Women’s Rugby Falls in Semis at Brown 7s Tourney

Saturday, April 9

Providence, RI

12:40 PM

Army West Point

Quinnipiac

Women’s Rugby Falls in Semis at Brown 7s Tourney

April 10, 2016 | Women's Rugby

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Army West Point women's rugby team went 2-1-1 in its second tournament of the spring at Brown University on Saturday.

"I thought our performance this week was a step up from what it was last week," said head coach Bill LeClerc. "Our shape defensively was a lot better this week. We worked together well on that side of the ball."

The Black Knights opened with a tie against Quinnipiac, 10-10 with tries from Sydney DeWees and Tranelle Patterson. They responded with a 39-0 win over Norwich with a balanced effort. DeWees, Mackenzie Garner and Zye Crittington all contributed two tries, while Megan Rogers added a try and a conversion. Lindy Clark added her name to the scoresheet with a conversion.

After trailing 7-10 at halftime, Army came back against Dartmouth to win, 17-10. Patterson, Kirsten Redmon and Crittington all dotted down with Clark converting twice. Redmon's score put the Black Knights up, 12-10, with three minutes left before Crittington put the game out of reach by forcing a turnover and scoring in the final minute.

Army ran out of gas in the semifinals, falling to AIC by the score of 28-5. Patterson added the lone try of the match.

On the day, Dewees, Patterson and Crittington all scored a team-high three tries, with Garner following with two. Rogers scored seven points on a try and a conversion. Clark added three tries for six points, and Redmon dotted down once.

The Black Knights return to action next Saturday, April 16, for the West Chester tournament.

For more information on Army West Point women's rugby, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_WRugby on Twitter.