Saturday, October 3
Hamden, Conn.
12:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Life
QU Women's Rugby Welcomes Life University on Saturday Afternoon
10/1/2015 12:35:00 PM | Women's Rugby
Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-1, 3-1 NCVWRA) vs.
Life Running Eagles (0-0)
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 - 12 P.M.
QU Rugby Field – Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Life: 1-0
Last Meeting: Aug. 30, 2014 (W, 34-19)
GAME OF LIFE
The Quinnipiac women's rugby team returns to Hamden on Saturday, October 3rd when they host the Life Running Eagles for the second home contest of the season. The Bobcats look to pick up win number four at the QU Rugby Field with kickoff slated for 12 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Quinnipiac is 1-0 all-time against Life, taking down the Running Eagles in Marietta, Georgia last season, 34-19. Life hosted Quinnipiac for the first game of their fall season as they transitioned from a club team into a full varsity squad. Current Bobcats Rachel Wrinn and Maggie Myles each scored a try in the victory.
SCOUTING THE RUNNING EAGLES
Life opens their 2015 season on Thursday, October 1 at West Chester University. After their season opener, the Running Eagles will visit Hamden for their second game of the year. Last season, Life rallied off seven consecutive wins after falling to the Bobcats. They finished 7-1 during their first ever fall season.
LAST TIME OUT
In their most recent game, Quinnipiac recorded their first all-time victory against Norwich. The Bobcats traveled to Vermont and handed the Cadets a 48-19 loss on their home turf. QU improved to 1-2 all-time against the perennial powerhouse.
TRANSFERING A WIN
Former Cadet Ilona Maher came up huge in the Bobcats win against Norwich. Maher scored two tries and added four runs over twenty. The sophomore tallied back-to-back scores on multiple 40 yard runs in the second half to help the team pull away. In addition, she registered a team high five tackles in the win.
TACKLING THE CADETS
Against Norwich, the Bobcats had five players who recorded at least four tackles in the game. Freshman Emily Roskopf and sophomores Jessica Maricich and Flora Poole each tallied four tackles while Maher and Myles recorded five apiece.
THREE WISE ASSISTS
In the win over Norwich, junior full back Lindey Wise tallied three assists. The junior tranisitioned from her normal postion to a fly half for the game and provided helpers on three of the Bobcats' eight tries. Wise also added one tackle and a run over twenty.
FIRST TRY
Sophomores Karee Helgerson and Flora Poole each recorded their first career try against Dartmouth. Helgerson gave the Bobcats a 36-5 score by punching through the Big Green defense in the second half. Poole tallied her first career try with a 30 yard run for the final QU score of the day.
ROSKOPF'S MODERN LIFE
Emily Roskopf (Pleasanton, California) has gotten off to a torrid start in her collegiate career, scoring ten tries through her first four games to lead the team. Roskopf also leads the team in points with 50 off of her 10 scores. The freshman has scored at least two tries in every game so far this season. Roskopf tallied three tries in two games this year, at Notre Dame College in the season opener and in the home contest against Dartmouth.
HOME OPENER ADVANTAGE
In each of the Quinnipiac women's rugby team's first four seasons, the Bobcats have won their home opener at the QU Rugby Field. In home openers, the Bobcats are outscoring opponents 203-36 in four games leading up to the matchup with the Big Green. The Bobcats are 13-4-1 all-time when playing at the QU Rugby Field, including an impressive 6-2 in the last two seasons.
I COULD WALK 500 MYLES
The Bobcats have been anchored on the defensive side of the ball by Maggie Myles (Emmitsburg, Maryland) as she is among the team leaders in tackles through four games. She tallied 13 tackles in the first two games. Against Army West Point, Myles was second on the team with eight solo tackles in the loss while also scoring her first try of the season for the Bobcats.
WISE WORDS
Myles and Roskopf weren't the only ones scoring for the Bobcats against the Black Knights as Lindey Wise (Franklin, Wisconsin) scored her first try of the season and third of her career. Wise had scored two trys as a sophomore last season before tallying her first as a junior.
LINED UP
One facet of the game the Bobcats have dominated this season is in lineouts, as the Bobcats held a distinctive 21-4 advantage through two games against The College of Notre Dame in Ohio and Army West Point. In the season opener against The College of Notre Dame, Quinnipiac held the advantage of lineouts at 13-2. Against Norwich the Bobcats edged the Cadets with 10 lineouts to the opposition's four.
THAT'S A WRAP
Ilona Maher (Burlington, Vermont) and Karee Helgerson (Portland, Oregon) were dominant on the defensive side of the ball at Army West Point on Saturday, Sept. 12 as each player recorded nine solo tackles in the victory. In addition to Maher's defensive efforts, she recorded her fourth assist of the season with one against the Black Knights to claim the team lead through two games.
NEW FOUNDATIONS
This season marks a new conference for the Quinnipiac women's rugby team as they are one of eight programs to be founding members of the National Collegiate Varsity Women's Rugby Association (NCVWRA). Quinnipiac joins Army West Point, Bowdoin, Brown, Central Washington, Harvard, Norwich and West Chester as founding members. The conference is focused on growing the sport of women's rugby and is open to all NCAA schools at any level that sponsor women's rugby at the varsity level.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bobcats return to action next weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. On Saturday, October 10, the Quinnipiac women's rugby team will take on the Brown Bears from Marvel Field at 11 a.m. Last season, the Bobcats defeated Brown in the second round of the tournament, 46-20.
