Brown Women shut out Dartmouth 55-0 in NRU semifinal

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Three teams will advance There are two tiers of women's DI rugby in the northeast, the Army and Brown tier, and the everyone else tier. And that separation was made apparent this weekend during the NRU semifinals.

Brown and Dartmouth travel to Prickard Rugby Field, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine this weekend to compete in the semifinals of the Northeast playoffs. Dartmouth defeated the University of Buffalo this past weekend 27-5, and Brown took it to Ivy League foe Yale 51-0 to earn the right to play this weekend. The winner will play on Sunday against the winner of the Cornell vs. Army match also at Bowdoin College.

Northeast Women's DI Quarterfinals

#1 Army (NERFU 1) vs. #8 SUNY Brockport (NYS 3) - Army wins by forfeit
#2 Brown (NERFU 2) vs. #7 Yale (NERFU 5) - Brown 51, Yale 0
#3 Dartmouth (NERFU 3) vs. #6 U. Buffalo (NYS 2) - Dartmouth 27, U. Buffalo 5
#4 Cornell (NYS 1) vs. UConn (NERFU 4) - Cornell 29 vs. UConn 5