• Women's rugby is coming off an undefeated season in 2023, winning the Championship over Dartmouth, 20-12. The team secured its first national 15s title since the 2019 season.
• Head Coach Mel Denham enters her 8th season with 40 all-time wins in 15s.
• Harvard leads the all-time series against Mount Saint Mary's, 3-0. The Crimson last faced Mount Saint Mary's in 2022-23, defeating them by a score of 98-7 on their home turf.
• Harvard has won seven season-opening games in a row, dating back to the 2016 season. 
• Juniors Lennox London and Tiahna Padilla return to the team this fall. Both were selected as 2023 Sorenson Award finalists.
• The team had 12 All-NIRA selections in 2023, nine of whom are returning this fall. 
• The Crimson are also coming off a spring 7s national title, going undefeated at the CRAA USA Rugby 7s Tournament in Houston.
• Junior Cameron Fields was awarded the 2024 Prusmack 7s Award, given to the top collegiate 7s athlete of the year. 
• The team captains for the 2024 fall season include seniors Reese Morgan, Carly Lehman, and Sofia Hilger.
• Five first-year athletes are set to begin their first season with Harvard. The five first-years are Sophie Diaz, Dana Greer, Josephine Mignone, Eseta Pale, and Natalia Villanueva-Hernandez.

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