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1st XV Princeton Women at Dartmouth Women

On a beautiful New England Saturday the DWRC lost a back-and-forth battle to Princeton 24-31.  Princeton opened up the scoring and took a 12-0 lead 13 minutes into the first half. Dartmouth responded with a converted try by Karoline Walter '13 off of a run by Ashley Afranie-Sakyi '13. Princeton ended the half with a penalty kick after a long DWRC tryline stand and the Dartmouth team went into the half down 7-15.

1st XV Columbia Women at Brown Women

Brown women moved to 3-0 in league play with a 58-0 win over Columbia. Brown scored 45 seconds into the match when wing Shakeela Faulkner '12 took a beautiful pass from Chelsea Garber and raced 30 meters in to score. Minutes later center Michelle VanderPloeg '12 scored the first of her 3 try's. Ploeg took a beautiful pass from Elizabeth StanIcoff '12 who burst through the Columbia defense off the kick-off and raced 50 meters before drawing the last defender and dishing the ball to Ploeg, Chelsea converted and Brown led 12-0.

Brown Women 85-0 win in New Haven

The Brown women dominated a determined but young Yale squad, walking off with an 85-0 win in New Haven. All American Blaine Martin 11.5 opened the scoring 3 minutes in gathering in a beautifully placed chip from flyhalf and All American Chelsea Garber '12 and touching down between the posts. Chelsea converted and Brown was up 7-0.

1st XV Columbia Women at Dartmouth Women

The DWRC defeated Columbia 53-7 Saturday afternoon in cold and wet conditions. Dartmouth, in their second week of Ivy League play, played a tight match, adapting to the conditions. Ashley Afranie-Sakyi '13 spearheaded the attack in the back line, coming up with four tries and several long breaks.

Brown Women 41, Dartmouth 12

The Brown women opened Ivy Rugby Conference play with a decisive win over Dartmouth. Led by co-captains Chelsea Garber '12 and Blair Station '12 Brown worked hard to secure ball, disorganize and get behind the Dartmouth defense.

Although Brown's Chelsea Garber and her veteran-speckled backline had a tough time containing or breaking through Dartmouth's powerful centers (Ashley Afranie-Sakyi '13 and Sabrina Amaro '13) they took full advantage of Garber's powerful boot as they kicked their way into scoring position and finished with speedy wings.

Harvard Women @ Columbia Women

The Columbia Women's team hosted Harvard on the football field in the their first inaugural Ivy Women's Rugby League season. With many new players against a Crimson side that was bolstered by players from their US 7s championship team, the CU women had possession on their own ball not a half dozen times all game and then only momentarily. They easily played defense for not less than 85% of the match, yet competed, tackled and chased constantly in the most courageous defensive effort ever witnessed.

Dartmouth Tames Tigers 53-21

After a sluggish performance against Brown last week, Dartmouth Rugby suddenly had a lot of question marks heading into today’s matchup against Princeton, who like The Big Green were still undefeated in Ivy Rugby Conference play.

Big Green Now Lone Unbeaten in Ivy Rugby Conference

Thankfully for the large home crowd at Brophy Field, the team provided the desired answers and then some, dominating the Tigers in route to a 53-21 victory. Dartmouth is now the only unbeaten team in the conference, with two games left to play.

Harvard Men defeat Yale 57-14

Harvard & Yale's Match Scoring Summary

  • 10am kickoff against Harvard. First home Ivy game of the season for Yale.
  • Yale's Coach Heaven leading pregame warmups yfrog.com/h8d9pyuyj
  • Captain Finger leading the pregame huddle yfrog.com/h7xvksjsj
  • Yale to kick
  • Scrum to red inside Harvard territory
  • Stolen by Yale. Penalty to the Bulldogs. Blue lineout 5m out
  • Harvard 22m
  • Yale lineout at the Harvard 22
  • Yale's 13 Katz breaks the Harvard line, scores under the post. Yale 7, Harvard, 0.

Brown Men 53 - Yale 15

With sole possession of second place on the line, the Bears came to play, overwhelming a young Yale team with four converted first half tries, all scored by motivated seniors playing their last Ivy Rugby Conference match of the season. The entire Brown forward pack deserve an assist for their dominance in the scrums, lineouts and breakdowns.

SHUTOUT: Brown Men 51 Penn 0

After several days of rain, game day was a picture perfect October Homecoming Saturday, with a good crowd of rugby alumni, families and friends in attendance. With all of these positives, the murky and unstable field conditions and a strong breeze were potential hazards to overcome.