Women's Rugby Wins Northeastern 7s Tournament

Saturday, March 15

Boston, Mass.

3 p.m.

Brown University

Roger Williams

Women's Rugby Northeastern 7s Championship photo

Women's Rugby Wins Northeastern 7s Tournament

3/17/2025 2:05:00 PM | Women's Rugby

BOSTON, Mass. – The Brown Bears played their first sevens tournament of the season at Northeastern University. Brown won the championship after a 4-0 day.

Brown vs Roger Williams (W, 24-22)
In the first game of the day, Roger Williams started fast, scoring in the first minute of the game. Olivia Baptiste was quick to respond with a try. Jenna Lowry scored a try near the end of the half, but Roger Williams led 17-12 at the half.
The Bears came out hot in the second half, scoring 12 points. Valentine Detheux and Jiya Sandhu each scored a try and Chayse Barksdale made a conversion. Roger Williams added a late try, but it wasn't enough as Brown secured the tight victory.

Brown vs Northeastern (W, 39-0)
The Bears had no issues against Northeastern, as they scored 17 points in the first half and 22 in the second half for an easy victory. Jordan Wiseman (2), Olivia Baptiste, Tate Muller (2), Jenna Lowry and Jiya Sandhu scored tries. Genie Dickens had two conversions.

Brown vs Boston College (W, 50-0)
The Bears' third match of the day featured another shutout victory. Tate Muller, Genie Dickens, Jiya Sandhu and Caitlin Moroney scored tries in the first half. Dickens, Allouche (2), and Detheux scored in the second half. Dickens (2), Barksdale and Moroney (2) scored conversions in the match.

Championship: Brown vs Northeastern (W, 41-7)
The Bears entered the championship game with confidence with their undefeated record to that point. The rematch with Northeastern included a similar result to their first meeting. Laryssa Barbosa got the scoring started in the first minute of the game. Genie Dickens completed the conversion to give Brown an early 7-0 start. Jordan Wiseman and Lily Nowak added tries to give Brown a 17-0 halftime lead.
In the second half, three different Bears scored tries including two from Olivia Baptiste to seal the deal. Genie Dickens made two conversions in the second half, as Northeastern scored a try and conversion for themselves. The Bears were victorious, 41-7.

COACH'S QUOTE
"We were able to see a lot from many of our younger and more inexperienced athletes at Northeastern 7s," said Kathleen Flores Women's Rugby head coach Rosalind Chou. "We got a bit of a slow start but once we started to build momentum, we got better each match. I was really impressed with many of the underclassmen, like freshmen Yona Allouche, Genie Dickens, and Caitlin Moroney. Some of our 'newer to rugby' athletes really stood out as well like Laryssa Barbosa, Olivia Baptiste, and recent addition Court Cummings. Overall, we saw some really exciting rugby and have some really great data points moving into our next tournament."

UP NEXT
The Bears will return to action next week at home when they host the Brown 7s tournament. They will feature two sides in the tournament.

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