The Crimson set for final tune up before Ivy Championships. (Gil Talbot)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Coming off a second-place finish at the Crimson 7's, Harvard women's rugby heads to Hamden, Connecticut to take on Quinnipiac, Saturday afternoon. The matches played will support the Austin Hill Project, a charity Quinnipiac rugby is heavily involved in.

The Agenda
Harvard will field two teams this weekend. The Crimson team will feature Ann-Marie Barrett, Claire Collins, Cheta Emba, Lydia Burns, Taciana Pereira, Tessa Muss and Emmalie Langan. The Black team will feature Varsha Varman, Emily Tran, Deborah Montes, Burns, Mariah Turner, Rachel Gibian and Ashley Ifeadike.

Quinnipiac will also be fielding two teams. Team Hillin' It and and team Austin-Tacious are named in honor of Austin Hill, the beneficiary of the Austin Hill Project.

Each team will play three games on Saturday in an effort to raise money for the Austin Hill Project.

Quinnipiac will be live streaming all of the action HERE

About the Austin Hill Project
Austin Hill is a 15-year old athlete from Colorado, who has been battling cystic fibrosis his entire life. A lacrosse and rugby player in high school, Hill was forced to give up athletics due to his disease.

The Quinnipiac rugby team first met Hill when they traveled to Colorado for a match. After hearing his story, Quinnipiac rugby and the university's medical and engineering schools teamed up to develop technology that would allow Hill to continue to play sports.

Unfortunately, Hill suffered a head injury that that forced to give up sports. Quinnipiac turned its focus to helping the Hill family in any way possible, creating the Austin Hill Project. Now Quinnipiac rugby, the town of Hamden and local businesses have come together to raise money towards helping the Hill family with their medical bills.

Up Next
The Crimson will be back in action April 18 for the Ivy 7's Rugby Championship hosted by Princeton.