Women's Rugby
RUGGERS
The women's rugby team, shown here in earlier action, notched its first home win against Cornell, 75-0.
Women's Rugby Earns First Win of Season at Yale
The women’s rugby edition of “The Game” was a blowout from start to finish, as Harvard scored early and often to shut out home team Yale.
Rugby
While the Harvard women's rugby team beat brown twice in its 2013-2014 campaign, the Crimson fell to the Bears in the first game of the new season, 25-14.
Women's Rugby Drops First League Contest
Fatigue played a significant role in the final 15 minutes of the contest, costing the Crimson the lead and ultimately the game, as the squad fell to Brown, 25-14, in the first ever varsity Ivy League women's rugby matchup.
Rugby Sets High Goals in Its Sophomore Campaign
In its second season as a varsity sport, the Harvard women’s rugby team has set the goal of firmly establishing itself in both the Harvard athletic and national rugby communities.
Female Breakout Player of the Year, Runner-Up: Xanni Brown
Among rugby's senior standouts was co-captain Xanni Brown, who spearheaded the Crimson’s offensive charge as the team’s leading scorer.
Rugby Season Recap
It was a historic season for the Crimson, as the squad captured its first-ever Ivy League title to cap off its fall schedule in November.
Women's Rugby Ends Season at National Championships
Entering its first USA Rugby Division I National Championships as a varsity squad, the Harvard women’s rugby team (7-6) looked compete against the country’s top teams in the Sweet Sixteen.
Women's Rugby Suffers Injuries in Loss to No. 1 Penn State
Co-captains Ali Haber and Xanni Brown were sidelined with injuries before and during Saturday afternoon's contest at No. 1 Penn State, which defeated the Crimson, 50-12.
Athlete of the Week: Emba Propels Women's Rugby to Big Victory
Cheta Emba—who also splits time as a goalkeeper for the varsity women’s soccer team—helped spearhead the Harvard rugby team’s offensive charge against Boston College with four first-half tries.
Women's Rugby Routs Boston College, 105-0
Boston College had nothing to stop the Harvard women’s rugby team as the Crimson (7-3) cruised to a 105-0 victory over the Eagles.
Women's Rugby Suffers Big Loss at Home
The No. 11 Crimson took on No. 4 American International College in a Saturday afternoon contest at Cumnock Field, and the powerful Yellow Jackets offense proved too much for the injury-hampered Crimson squad in the 56-19 loss.
Women's Rugby Looks Forward to Spring Success
The Harvard rugby team (6-2, 5-1 Ivy) has accomplished a lot in the past year. But it doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. The No. 11 Crimson will continue its inaugural varsity season outside the Ancient Eight this spring
Women's Rugby Opens Spring Season With 17-5 Victory
Seeing its first action since November, the Crimson (6-2) picked up its spring schedule right where it left off in the fall with a 22-5 win over West Chester University (5-3).
Men’s and Women’s Rugby Teams Growing Together
In rugby, the men’s and women’s teams play exactly the same game. There are the same rules, the same setup, and the same plays for both teams despite the gender differences.
The Women's Rugby Team
Three years later, it’s hard to recognize those freshmen who'd never played rugby in the women who played on a National Championship-winning squad in 2011, guided their team to varsity status over the past two years, and recently won their first Ivy League Championship.
Women's Rugby Remembers Its Roots
A little over two months removed from its first varsity practice, the Crimson found itself rightfully situated at the top of the Ivy League. But this wasn’t exactly the “rags to riches” season it may, at first glance, appear to be.
Women's Rugby Captures First League Championship
In a season of many firsts, the Harvard women’s rugby team reached another milestone on Sunday, capturing its first ever Ivy League Championship title.
Women's Rugby Prepares For Title Run
The Crimson, seeded second, will face third-seeded Brown in the first round on Saturday. No. 1 seed Dartmouth will be facing fourth-seeded Princeton. If it wins on Saturday, Harvard expects to play Dartmouth in the final game on Sunday for the league title.
Women's Rugby Trounces Princeton
The Crimson came out firing from the start and never looked back en route to a 36-0 victory over the Tigers.
Athlete of the Week: Brown Singlehandedly Outscores Brown
This past Saturday, the Harvard women’s rugby team came away with its first win against Brown in roughly a decade. Although the Bears have commanded the rivalry in the past, this year a different Brown dominated the game.
Women's Rugby Bounces Back Big Against Brown
Going back to its roots, the Crimson looked and played like a new team, tearing past the Bears in a 57-7 routing.
Kicking Off
After 30 years as a club sport, the Harvard's women rugby team begins its first as a varsity program.
Brown Represents U.S. at Nationals
As a co-captain of the Crimson’s first-ever varsity rugby team, Xanni Brown has a wealth of experience on the field. But in addition to her almost four years as a starter for the squad, Brown has the added experience of having played for the women’s national team in the summer of 2011, less than a year after attending her first rugby practice.