0
0
National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) held week six of regular-season play, but only Division I held games that impact the standings. American International College (AIC), Dartmouth, Harvard and Army all banked wins. Check out the current standings. [AIC’s Naomi Dodd / Photo: Kaia Sage]
AIC built a 41-7 halftime lead against Brown before winning 77-14. Naomi Dodd scored four tries for 20 points, while Cam Henderson accounted 15 points on a try and five conversions. SaTya Miller, Jendell Moe, Queralt Beuter, Amalani Bonds, Kiyanah Edwards, Rafielle Barrack, Shaidynn Elama and Calliope Fellouzis also scored tries, while Luna Bussing kicked a conversion. The Bears scored a try in each half, the first coming from Maggie Hoffman-Long and the second from Adrienne Elizabeth Walby.
The Yellow Jackets are back on the pitch this Friday, Oct. 16 (7 p.m. ET) at Sacred Heart University.
View this post on Instagram
Undefeated Harvard celebrated its Senior Day with a 53-26 win against the visiting U.S. Naval Academy. Morgan Gibson and Eseta Pale scored two tries apiece, while Jayelle Jones, Ava Ference, Josephine Mignone, Maddie Hubbell and Courtney Taylor also crossed the whitewash. Evie Eyers kicked four conversions in the bonus-point win. The Crimson travels to Lindenwood in St. Charles, Mo., this Saturday.
Natalie Peugeot and Aleksandria Gabbard scored two tries apiece for Navy, and Mia Young kicked three conversions. The Midshipmen outscored Harvard 26-24 in the second half and earned a bonus point in the loss. Navy enters a bye week before playing Queens University of Charlotte on Oct. 24.
View this post on Instagram
Army picked up its second standings-impacting win, beating the Queens University of Charlotte 57-14 in North Carolina. Chloe De Leon scored a whopping six tries to lead the league in points scored this past weekend. Allison Beckenhauer, Tatiana Stockbower and Rebekah Shepkosky also scored tries, while Emily Steen added 12 points on six conversions.
The Black Knights host a pair of non-conference matches this Friday night — the first against NCR’s Vassar College (5 p.m. ET) and the second against the Royal Military College of Canada (7 p.m. ET).
View this post on Instagram
Second in the standings, Dartmouth beat Princeton 55-14, although the contest does not impact the standings, as the Tigers are not playoff eligible. The Big Green built a 31-0 halftime lead and across 80 minutes saw Lauren Cheng (2), Peyton Langworthy (2), Olivia Lyman, Nakato Myers, Amelia Handysides, Lucy Walker and Morgan Whelan score tries. Annie Henrich kicked four conversions, and Whelan added one. Dartmouth enters a bye this week and retakes the pitch Oct. 24 against Sacred Heart.
Malinka Kwemo and Sara Zavieh scored Princeton’s tries. The Tigers look to rebound against Mount St Mary’s on Oct. 17.
View this post on Instagram
In non-conference action, DI Lindenwood traveled to DII Davenport for a Midwest matchup. The Lions built a 12-0 halftime lead before winning 52-5. Jasmine Fehoko and Kanani Watts scored two tries apiece, and Ava Reuter, Ella Elordi, Gianna Diaz and Ashley Misch added five points apiece. Diaz and Joselin Roque Lopez kicked three conversions each. This Saturday, Lindenwood hosts Harvard in a rematch of the 2025 DI final. Davenport gets the week off before traveling to Niagara University, N.Y., to face Bowdoin College.
View this post on Instagram
The Polar Bears played DIII Univ. New England (UNE) in a 15s match and held onto a 15-7 win — a game that does not count toward the standings. Bowdoin took the first lead through freshman Liv Groth, and then UNE surged ahead 10 minutes later after Joslyn Griffeth scored and Caroline Rhodes nailed the conversion, 7-5 to the Nor’easters. Amanda Korfin restored the lead for Bowdoin with a try minutes later, and the Polar Bears took a 10-7 lead into the break. Just one try was dotted down in the second half, and it came from Groth: 15-7 the final for Bowdoin.
UNE plays a non-conference match against NCR’s Keene State on Oct. 17, and Bowdoin enters a bye week before Davenport.