Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, August 31
Hanover, NH
11:00 AM
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Dartmouth
Women’s Rugby Falls to Dartmouth in Season Opener
August 31, 2024 | Women's Rugby
HANOVER, N.H. – Army West Point women's rugby opened their 2024-25 campaign Saturday morning as they traveled to Hanover, New Hampshire to take on the Dartmouth Big Green for their first matchup of the season. Army put up a try in the first half, but the Big Green dominated the field and claimed a 49-5 win over the Black Knights.
The sunny Saturday morning match saw the Black Knights put up a staunch defense, holding Dartmouth off within 10 yards of the try line for multiple attempts before the home team took the honor of scoring first as the Big Green logged the first try of the match just over 10 minutes into the action, making the conversion to go up 7-0 in the opening minutes of the match.
Dartmouth's aggressive offense continued to press the Black Knights as time ticked on and the Big Green found the try zone once more eight minutes later for a 12-0 lead.
Army's squad fought back and found a chink in Dartmouth's armor, breaking through the Big Green line and charging down the field with sophomore Zoe Weimer finding the try zone and recording the Black Knights' first try of the season.
The Big Green put up a fight on their home turf, however, and soon expanded their lead to 17-5 with another try.
As the game clock ticked towards halftime, the Black Knights continued to rebuff the Big Green, but Dartmouth's offense found the scoreboard again with a try and a penalty kick to put the home team up 25-5 at halftime.
The Big Green continued to pull away, notching three more tries in the first 20 minutes of the second half to move to a 42-5 lead. A try and successful conversion in the final minutes of the game saw Dartmouth to a 49-5 lead that held through the final whistle.
Up Next
Army will return home to the Anderson Rugby Complex on the West Point campus for a mid-day matchup with Mount St. Mary's on Sunday, September 8th. The Black Knights will celebrate their Senior Day match against The Mount with kickoff set for 12:30pm ET.
The sunny Saturday morning match saw the Black Knights put up a staunch defense, holding Dartmouth off within 10 yards of the try line for multiple attempts before the home team took the honor of scoring first as the Big Green logged the first try of the match just over 10 minutes into the action, making the conversion to go up 7-0 in the opening minutes of the match.
Dartmouth's aggressive offense continued to press the Black Knights as time ticked on and the Big Green found the try zone once more eight minutes later for a 12-0 lead.
Army's squad fought back and found a chink in Dartmouth's armor, breaking through the Big Green line and charging down the field with sophomore Zoe Weimer finding the try zone and recording the Black Knights' first try of the season.
The Big Green put up a fight on their home turf, however, and soon expanded their lead to 17-5 with another try.
As the game clock ticked towards halftime, the Black Knights continued to rebuff the Big Green, but Dartmouth's offense found the scoreboard again with a try and a penalty kick to put the home team up 25-5 at halftime.
The Big Green continued to pull away, notching three more tries in the first 20 minutes of the second half to move to a 42-5 lead. A try and successful conversion in the final minutes of the game saw Dartmouth to a 49-5 lead that held through the final whistle.
Up Next
Army will return home to the Anderson Rugby Complex on the West Point campus for a mid-day matchup with Mount St. Mary's on Sunday, September 8th. The Black Knights will celebrate their Senior Day match against The Mount with kickoff set for 12:30pm ET.
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