Friday, September 6
Cambridge, MA
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
20
at
20
Harvard
Photo by: ELIZA NUESTRO
QU Ties Defending National Champs in Friday Night Thriller
9/6/2024 9:13:00 PM | Women's Rugby
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a battle to the wire on Friday night, the Quinnipiac University women's rugby team drew defending national champion Harvard 20-20, ending the Crimson's 10-match winning streak.
Three different Bobcats found the try zone, with Kat Storey giving Quinnipiac the lead with 11:30 to go before the host Crimson knotted the game in its dying stages to ensure shared spoils.
SCORE
Quinnipiac 20, Harvard 20
LOCATION
Roberto A. Mignone Field | Cambridge, Mass.
The teams alternated scores in the first half, as Layla Cox answered the Harvard opening score to knot the game at five.
After Harvard regained, the lead, Lucy Lamborn tied the game at 10 and the conversion added two to give the visiting Bobcats a 12-10 advantage.
Ní Bhraonáin added a penalty conversion to give the Bobcats a 15-10 lead at the halftime break.
Kat Storey ended the scoring for the Bobcats, putting them up with 14:30 remaining.
Harvard would score in added time at the end of the half to knot the game but failed to convert on two tries at the conversion, ending the night in a 20-all tie.
SCORING SUMMARY
First Half:
3:00 — Harvard Try (Lennox London) — 5-0 Harvard
12:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Layla Cox) — 5-5 Tie
16:00 — Harvard Try (Carly Lehman) — 10-5 Harvard
22:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Lucy Lamborn) — 10-10 Tie
23:00 — Quinnipiac Conversion (Ní Bhraonáin) — 12-10 Quinnipiac
39:00 — Quinnipiac Penalty Conversion (Ní Bhraonáin) — 15-10 Quinnipiac
Second Half:
65:00 — Harvard Try (Maya Hilger) — 15-15 Tie
69:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Kat Storey) — 20-15 Quinnipiac
80:00 — Harvard Try (Lennox London) — 20-20 Tie
For more information on the Quinnipiac Women's Rugby program, visit gobobcats.com/rugby and follow the team on X (@QU_Rugby) and Instagram (@QURugby).
Three different Bobcats found the try zone, with Kat Storey giving Quinnipiac the lead with 11:30 to go before the host Crimson knotted the game in its dying stages to ensure shared spoils.
SCORE
Quinnipiac 20, Harvard 20
LOCATION
Roberto A. Mignone Field | Cambridge, Mass.
The teams alternated scores in the first half, as Layla Cox answered the Harvard opening score to knot the game at five.
Layla Cox gets the Bobcats on the board! 💪
— Quinnipiac Rugby (@QU_Rugby) September 6, 2024
All even on the road at Harvard. pic.twitter.com/vf5vCmTjzA
After Harvard regained, the lead, Lucy Lamborn tied the game at 10 and the conversion added two to give the visiting Bobcats a 12-10 advantage.
Lucy Lamborn finds the try zone!
— Quinnipiac Rugby (@QU_Rugby) September 6, 2024
Conversion is good, and we've got a 12-10 lead 🙌 pic.twitter.com/g6tYPjEiNc
Ní Bhraonáin added a penalty conversion to give the Bobcats a 15-10 lead at the halftime break.
Ní Bhraonáin +3 with the penalty conversion.
— Quinnipiac Rugby (@QU_Rugby) September 6, 2024
15-10 Quinnipiac lead ‼️ pic.twitter.com/N9dA353j1o
Kat Storey ended the scoring for the Bobcats, putting them up with 14:30 remaining.
BACK. ON. TOP!
— Quinnipiac Rugby (@QU_Rugby) September 7, 2024
Storey gives us the lead with 14:30 remaining! pic.twitter.com/DMC3nuDYBr
Harvard would score in added time at the end of the half to knot the game but failed to convert on two tries at the conversion, ending the night in a 20-all tie.
SCORING SUMMARY
First Half:
3:00 — Harvard Try (Lennox London) — 5-0 Harvard
12:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Layla Cox) — 5-5 Tie
16:00 — Harvard Try (Carly Lehman) — 10-5 Harvard
22:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Lucy Lamborn) — 10-10 Tie
23:00 — Quinnipiac Conversion (Ní Bhraonáin) — 12-10 Quinnipiac
39:00 — Quinnipiac Penalty Conversion (Ní Bhraonáin) — 15-10 Quinnipiac
Second Half:
65:00 — Harvard Try (Maya Hilger) — 15-15 Tie
69:00 — Quinnipiac Try (Kat Storey) — 20-15 Quinnipiac
80:00 — Harvard Try (Lennox London) — 20-20 Tie
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