Columbia Grits Past Penn To Win 21-17

A day of gut wrenching rugby ends in a win for Columbia women.

CUWRFC left the pitch victorious after 80 minutes of play on Sunday. Penn proved to be a tough opponent, playing quickly and aggressively in the rucks and making several impressive runs. The score went back and forth throughout the game, but a last minute try by Naomi Sharp CC'15 left Columbia with the win.

Columbia developed a strong offense, running many successful punches and executing beautiful plays in the back line. Two trys and three conversions by flyhalf Isadora Cerullo CC'13 secured the vistory for CUWRFC.

Scoring Summary

Penn breaks around the wing Columbia 0 - Penn 5
Penn conversion good 0-7
Columbia try Cerullo 5-7
Columbia conversion 7-7
Penn try 7-12

Halftime Columbia 7 Penn 12

Columbia try Cerullo 12-12
Columbia conversion 14-12
Penn try 14-17
Columbia try Sharp 19-17
Columbia conversion 21-17

Final Columbia 21 Penn 17