Dartmouth defeats Penn in a rare double header weekend for the Big Green

Dartmouth defeated Penn 67-8 Sunday on the second stop of their quick Mid-Atlantic tour. The game took place at historic Franklin Field on Penn's campus.

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• Excited to kick off v Penn. today at the famous Franklin Field #ivyrugby #rugby 
• Conditions are damp but mild and kickoff should be any minute.
• After some delay, the teams have all set to begin. Penn will kick. Aldredge will look to set the tone.
• Englehart gathers and finds Workie, who's probing grub kick finds touch.
• The Penn line out hits the back tower, works through hands and after a quick ruck goes wide. Zhu takes them into touch.
• Driscoll commands the rolling maul, but Penn turns them over before knocking on just over midfield. Green win the scrum.
• Maguire makes 30 meters on the near side but the Penn scrum half chases him down before he can offload to Abraham.
• The teams trade kicks but Workie's finds touch and pins the Quakers deep inside their 22.
• Intense pressure courtesy of Aldredge and co. yields to sloppy handling and a Dartmouth knock on
• The Green maul a line out deep in the Penn zone, creating space that Workie uses to find Oberg and then Abraham in the corner for a try.
• Oberg's conversion bounces off the football uprights. 5-0.
• Aldredges snags a high arcing restart, and Abraham wastes no time with ball in hand. He cruises through a gap and past the fullback for #2
• Oberg's conversion falls just short, knocking off the crossbar this time. 10-0
• Penn win the restart and spin wide. Henshaw looks to have poached, but the official pings him as off his feet.
• The Penn fly half slots the penalty from 25 meters. 10-3
• Penn scramble inside their own zone, and frantic handling a leads to a knock on. Englehart to feed.
• Brady's hard nosed running is for nought as support is scant and he's penalized for not releasing.
• But Penn's line out handling continues to dog them and the pack forces another turnover.
• DRFC scrum at the five. Aldredges scoops up a messy one, recycles but Workie's run is forced into touch.
• Penn looks to evacuate their zone and kick for touch. The line out is clean, and worked through to Oberg and Brady
• Brady's gorgeous offload sees Maguire to the in-goal, but the official says Penn held him up.
• The veteran Warnquist with a crafty turnover. The Green continue to press.
• Brady appears to be gutting out a tough injury. His running has kept Penn off balance.
• The Green are held up again, but Abraham dazzles with speed and footwork following the scrum. He's in for his third.
• Oberg converts straight ahead 17-3.
• After the deep restart, the seas part for Hannam who goes for 35 m, but his pass to Abraham is errant
• Penn win the scrum and cross the 50. The ref awards them penalty after an ugly ruck.
• Aldredge darts through a huge gap and is tackled but plays it quickly to Workie, whose looping pass hits Nkoy.
• After a few more phases, Hannam spots an overlap and is gone for his second try. Oberg converts. 24-3.
• Both teams continue to battle, but Maguire, now at center, finds the space. A useful dummy sends him over the line. Oberg converts. 31-3.
• HT Dartmouth 31-3 UPenn.
• The Quakers are making the Green work for hard for every meter of historic Franklin Field turf.
• Nkoy on for Brady.
• Workie's kick starts the second half. Penn's offloads work well, but they're off their feet at the ruck.
• Driscoll quick taps and catches the Quakers napping. He goes 40m for a try. 38-3. Oberg converts.
• Gudmundsson handles a tricky restart. The Green recycle and Workie's boot finds touch from inside the 22.
• Green turnover the line out and hard forward runners create space for Aldredge to dance around one defender.
• Quick ball at the ruck yields more space for Abraham, and the Canadian scores again in the corner.
• Oberg's conversion from the corner goes wanting. 43-3.
• Penn mauls an attacking line out, but a mistimed strike move forces a knock on
• A messy Penn scrum leads to a messy Penn maul, but Dartmouth comes in from the side in the next ruck. Penn attack from 5m
• The stout Green defense aren't conceding it. Driscoll with a huge front up tackle. Workie leading the line up quickly.
• But Dartmouth is off their feet again. Penn quick tap but go nowhere. The Green pack aren't giving it up.
• Coleman on for Henshaw.
• Oberg's kick relieves pressure, allowing tough forward runners to pound the defense and create space for a probing Workie kick.
• Green line out on Penn's five meter line.
• The pack mauls it over the line for a gritty team try. Oberg's conversion goes wide. 48-3.
• The teams trade kicks, but Penn's finds Workie with space. He dances and dummies his way across the fifty and finds Aldredge for 10m more.
• But Dartmouth is pinged for crossing, and Penn will try to stay on the front foot inside the 22.
• A cheeky Dartmouth penalty in their own zone is take a quickly and the Quakers are over for their first try. Conv. wide. 48-8.
• Baudenhausen on for Stans.
• Englehart pokes the ball loose from a charging Quaker, Aldredge scoops it up and feeds Nkoy who doesn't look back. Workie conv. wide. 53-8
• Benny Goodman on for Workie.
• Goodman slots into scrum half and Englehart takes a stab at first receiver. M. Hannam on for Maguire.
• Pichardo on for Abraham.
• Englehart wraps around M. Hannam in a pretty strike move. They recycle quickly and move through hands to find Hannam again who scores.
• Englehart chooses a drop goal to convert. 60-8.
• Penn is offside at the line out. Driscoll sets them up again after the Englehart kick.
• Penn is offside again at a maul, and B. Hannam quick taps down to the 5.
• Aldredge picks from the back of a scrum and puts his head down through two Penn defenders. Conv good. 67-8
• A Quaker penalty misses touch, but so does Nkoy's response. Penn with multiple phases around the 50, but few meters to be gained.
• Hannam turns over and a quick kick finds touch.
• Full time. Dartmouth 67-8 Penn

Dartmouth Team Lineup

1. Ezenwa 2. Driscoll 3. Gudmunsson 4. Sants 5. Henshaw 6. Warnquist 7. B. Hannam 8. Aldredge
9.Englehart 10. Workie 11. Maguire 12. Brady 13. Oberg 14 Zhu 15. Abraham