Quinnipiac Begins Campaign Saturday at Dartmouth

Quinnipiac (0-0) at Dartmouth (0-0)
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 | 12:00 PM
Brophy Field | Hanover, NH
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HANOVER, NH – Quinnipiac Rugby begins the 2025 campaign on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Dartmouth for a 12:00 PM game time at Brophy Field.

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.

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH

The Big Green went 8-1 last fall, with their only loss coming in the NIRA Title contest against Harvard.
Quinnipiac is 2-9 vs. Dartmouth dating back to 2015. Dartmouth has taken each of the last eight meetings. QU defeated the Big Green in both 2015 and 2017.

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, Carlson boasts an all-time record of 91–39-3 including back-to-back-to-back Division I NIRA national championship titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Under Carlson's tutelage the program has named 18 All-Americans.

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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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Women's Rugby at Queens (at Navy) on Oct. 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM