Harvard defeats Penn Women

Saturday, October 24, 2015

For the second time this season, the Harvard's women's rugby team broke the school scoring record, downing Penn on the road by a final tally of 132-5. The Crimson had previously broken the mark earlier this season in a 111-5 thumping of Yale on Sept. 19.

The Crimson improve to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in Ivy conference play. Harvard will have a week off from action before returning to the pitch for the Ivy Tournament on Nov. 7.

Harvard Twitter Feed

  • Mesmariah making her twitter debut! It's gameday yall
  • What's higher, our lineouts or our spirits? 
  • Try scored by new player Ginny Miller! No conversion means 5-0 Harvard
  • Quick scores from scrums courtesy of Slisps and Caitlin+ conversions from Susie. Great start ladies!
  • Stolen lineout followed by a forward strike set up a line break for our prop Q
  • Our scrum gets low low low low low low low 
  • In the past few minutes we have had tries from R. Harks, GFC, and C. Weegs. Let's keep up the work rate!
  • Tries from GFC and Sus to end the half! Conversions kicks into the city 
  • Linebreak from Slips to start the half!
  • Beautiful interplay between the backs, great over line from sarah leads to a try. Conversion from susie is good
  • Straight off the kickoff catch great by Caitlin evasive move #twostep and power through contact. Goes in for the try. Susie converts
  • Nice kick off the penalty to the corner. Our line out on the five
  • Maul off the lineout, out to the 10 back in to claire on a great line. Try for the crimson. Conversion no good
  • Gen opens with a run to the right touch line. Swung off the ruck all the way to the left and finished off for a crimson try. #wholefield
  • Great pass off the scrum by the 8, nice 12 13 fake switch then out to sarah great try on the outside. Conversion no good
  • Rachael scored a great try in the corner
  • Offload from susie great hands from caitlin then out to sarah blows through one tackle in for the try. Conversion is good
  • Nice hands down the line, held up in the try zone
  • Grace OB gets the penalty for not releasing, taken quickly by caitlin for the try. No conversion

Prematch Review

This is family weekend at Penn, and the team will be holding an alumni social after the game.

With Harvard's loss on Saturday, the Crimson fell to fourth place in the Ivy Conference standings and are one point behind Yale. Penn is 1-2 overall with its lone win coming against Columbia in a 31-20 decision on Sept. 19. The Quakers currently hold the seventh spot in the Ivy Conference standings with 5 points.

The remaining six Ivy Conference members will have one more week of conference play next weekend. The top four teams in the Ivy Conference standings will compete for the Ivy Tournament championship, while the bottom four teams will compete for the Ivy Plate championship.