Women's Rugby Places Fifth at Crimson 7s Tournament

Saturday, March 29

Cambridge, Mass.

10 a.m.

Brown University

American International College

Photo by: Ashton Daniel Robertson

Women's Rugby Places Fifth at Crimson 7s Tournament

3/29/2025 8:01:00 PM | Women's Rugby

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Bears headed to Harvard for the Crimson 7s, placing fifth after winning two matches and losing two.

Genie Dickens led the way with three tries and four conversions for a total of 23 points on the day. Nikki Lynch, Lily Nowak and Laryssa Barbosa each added two tries. Julia Murray made three conversions, while Akilah Cathey, Olivia Baptiste and Aziza Alford all scored tries.

"We saw remarkable improvement from our B-side this tournament, gaining valuable reps on defense and starting to understand how to use their strengths on attack," said Kathleen Flores women's rugby head coach Rosalind Chou. "It was an unfortunate miss by the A-side losing by just a conversion to a strong AIC side, however, our defense improved and really showed in our games against LIU and Sacred Heart. Laryssa Barbosa and Jordan Wiseman made some very important stops for us and Akilah Cathey made big plays for us in critical moments. We look forward to a bit of a break before heading to Polar Bear 7s."

Game 1: AIC (L, 26-24)
First Half
2:00 – Brown Try (Dickens) – 5-0 Brown
2:00 – Brown Conversion (Dickens) – 7-0 Brown
3:15 – Brown Try (Baptiste) – 12-0 Brown
3:15 – Brown Conversion (Dickens) – 14-0 Brown
5:15 – AIC Try – 14-5 Brown
5:15 – AIC Conversion – 14-7 Brown
7:03 – Brown Try (Lynch) – 19-7 Brown
7:45 – AIC Try – 19-12 Brown
7:45 – AIC Conversion – 19-14 Brown
Second Half
11:15 – AIC Try – 19-19 Tied
11:15 – AIC Conversion – 21-19 AIC
13:15 – Brown Try (Lynch) – 24-21 Brown
14:00 – AIC Try – 26-24 AIC

Game 2: LIU (W, 26-7)
First Half
2:00 – Brown Try (Dickens) – 5-0 Brown
4:00 – LIU Try – 5-5 Tied
4:00 – LIU Conversion – 7-5 LIU
7:00 – Brown Try (Cathey) – 10-7 Brown
7:00 – Brown Conversion (Dickens) – 12-7 Brown
Second Half
10:00 – Brown Try (Barbosa) – 17-7 Brown
10:00 – Brown Conversion (Murray) – 19-7 Brown
12:00 – Brown Try (Alford) – 24-7 Brown
12:00 – Brown Conversion (Dickens) – 26-7 Brown

Game 3: Trinity Western (L, 26-5)
First Half
1:30 – Trinity Try – 5-0 Trinity
3:00 – Trinity Try – 10-0 Trinity
3:00 – Trinity Conversion – 12-0 Trinity
Second Half
10:00 – Trinity Try – 17-0 Trinity
10:00 – Trinity Conversion – 19-0 Trinity
13:00 – Brown Try (Barbosa) – 19-5 Trinity
14:00 – Trinity Try – 24-4 Trinity
14:00 – Trinity Conversion – 26-5 Trinity

Game 4: Sacred Heart (W, 24-19)
First Half
1:30 – Sacred Heart Try – 5-0 Sacred Heart
1:30 – Sacred Heart Conversion – 7-0 Sacred Heart
4:30 – Brown Try (Dickens) – 7-5 Sacred Heart
6:30 – Sacred Heart Try – 12-5 Sacred Heart
6:30 – Sacred Heart Conversion – 14-5 Sacred Heart
Second Half
9:30 – Brown Try (Nowak) – 14-10 Sacred Heart
9:30 – Brown Conversion (Murray) – 14-12 Sacred Heart
11:30 – Sacred Heart Try – 19-12 Sacred Heart
12:30 – Brown Try (Barbosa) – 19-17 Sacred Heart
12:30 – Brown Conversion (Murray) – 19-19 Tied
14:00 – Brown Try (Nowak) – 24-19 Brown

UP NEXT
The Bears have next weekend off before heading to Bowdoin for the Polar Bears 7s on Sunday, April 13.

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