CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – First-year Chloe Headland scored 23 points while senior Cassidy Bargell tallied three tries as Harvard women's rugby beat LIU by a score of 109-5 at Mignone Field.
 
Headland got the Crimson out to an early 8-0 lead with a try and penalty kick within the first seven minutes. Senior Emma Kearney scored two tries in as many minutes to give Harvard a 25-0 lead midway through the first half. First-year Kiani Akina and sophomore Nafanua Malietoa Fitisemanu tallied first half tries after getting on the scoresheet last weekend as well. Two more tries for Bargell, and one each for first-years Jara Emtage-Cave and PK Vincze saw the Crimson head into halftime with a 68-0 lead.
 
Junior Alex Pipkin and Akina got the second half rolling for Harvard with their second tries of the game to go up 80-0. Senior Sabrina Kim and sophomore Anjalika Ybema linked up well in the second half, with Kim scoring her first two tries of the season and Ybema also tallying her first. First-year Reese Morgan concluded the Harvard scoring with a try, bringing the total to 17 on the day for the Crimson.
  
"Following our National Championship win, we've really started this season being really clinical, we're watching film everyday" said senior Sabrina Kim following the victory. "I feel like we have incredible depth and can only go up from here."
  
Harvard Highlights 

• First-year Chloe Headland scored 23 points across six conversions, two penalty kicks, and a try.
• Senior captain Cassidy Bargell continued her stellar play with three more tries as she leads the Crimson with five on the season.
• Seniors Sabrina Kim and Emma Kearney, junior Alex Pipkin, and first-year Kiani Akina all scored a pair of the tries in the victory.
• Sophomore Anjalika Ybema and first-years PK Vincze, Reese Morgan, and Jara Emtage-Cave all scored the first try of their Crimson careers.
• Sophomore Maeve Humphrey tallied three conversions in her Crimson debut.

Game Notes 

• Harvard has outscored its opponents 162-10 through two contests.
• The Crimson saw 12 different players get on the scoresheet.
• Harvard is now 11-0 in its last 11 games played at Mignone Field.
• Harvard wins its first ever matchup with LIU.

What's Next? 
Harvard is set to hit the road next, taking on Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., on Saturday, Sept 25 at 11:00 a.m. before traveling to Hamden, Conn., for a matchup with Quinnipiac on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 1:00 p.m.