Bobcats Set to Host Lindenwood for NIRA Matchup

Quinnipiac (2-1) vs. Lindenwood (2-1)
Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM
QU Rugby Field | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac Rugby readies for its second home matchup of the 2025 season on Friday afternoon, as the Bobcats will play host to Lindenwood at 4:00 PM.

LAST TIME OUT: BOBCATS POST 65 POINTS, DOWN LIU:

Quinnipiac Rugby put up 65 points on Saturday afternoon on the road at LIU, routing the Sharks to improve to 2-1 on the 2025 season.
Delilah Staberg scored three tries to pace the Bobcats' offensive attack. Layla Cox, Reagan Perez and Anna Wright all chipped in with a pair of tries, while Gabrielle Appiah scored once as well.
Reagan Perez was named Quinnipiac's Impact Player on Attack, finishing the contest with 54 meters made on 8 total carries. She beat 4 defenders in the victory, as well.
Anna Wright earned the Bobcats' honor for Impact Player on Defense. She completed 82% of her tackles, recorded 9 total tackles, tallied 2 steals and 2 def. rucks.

SCOUTING LINDENWOOD

Lindenwood enters at 2-1 overall. The program defeated Army and Navy both already in 2025, and dropped a tight contest at Harvard.
Friday's meeting will be the first-ever battle between Quinnipiac and Lindenwood.

LAST YEAR (2024):

Quinnipiac most recently wrapped up the 2024 regular season with a 4-3-2 overall record (2-3-2 NIRA).
The Bobcats defeated Navy, Penn State, Princeton and AIC in four consecutive games (Sept. 21 – Oct. 12).
Anna Wright led the Bobcats with 79 tackles a season ago, while Layla Cox ranked second with 61 tackles.
Layla Cox also led the Bobcats with 10.41 meters/carry, and she found the try zone 10 times during 2024. Fellow returner Lucy Lamborn found the try zone five different times last year.

THE 2025 SCHEDULE:

This year, the Bobcats' eight-game slate features four home events at the QU Rugby Field in Hamden. Quinnipiac will open up the season at Dartmouth – who made an appearance in the NIRA title game last fall – on Saturday, Aug. 30.
Quinnipiac will then return to Hamden for a Sept. 6 home opener against Brown, followed by a road trip to LIU on Sept. 13.
QU then readies for two consecutive home matchups against Lindenwood (Sept. 19) and LaSalle (Oct. 4), before traveling to Navy for a road contest (Oct. 11).
The final home game of the regular season will take place in Hamden on Oct. 18 vs. in-state foe Sacred Heart, then Quinnipiac concludes the regular season schedule vs. Queens (game will take place at Navy) on Oct. 25.

HEAD COACH BECKY CARLSON:

Carlson enters her 15th year at the helm of the Quinnipiac Women's Rugby team in 2025-26, leading the transition from a new varsity program into a three-time national champion. Carlson has been a key advocate for women's NCAA rugby and equality in athletics for over a decade.
As the original head coach of the Quinnipiac women's rugby team added in 2011, Becky Carlson is up to 96 career victories with the Bobcats – including back-to-back-to-back Division I NIRA national championship titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

For more information on the Quinnipiac Women's Rugby program, visit gobobcats.com/rugby and follow the team on X/Twitter (QU_Rugby) and Instagram (QURugby).

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Gabrielle Appiah

Layla Cox

Lucy Lamborn

Reagan Perez

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