QU Readies for Home Opener vs. Brown

Quinnipiac (0-1) vs. Brown (0-1)
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 | 1:00 PM
QU Rugby Field | Hamden, CT
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac Rugby returns to Hamden for the 2025 home opener, playing host to Brown on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 1:00 PM.

SCOUTING BROWN

Brown dropped its season opener this past weekend against Sacred Heart (45-21 final).
Quinnipiac is 5-1-1 all-time against Brown. The two teams played to a tie during their most recent meeting on Aug. 31, 2024 in Providence.

LAST TIME OUT: BOBCATS DROP OPENER AT DARTMOUTH

QU opened the 2025 fall schedule on Aug. 30, dropping a matchup at Dartmouth by the final score of 59-0 at Brophy Field.
Layla Cox finished with 9 carries, 121 meters made, and 2 linebreaks to help lead the way for the Bobcats.
Macey Dunn also put in a huge defensive shift this past weekend, finishing with 15 tackles, a 91% tackle comp. percentage, and 5 tackle assists.

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, Carlson boasts an all-time record of 91–40-3 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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Players Mentioned

Layla Cox

Macey Dunn

Lucy Lamborn

Anna Wright

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