Women's Rugby Dominates Princeton in Season Opener

Saturday, August 31

Princeton, NJ

1:00 PM

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

Princeton University

Photo by: Greg Vasil

Women's Rugby Dominates Princeton in Season Opener

8/31/2024 5:09:00 PM | Women's Rugby

SHU shutout the Tigers 67-0 on the road

PRINCETON, N.J.—The Sacred Heart University women's rugby team opened the season with a 67-0 win on the road at Princeton on Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers swept their first National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) game to start 1-0, while the Tigers opened the season 0-1.

Reese Torticill and Ashley Torres-Brown scored a pair of tries, and Alyssa Cunningham made six conversions, scored on a penalty kick, and added a try for the Pioneers.
Fabiola Millien-Faustin, Makena Wright, Samantha Melvin, Megan Chura, and Caitlyn Caldon also scored for Sacred Heart.

Torticil, Millien-Faustin, and Torres-Brown each scored a try, and Cunningham made two conversions as SHU led 24-0 at the half.

Wright scored right out of the break, and the Pioneers never let up. Chura and Melvin scored the first tries of their collegiate career en route to the 67-0 final.

Sacred Heart will return to action at home on Friday, Sept. 13, at 7:00 pm at Park Ave Field.