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Harvard 46 - Columbia 14 - ends with a winning record
In the final Ivy men's regular season match, Columbia traveled to Harvard to wind up the regular season pool play and conclude the 3rd season of the Ivy Men's Rugby Conference. After defeating Columbia 46-14, Harvard (4-3) sits at 4th in the top tier behind perfect Dartmouth (7-0) and Brown and Princeton, both 5-2.
The win gives the Crimson a winning 4-3 record going into the Ivy Playoffs next April.
Why does she play rugby?
Founded in 1978, the Yale Women's Rugby Football Club is one of the oldest women's collegiate rugby teams in the nation. Yale Women are a competitive rugby team, playing against women's rugby teams at Ivy League schools in the Ivy Rugby Conference.
Posted: 10/28/2011
Fall 2011 Columbia Women
Columbia Women 28 - Yale 22 at Baker. Read the full story »
Inaugural win for Columbia Women in the inaugural Ivy Rugby Conference season. 2011-10-22
Brown Men 15 - Yale 0 2nd XV
The Brown Second XV defeated Yale 15-0, scoring two first half tries and one in the second half. Fly half Blair Cameron’13 was opportunistic to take one quick penalty from five meters out and run it in for one try, and then to take a second quick penalty from five meters, but pass to scrum half Dan Tonderys’14 for the second try and a 10-0 first half lead.
Brown’s Eddie Friedman’14 scored an unconverted try from a scrum at the end of the second period to close out the match.
Penn Men 25 - Cornell 10 1st XV
Cornell traveled to Philadelphia Saturday to face a tough Penn side at the new Penn Park facility. Big Red to traveled strong, but was unable to match Penn Rugby. Final Penn 25 - Cornell 10.
Yale Men 1st XV hold on to defeat Cornell Men
Yale Scoring Summary
- Yale v Cornell - Kickoff at 1pm
- Grissom '13 picks off of a 5m scrum and touches down with help from Lawlor '12 running in support. 7-0
- Cornell slots a penalty after recovering the kickoff. 7-3
- Sin bin for Calvin Bohn '13
- Cornell connects on another kick. 7-6
- Grissom picks again and scores. 14-6
- A long run by Cornell and a score in the corner. 14-11
- Cornell's 10 breaks the Yale line and scores. 14-18
Dartmouth Gets Homecoming Win Over Harvard 62-0
Heading in their final fall 15s game against Harvard Saturday, Dartmouth seemed primed to give a special performance in front of a raucous Homecoming crowd. By no means did they disappoint. Outperforming a determined Harvard defense right from the opening whistle, the Big Green dispatched the Crimson 62-0. The win capped off a third straight undefeated run through the conference for Dartmouth. The team has now won 12 of the last 15 Ivy Championships, including the last five in a row.
Brown Women 24 - Princeton Women 17
Brown Women's Rugby claimed it's sixth consecutive Ivy Championship defeating Princeton 24-17 at Princeton. This is the first Ivy Rugby Conference Championship for Brown, but the Brown Bears have won the Spring Ivy XVs tournament five year's running before winning the league in 2011.
Brown Women 2011 Ivy Rugby Champions
Both squads came into the contest at 4-0 in the Ivies. The victor, Brown, is the Ivy Rugby Conference champion and the top Ivy seed in the Northeast playoffs. Princeton finishes second and will also be seeded in the NRU tournament.
Princeton Women 2nd XV win at the buzzer
The Brown B's lost a heartbreaker to the Princeton B's after leading most of the match.