Saturday, October 6
Cambridge, Mass. / Mignone Field
12:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
21
at
24
Harvard
Women's Rugby's Comeback Attempt Comes Up Short at Harvard
10/6/2018 2:21:00 PM | Women's Rugby
Cambridge, Mass. – Quinnipiac women's rugby's comeback came up short as the Bobcats fell to the Harvard Crimson, 24-21, on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 2-3 on the season and the Crimson advance to 3-1 on the season with the win.
SCORE
Quinnipiac 21 - Harvard 24
LOCATION
Roberto A Mignone Field | Cambridge, Massachusetts
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-3) | Harvard (3-1)
SCORING SUMMARY
SCORE
Quinnipiac 21 - Harvard 24
LOCATION
Roberto A Mignone Field | Cambridge, Massachusetts
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-3) | Harvard (3-1)
SCORING SUMMARY
- (Quinnipiac 7, Harvard 0) 20:00 - The Bobcats opened the scoring when Allison Koenig (Waukesha, Wisconsin) stormed through the Harvard defense and scored a beautiful try that stretched well over 50 yards. Mckenna Haz (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia) scored the conversion to give Quinnipiac the early 7-0 lead.
- (Quinnipiac 7, Harvard 7) 22:00 - Caitlin Weigel answered immediately for Harvard, tying the game at seven after a successful Harvard conversion.
- (Quinnipiac 7, Harvard 14) 42:00 - Harvard's Robyn Beese powered ahead to give the Crimson the 14-7 lead late in the first half.
- (Quinnipiac 7, Harvard 19) 55:00 - Harvard continued its momentum coming out of the half when freshman Sofie Fella scored a long try with 35 minutes remaining in the match. The Crimson missed the conversion attempt and the deficit stood at 12 for the Bobcats.
- (Quinnipiac 7, Harvard 24) 68:00 - Grace Chao added another score for Harvard to push the lead to 24-7 for the Crimson.
- (Quinnipiac 14, Harvard 24) 78:00 - The Bobcats answered when Caitria Sands (Essex, Vermont) scored to cut the Crimson's lead to 10 after another successful conversion for Haz
- (Quinnipiac 21, Harvard 24) 89:00 - The Bobcats struck late in the game as Emily Roskopf (Dublin, California) found the try zone with under a minute to play. Haz scored her third straight successful conversion to cut Harvard's lead to three in the last minute score.
- Roskopf recorded one try in the final minute of play, pushing the captain's season total to six to lead the team
- Koenig's try to give the Bobcats the early 7-0 lead was the her second career try. Her first try came last weekend in Quinnipiac's victory over Notre Dame College
- Sands scored her first try of 2018 in the second half and now has over 10 in her career
- Haz struck for three good conversions on the day to push her 2018 total to 14
Players Mentioned
Flyhalf
/ Women's Rugby
Fullback/Center/Wing
/ Women's Rugby
Outside Center
/ Women's Rugby
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