot more defense."

For now, the Ruggers are content to end the weekend with a win.