The women's rugby team downed the Mountaineers, 70-0, on a crisp Saturday at Brophy Field
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth women's rugby blanked Mount St. Mary's, 70-0, over Homecoming weekend at Brophy Field. This is only the fourth time in program history that the Big Green haven't allowed their opponent to score.
Eight players had a hand in the 10 tries, being
Mount St. Mary's proved to be a tough competitor early in the first half, allowing one try by Bitter at 3:06 before keeping Dartmouth out of the try zone for almost 13 minutes. When Emily Henrich managed to break through at the 16-minute mark, she opened the door for tries by Ihensekhien (2), Lilly Durbin and Ale Ada all in less than 20 minutes. Savin hit all of her conversions, making it a 42-0 game at the half.
The Big Green started the second with back-to-back tries by Meni, and with two good kicks by Bitter, the home team saw their advantage increase (56-0). The Mountaineers tried to score but were stopped by a huge tackle by Anjali Pant before the ball went in the other direction. Late in the half, Johnson and Sheehy scored their first collegiate tries and, following two more Bitter conversions, Dartmouth was ahead, 63-0. Mount St. Mary's tries one more time to score but were stopped once again.
Dartmouth will next play in two weeks' time when it hosts Harvard on Oct. 23. The Big Green and the Crimson are the only two NIRA teams to remain undefeated this far into the season.
3:36 – Bitter try, Savin conv, 7-0
16:09 – Henrich try, Savin conv, 14-0
19:46 – Ihensekhien try, Savin conv, 21-0
21:56 – Durbin try, Savin conv, 28-0
29:44 – Ada try, Savin conv, 35-0
35:28 – Ihensekhien try, Savin conv, 42-0
46:29 – Meni try, Bitter conv, 49-0
50:33 – Meni try, Bitter conv, 56-0
69:39 – missed Dartmouth penalty kick
73:57 – Johnson try, Bitter conv, 63-0
78:56 – Sheehy try, Bitter conv, 70-0
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