Women's Rugby Earns First Win of the Season

Saturday, September 14

Charlottesville, Va.

11:30 a.m.

Brown University

Queens University of Charlotte

Photo Credit: Tamar Kreitman

9/14/2024 4:49:00 PM | Women's Rugby

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Brown Bears (1-0-1) traveled to the University of Virginia and defeated the Queens University of Charlotte Royals (2-1-0) in a neutral site contest.

The Bears started out strong as junior Aziza Alford and senior Akilah Cathey scored tries. Julia Murray and Genie Dickens completed the conversions to give Brown a 14-0 lead.

Queens answered quickly with two tries of their own to knot the game at 14.

Sophomore Jordan Wiseman scored a try to extend the lead, and Murray once again completed the conversion. Queens fought back and tied it at 21 late in the game.

In the 70^th minute, Julia Murray converted a three-point penalty kick to secure the win for the Bears, 24-21.

"It was another tight match that our squad was able to maintain composure and finish the game," said Rosalind Chou, the Kathleen Flores Women's Rugby Head Coach. "There were times where the result could have been different and they were able to maintain physicality; we have some work to do with our discipline, as penalties really put us under pressure."

SCORING BREAKDOWN:
First Half:
20:00 - Brown Try (Aziza Alford) – 5-0 Brown
22:00 - Brown Conversion (Julia Murray) – 7-0 Brown
28:00 - Brown Try (Akilah Cathey) – 12-0 Brown
29:00 - Brown Conversion (Genie Dickens) – 14-0 Brown
33:00 - Queens Try – 14-5 Brown
34:00 - Queens Conversion – 14-7 Brown
Second Half:
44:00 - Queens Try – 14-12 Brown
45:00 - Queens Conversion – Tied 14-14
49:00 - Brown Try (Jordan Wiseman) – 19-14 Brown
50:00 - Brown Conversion (Julia Murray) – 21-14 Brown
61:00 - Queens Try – 21-19 Brown
62:00 - Queens Conversion – Tied 21-21
70:00 - Brown Penalty Kick (Julia Murray) – 24-21 Brown

"Freshman Genie Dickens was great under pressure, and was key in our backfield," said Coach Chou. "Kate Muldoon was a strong and stable captain to the team today and sophomore Jenna Lowry made her debut for us and provided so much defensive pressure off the line."

Brown will return to action at home against American International College, Friday, Sept. 20.

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