Saturday, August 31
Providence, RI
11:00 AM
Brown University
60
vs
19
LIU
Women’s Rugby Runs Past LIU, 60-19
8/31/2019 4:03:00 PM | Women's Rugby
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's rugby team opened the 15s season against LIU on Saturday, defeating the Sharks, 60-19, at Marvel Field. Freshman Mahdia Parker (Harlem, N.Y.) paced the Bears offensively with three tries in her collegiate debut.
"Obviously the score shows we had a good offensive game and we will need to tighten up our discipline on defense if we are to continue our success for the future," said head coach Kathy Flores.
Brown jumped out to a 33-7 lead by halftime. Senior Abby O'Keefe (St. Louis, Mo.) got things started, scoring the first try of the season as Brown took a 7-0 advantage with a successful kick. Sophomore Zy Thomas (Fairfield, Calif.) and Parker each added a try before O'Keefe put in her second of the afternoon for a score of 28-0. Sophomore Emmajane Rhodenhiser (Ann Arbor, Mich.)made it 33-0 before LIU recorded its first try and converted a kick.
Freshman Erin Jessop (Ashland, Mass.) opened the scoring in the second half with a kick (36-7). Thomas and Parker next registered their second try of the day, the latter capped by a kick from junior Lexi Nelson (Foxboro, Mass.) to build the Bears' advantage to 48-7. Senior Alexandria Simon (Kaunakakai, Hawaii) then got into the scoring column before Parker contributed her third try for a score of 60-14.
Defensively, junior Alexis Jackson (Dayton, Ohio) and sophomore Anna Deitcher (Ithaca, N.Y.) connected on solid tackles for Brown.
The Sharks added one more try before the final whistle for a 60-19 result.
Brown will next compete at West Chester on Saturday, Sept. 7 starting at 11:00 a.m.
"Obviously the score shows we had a good offensive game and we will need to tighten up our discipline on defense if we are to continue our success for the future," said head coach Kathy Flores.
Brown jumped out to a 33-7 lead by halftime. Senior Abby O'Keefe (St. Louis, Mo.) got things started, scoring the first try of the season as Brown took a 7-0 advantage with a successful kick. Sophomore Zy Thomas (Fairfield, Calif.) and Parker each added a try before O'Keefe put in her second of the afternoon for a score of 28-0. Sophomore Emmajane Rhodenhiser (Ann Arbor, Mich.)made it 33-0 before LIU recorded its first try and converted a kick.
Freshman Erin Jessop (Ashland, Mass.) opened the scoring in the second half with a kick (36-7). Thomas and Parker next registered their second try of the day, the latter capped by a kick from junior Lexi Nelson (Foxboro, Mass.) to build the Bears' advantage to 48-7. Senior Alexandria Simon (Kaunakakai, Hawaii) then got into the scoring column before Parker contributed her third try for a score of 60-14.
Defensively, junior Alexis Jackson (Dayton, Ohio) and sophomore Anna Deitcher (Ithaca, N.Y.) connected on solid tackles for Brown.
The Sharks added one more try before the final whistle for a 60-19 result.
Brown will next compete at West Chester on Saturday, Sept. 7 starting at 11:00 a.m.
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