Quinnipiac University
Central Washington
QU Women's Rugby Falls To CWU, 22-17
10/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rugby
Ellensburg, Wash. – The Quinnipiac University women's rugby team suffered their third loss of the season on Saturday afternoon in Washington. The Bobcats fell to Central Washington 22-17 after being held scoreless in the second frame.
Quinnipiac entered the game ranked at No. 5 in the nation according to goffrubyreport.com. Central Washington came in at No. 16 in the poll.
Less than 10 minutes into the game, senior Jennifer Salomon (Garnerville, N.Y.) fed Elena Orlando (Winters, Calif.) for the first score. After a missed conversion, the Bobcats took a quick 5-0 lead off Orlando's third try of the season. Orlando also scored in the season opener at Life and in Quinnipiac's most recent matchup with Eastern Illinois.
A huge stop at the goal line by the Bobcat defense led to a Central Washington penalty. Quinnipiac then moved just past midfield with a long 40 yard run by Elisa Cuellar (Palm Bay, Fla.). After the Bobcats stole the scrum from CWU they had their own at the opposing five yard line. Shannon Durkin (Oakland, Calif.) secured the ball and ran it in for the second Bobcat try of the afternoon. Graduate student Aine McKeever (Derry City, Ireland) converted the kick to take a 12-0 lead.
Central Washington got on the board late in the first frame after a scrum led to a wide out ball score. The try was followed by a missed conversion, making the score 12-5.
Quinnipiac scored for the third time just minutes before time expired. Freshman Rebecca Haight (Oconomowoc, Wisc.) scored her second try of the season after recording her first career score against EIU. Salomon was credited with her second assist of the day and the Bobcats entered the break with a 17-5 lead.
In the second half, the Eagles scored back-to-back tries to tie the game at 17. CWU scored their second try of the game off a QU penalty, but missed the conversion. Three minutes later, the Eagles scored again and this time converted on the kick for the tie with less than 15 minutes in regulation.
The Eagles scored the game winning try with less than two minutes remaining in the second frame. The score gave CWU their first lead of the game after scoring 17 consecutive points in the second half.
Up next, the Bobcats will travel to Maryland to take on Navy on Saturday, Nov. 1. Game time is set for 10 AM. Quinnipiac will finish their season at home for Senior Day on Nov. 8. The Bobcats will host West Chester at 12 PM.
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