Women's Rugby
Freshmen Star in Women's Rugby's 111-5 Win Over Yale
Breaking a record is no easy feat. Playing a pivotal role in setting a single-game team point record at your first home game, in your first season, against your archrivals, is monumental.
109 Points Punctuate Women Rugby’s Record Victory Over Yale
Harvard left Cumnock Field on Saturday with a dominant 109-5 win in its Ivy opener and a program single-game team point record in tow.
Breaking Records
Shown above in action at the Crimson 7s Tournament on March 28, the Harvard women’s rugby squad broke the Crimson record for points scored in a game on Saturday against Yale.
Women's Rugby Holds off West Chester
In its second weekend of action and its first official contest of the regular season, the Harvard women’s rugby team came out on top against perennial national championship contender and two-time semifinalist West Chester. Playing on the Golden Rams’ home turf, the Crimson scored four tries en route to a 23-17 victory.
Women's Rugby Splits Opening Games at Bowdoin
In its first weekend of action, the Harvard women’s rugby team came out strong against a University of Prince Edward Island team it had never faced and against perennial DII national championship contender Bowdoin.
7's and 15's
After a spring season that saw the Crimson compete in multiple 7's matches, including the Crimson 7's pictured here, Harvard opened the season with a split in Maine.
Women's Rugby Kicks Off Season at Bowdoin
Coming off a difficult season during the 2014-2015 campaign, the Harvard women’s rugby team is looking to start off the season strong as it faces University of Prince Edward Island and Bowdoin at Bowdoin on Saturday.
Breaking from the Pack
At Bowdoin, the women's rugby team will get its first taste of competition in 2015. The team will look to young talent and freshman recruits to fill in the gaps left by last year's graduating seniors.
Women's Rugby Sees Season End in Semifinals of ACRA 7's
While the Crimson earned a spot in the final-four playoff, Harvard ended the weekend with a pair of losses to finish fourth.
Women's Rugby Takes Fourth at Ivy 7's Championship
Although the Crimson reached the semifinals of the Ivy 7's Championship this weekend, two defeats at the end of the day consigned Harvard to a fourth-place finish.
Women's Rugby Heads to Princeton to Compete For Ancient Eight Title
Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and Yale will compete for the title in a round-robin style tournament. Having won the fall season of rugby 15s and performing well so far in sevens play, the Brown Bears enter the competition as the team to beat.
Running Rugby
The Harvard rugby team looks to earn the Ivy League title this weekend in sevens play against stiff competition.
Women's Rugby Unable to Slow Quinnipiac Offense in Losses
On a blustery day in Hamden, Conn., gusts of offense from the Quinnipiac women’s rugby team proved decisive as the Bobcats claimed a trio of rugby sevens matches over Harvard. The event, which honored Austin Hill, a teenager with cystic fibrosis, represented the Crimson’s final chance at fine-tuning before the Ivy League sevens championships two weeks from now.
Women's Rugby Splits Squad for Senior Day Tournament
On Saturday afternoon, snow flurries may have delayed the start of the Crimson Sevens women’s rugby tournament, but the wintry weather couldn’t keep the host team from lighting up the scoreboard beneath the bubble of Harvard Stadium.
Rockin Rugby
Harvard, shown here in previous action, hosted a sevens tournament over the weekend at Harvard Stadium. The team split into two squads, with the Crimson finishing 3-1 on the day, while the Black finished 1-3.
Women's Rugby Teams Open Spring Season With Four Wins
This weekend at the Frostbite sevens tournament, the Harvard women’s rugby team came out hot, totaling a combined 4-2 record between the two Crimson squads that entered the field.
Women's Rugby Captures Third at Ivy Championships
Although the Harvard women’s rugby team fell short of its second consecutive Ivy League title, the team did do enough to outperform its fourth-place seeding at the Ivy League Championships this weekend.
Women's Rugby Looks to Defend Ivy Championship
If Harvard beats undefeated Brown on Saturday, the team will face the winner of the Dartmouth-Princeton semifinal on Sunday.
ALL EYES AHEAD
The Harvard women's rugby team didn't defend its Ivy title, but did enough to capture third place.
Women's Rugby Drops Contest to Navy, 10-5
In the Harvard women’s rugby team’s final tuneup before the Ivy League Championships, the Crimson suffered a 10-5 loss in a defensive affair against Navy.
Athlete of the Week: Schwartz Leads Winning Drive Over Dartmouth
Harvard women's rugby co-captain Hope Schwartz broke a late stalemate with Dartmouth last weekend.
Women's Rugby Clinches Postseason Berth
Co-captain Hope Schwartz accelerated through an opening in Dartmouth’s line to score the go-ahead try and give the Crimson a 10-5 victory over the Big Green.
Rugby Drops 26-15 Decision at Princeton
The Tigers (2-1, 2-1 Ivy) outscored the Crimson (2-2, 2-2 Ivy) 19-5 in the second half to overcome an early deficit and take the game.
Women's Rugby Dominates Against Cornell, Wins 75-0
The Crimson handed the Big Red its first loss of the season by overwhelming Cornell’s defense, which had surrendered only five points through its first two games.