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USA Rugby Cup Quarter Finals
After falling behind 12-5 at the half, Princeton powered their way to a 15-12 victory in the first match of the day of USA Rugby National 7s Championships.
Princeton 15
Tries: Mittow (2), Kreisberg
OSU 12
Tries: Hoffman, Brown
Cons: Lockwood
Oregon State University Squad
Hannah Lockwood, Haley Dietz, Caroline Midkiff, Amee Svatos, Dani Riggleman, Isabella Hoffman, Ally Hoffman, Hanna Sprague, Victoria Brown, Meghan Mcguire, Liz Freund, Coach: Dave Dickson
1st VII Texas Rugby Women at Princeton Women
Princeton defeated Texas 32-5 in the USA Rugby 7s Championships - Round One. The Tigers led 22-0 at the half. Priceton will be a top seed in the tournament on Day 2.
Princeton 27
Tries: Rhode '12, Kreisberg '13, Rhode '12, Mittow '14, Giandomenico '14
Cons: Rhode '12
Texas 5
Tries: Moses '11
1st VII Indiana Redstorm Rugby at Princeton Women
Princeton went ahead of Indiana 10-0 in the first game of the tournament. USA Rugby noted that the first try of any USA Rugby national collegiate championship sevens tournament, men or women (this was the first year) was by Princeton's Kristina Giandomenico (class of 2014, from Dedham, MA). The second try was by Devan Kreisberg '13.
Our two second half tries were by Dot Mitow '14 and Lauren Rhode '12.
Princeton 20
Tries: Dot Mittow ’14, Kristy Giandomenico ’14, Devan Kreisberg ’13, Lauren Rhode ’12
Princeton Women go south for College 7s Nationals
For the first time in college rugby history, there will be a collegiate national sevens championship sponsored by USA Rugby this weekend. The Princeton women’s team was one of 11 teams chosen by a selection committee to travel to Texas A&M University to compete for the championship.
By Stephanie Gati, Senior Writer for The Princetonian
Posted: 12/15/2011
1978: Harvard Ruggers Whip Yale 'A' Squad, Capture Mythical Ivy Crown
Surrounded by tailgaters ravaging daiquiris and culinary delights, the Harvard and Yale rugby squads met Saturday morning for the mythical autumn Ivy championship. Yale's ruggers, winners of last spring's Ivy tournament (spring '78), carried an unblemished league slate into Saturday's match and were considered the favorites. Harvard possessed an unbeaten Ivy record of its own, and the Crimson proved that it was no fluke, overcoming a 7-6 halftime deficit to defeat the Elis, 15-7.
Alan F. Williams, Cornell '15, Receives Olympic Gold Metal
Williams, Cornell Class of 1915, is the only Ivy League rugby player to ever receive an Olympic Gold Metal. Paris 18 May 1924, Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Games of the VIII Olympiad: Competitors of the United States and France (17:3) battle during the final match of the rugby tournament.
Posted: 11/30/2011The Ivy League
The Ivy League is the name generally applied to the group of schools including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in athletics. Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune sports writer, first used the phrase "Ivy colleges" in October of '33. Then in February of '35, AP Sports editor Alan Gould first used the exact term "Ivy League".