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Harvard Women’s Rugby Beats Brown, 45-14

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Harvard Women's Rugby took down Brown on the road, 43-14, on Saturday afternoon at Marvel Field.

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS

  • Chloe Headland scored in back-to-back fashion, successfully recording the first and second tries in the second half.
  • Headland also showed off her double-threat talents, making 100 percent of her six conversion kicks. 
  • The Crimson scored four tries in the first half and three in the second half.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Brown came out strong right out of the gate and scored the first try just a few minutes into the match to take a 7-0 lead.
  • Tiahna Padilla came back two minutes later and scored the first try for the Crimson. With conversion from Chloe Headland, the score was tied, 7-7.
  • Kiani Akina scored the next try, helping the Crimson move in front, 14-7. The Crimson maintained its lead for the remainder of the game.
  • Harvard maintained possession of the ball for the majority for rest of the half despite Brown's aggressive attempts to cut into the Crimson's lead.
  • Victoria Stanley and Charlotte Gilmour scored back-to-back tries just a few minutes apart with the latter scoring right before the end of the first half making the halftime score, 26-7.
  • Headland scored the aforementioned first and second tries for the Crimson to open the second half, moving the visitors ahead, 38-7
  • Maeve Humphrey scored her second try of the season and made the conversion herself, bringing the score to 45-7.
  • In the last few minutes of the game Brown snuck in and scored their second try and the last try of the game to provide the final margin. 

WHAT'S NEXT


Harvard heads to West Point, New York next weekend to play Army in a big NIRA match-up on Saturday Oct, 29, at 12 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Kiani Akina

Kiani Akina

Wing
Sophomore
Chloe Headland

Chloe Headland

Fullback/Wing
Sophomore
Maeve Humphrey

Maeve Humphrey

Wing
Junior
Applied Mathematics
Charlotte Gilmour

Charlotte Gilmour

Back Row
First-Year
Tiahna Padilla

Tiahna Padilla

Center/Fullback
First-Year
Victoria Stanley

Victoria Stanley

Outside Back
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Kiani Akina

Kiani Akina

Sophomore
Wing
Chloe Headland

Chloe Headland

Sophomore
Fullback/Wing
Maeve Humphrey

Maeve Humphrey

Junior
Applied Mathematics
Wing
Charlotte Gilmour

Charlotte Gilmour

First-Year
Back Row
Tiahna Padilla

Tiahna Padilla

First-Year
Center/Fullback
Victoria Stanley

Victoria Stanley

First-Year
Outside Back