Women's Rugby Falls to Mount Saint Mary's in Final Minutes 25-22

Sunday, October 20

11 am

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

Mount St. Mary's

Women's Rugby Falls to Mount Saint Mary's in Final Minutes 25-22

10/20/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rugby

FAIRFIELD, Conn.- The Sacred Heart University Women's Rugby team fell to Mount Saint Mary's this morning by a final score of 25-22. The Pioneers will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 26 when the Pioneers host Molloy. Kick-off is set for 11:00 a.m.

First Half

The Pioneers would go down 10-0 in the opening half as a pair of tries by Mount Saint Mary's would put the Mount ahead heading into the second half.
Both sides would be mainly even in lineouts and scrums in the opening half as SHU tallied five lineout wins while Mount Saint Mary's recorded seven.
In scrum wins the Pioneers were edged by the Mount six to five in the half.
The first try by the Mount came at 20:35 in the half as Alyssa Mathis would find the touchline as the Maya Grassi kick would be unsuccessful keeping the score a 5-0.
At 30:00 in the half, Jalana Garcia would score the second try of the game to put the Mount ahead 10-0 heading in the second half.

Second Half

The Pioneers would fire back in the second half as junior Isabel Cuddy would find the touchline off an assist by freshman Stephanie Wilson at 7:30 to put the Pioneers within striking distance as Mount's lead would shrink to 10-5.
Mount Saint Mary's would answer back with a try by Jordan Butcher at 11:25 to bring the Mount lead back to ten with the scoring being 15-5.
Just three minutes later, a successful penalty kick by Kaylee Hale at 14:12 would shrink the Mount lead to 15-8.
Just six minutes later the Pioneers would even the score at 15-15 with a try by McKenzie Jumper and a successful conversion by Kaylee Hale at 18:53.
The Mount answered back with a try by Shania Miller at 24:03 but an unsuccessful conversion would only put the Mount ahead 20-15 with time left in the half.
A penalty try four minutes later by Isabel Cuddy at 28:47 would put the Pioneers ahead 22-20 off an assist by McKenzie Jumper.
In the final minutes of the half, Mount Saint Mary's would score the game winning try at 38:38 in the half as Jen Lewaren would find the touchline to push Mount Saint Mary's ahead 25-22.
SHU would win just one lineout win in the half while the Mount tallied seven.
In scrum wins, the Pioneers edged the Mount four to three.