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Friday, October 14
West Point, N.Y.
7 p.m.
Brown University
at
Army West Point
Photo by: Ari Rosen
Women's Rugby Heads to Army for Friday Night NIRA Match
10/13/2022 10:49:00 AM | Women's Rugby
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown women's rugby (3-1-1) continues NIRA conference play with a road match against Army West Point Black Knights (3-1), scheduled for Friday (Oct. 14) at 7 p.m. Tomorrow night's match will stream through GoArmyWestPoint.com.
Friday night's game is a make-up from the originally scheduled meeting on September 24.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
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Friday night's game is a make-up from the originally scheduled meeting on September 24.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
- Brown enters Friday with a 3-1-1 overall record and holding a three-game win streak with victories over Princeton (Sept. 17), Mount St. Mary's (Oct. 1), and LIU (Oct. 8). Brown opened the season with a loss at Quinnipiac and tie against Sacred Heart.
- Both Brown and Army look to add another conference win to keep pace with Harvard (4-0) and Dartmouth (4-0) atop the NIRA standings.
- With two tries against LIU last weekend, junior Noelle Lewis leads the Bears with eight tries on the season. Four other Bears have recorded multiple tries in 2022: Akilah Cathey (6), Nikki Lynch (5), Mahdia Parker (4), and Morgan Cunningham (2).
- Freshman Julia Murray leads the Bears in the kicking game with 15 conversions. Erin Jessop (3) and Kendall Cunningham (1) have also hit conversions on the season.
- Defensively, Brown has held opponents to 24 or less points in 4-of-5 matches this season and have held opponents scoreless twice.
- Army enters Friday with a 3-1 overall record after opening the season with wins over Mount St. Mary's (Sept. 3), Princeton (Sept. 10), and Quinnipiac (Sept. 17) before falling to defending-NIRA 15s Champion Dartmouth last weekend.
- The Black Knights dominated at the start with a 62-7 victory over the Mountaineers and an 87-0 victory over the Tigers.
- Army edged out Quinnipiac with a 24-19 road win in a defensive battle in Hamden, Connecticut to improve to 3-0.
- Last weekend, Dartmouth took a 19-3 halftime lead and held off the Black Knights in the second half to hand Army a 24-15 road loss.
- Codi Butt leads the Black Knights with six tries while Alissa Eisenhart leads the team with 18 conversions in 2022.
- Friday night marks just the second meeting between Brown and Army in NIRA 15s series history.
- The Bears and Black Knights opened the 2021 season with a 19-19 tie at Marvel Field with the Bears erasing a 19-5 deficit with second half tries from Parker and Kate Molloy.
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
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For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownU_Bears on Twitter, @BrownU_Bears on Instagram, like BrownUBears on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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