Life Running Eagles (0-0)
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 - 12 P.M.
QU Rugby Field – Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Life: 1-0
Last Meeting: Aug. 30, 2014 (W, 34-19)
GAME OF LIFE
The Quinnipiac women's rugby team returns to Hamden on Saturday, October 3rd when they host the Life Running Eagles for the second home contest of the season. The Bobcats look to pick up win number four at the QU Rugby Field with kickoff slated for 12 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Quinnipiac is 1-0 all-time against Life, taking down the Running Eagles in Marietta, Georgia last season, 34-19. Life hosted Quinnipiac for the first game of their fall season as they transitioned from a club team into a full varsity squad. Current Bobcats Rachel Wrinn and Maggie Myles each scored a try in the victory.
SCOUTING THE RUNNING EAGLES
Life opens their 2015 season on Thursday, October 1 at West Chester University. After their season opener, the Running Eagles will visit Hamden for their second game of the year. Last season, Life rallied off seven consecutive wins after falling to the Bobcats. They finished 7-1 during their first ever fall season.
LAST TIME OUT
In their most recent game, Quinnipiac recorded their first all-time victory against Norwich. The Bobcats traveled to Vermont and handed the Cadets a 48-19 loss on their home turf. QU improved to 1-2 all-time against the perennial powerhouse.
TRANSFERING A WIN
Former Cadet Ilona Maher came up huge in the Bobcats win against Norwich. Maher scored two tries and added four runs over twenty. The sophomore tallied back-to-back scores on multiple 40 yard runs in the second half to help the team pull away. In addition, she registered a team high five tackles in the win.
TACKLING THE CADETS
Against Norwich, the Bobcats had five players who recorded at least four tackles in the game. Freshman Emily Roskopf and sophomores Jessica Maricich and Flora Poole each tallied four tackles while Maher and Myles recorded five apiece.
THREE WISE ASSISTS
In the win over Norwich, junior full back Lindey Wise tallied three assists. The junior tranisitioned from her normal postion to a fly half for the game and provided helpers on three of the Bobcats' eight tries. Wise also added one tackle and a run over twenty.
FIRST TRY
Sophomores Karee Helgerson and Flora Poole each recorded their first career try against Dartmouth. Helgerson gave the Bobcats a 36-5 score by punching through the Big Green defense in the second half. Poole tallied her first career try with a 30 yard run for the final QU score of the day.
ROSKOPF'S MODERN LIFE
Emily Roskopf (Pleasanton, California) has gotten off to a torrid start in her collegiate career, scoring ten tries through her first four games to lead the team. Roskopf also leads the team in points with 50 off of her 10 scores. The freshman has scored at least two tries in every game so far this season. Roskopf tallied three tries in two games this year, at Notre Dame College in the season opener and in the home contest against Dartmouth.
HOME OPENER ADVANTAGE
In each of the Quinnipiac women's rugby team's first four seasons, the Bobcats have won their home opener at the QU Rugby Field. In home openers, the Bobcats are outscoring opponents 203-36 in four games leading up to the matchup with the Big Green. The Bobcats are 13-4-1 all-time when playing at the QU Rugby Field, including an impressive 6-2 in the last two seasons.
I COULD WALK 500 MYLES
The Bobcats have been anchored on the defensive side of the ball by Maggie Myles (Emmitsburg, Maryland) as she is among the team leaders in tackles through four games. She tallied 13 tackles in the first two games. Against Army West Point, Myles was second on the team with eight solo tackles in the loss while also scoring her first try of the season for the Bobcats.
WISE WORDS
Myles and Roskopf weren't the only ones scoring for the Bobcats against the Black Knights as Lindey Wise (Franklin, Wisconsin) scored her first try of the season and third of her career. Wise had scored two trys as a sophomore last season before tallying her first as a junior.
LINED UP
One facet of the game the Bobcats have dominated this season is in lineouts, as the Bobcats held a distinctive 21-4 advantage through two games against The College of Notre Dame in Ohio and Army West Point. In the season opener against The College of Notre Dame, Quinnipiac held the advantage of lineouts at 13-2. Against Norwich the Bobcats edged the Cadets with 10 lineouts to the opposition's four.
THAT'S A WRAP
Ilona Maher (Burlington, Vermont) and Karee Helgerson (Portland, Oregon) were dominant on the defensive side of the ball at Army West Point on Saturday, Sept. 12 as each player recorded nine solo tackles in the victory. In addition to Maher's defensive efforts, she recorded her fourth assist of the season with one against the Black Knights to claim the team lead through two games.
NEW FOUNDATIONS
This season marks a new conference for the Quinnipiac women's rugby team as they are one of eight programs to be founding members of the National Collegiate Varsity Women's Rugby Association (NCVWRA). Quinnipiac joins Army West Point, Bowdoin, Brown, Central Washington, Harvard, Norwich and West Chester as founding members. The conference is focused on growing the sport of women's rugby and is open to all NCAA schools at any level that sponsor women's rugby at the varsity level.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bobcats return to action next weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. On Saturday, October 10, the Quinnipiac women's rugby team will take on the Brown Bears from Marvel Field at 11 a.m. Last season, the Bobcats defeated Brown in the second round of the tournament, 46-20.
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