Dartmouth Beats Quinnipiac, 50-10, on the Road

Saturday, September 11

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Quinnipiac

Margot Genereux women's rugby action versus Long Island

Fifth-year Margot Généreux

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Beats Quinnipiac, 50-10, on the Road

9/11/2021 3:42:00 PM | Women's Rugby

The Big Green women's rugby team was led by fifth-year senior Lilly Durbin with four tries

By: Charlotte Brackett

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Dartmouth women's rugby team defeated Quinnipiac, 50-10, at the Quinnipiac Rugby Field Saturday. This is the largest margin of victory that the Big Green have had in the seven years the teams have been playing each other.

Lilly Durbin led the team with 20 points from four tries, while four other players ended up with five points from one try. Kristin Bitter had four conversions for a total of eight points.

"We definitely got out to a slow start today in the first 20 minutes," head coach Katie Dowty said. "Once we put our minds to increasing the tempo of the game, things started to open up for us. There's plenty still that we can improve on as the season progresses, but I was very happy with our scrums and defense in particular. I was also very excited by the performance from our reserves, who came in and made a great impact. It's a very good sign for the long-term strength of the squad this season.

"It's also so good to see that, after three years of dealing with injury and health issues, that Lilly is back to her world-class ways," Dowty continued. "She can open up any defense if they give her room to run. I'm so proud of her determination to get back here, and we are all so happy for her."

It took until the 23rd minute of the first half, but Sophia Haley broke through for the first try of the day and, with a conversion by Bitter, Dartmouth took a 7-0 lead. The Big Green soon took that seven-point edge and turned it into 17 when Seven Sassano and Durbin scored in the 28th and 38th minutes.

Returning for the second half, Durbin scored a trio of tries in a 14-minute span. Completed by good kicks by Abbey Savin and Bitter, Dartmouth was looking at a 36-0 lead less than halfway through the second.

Not quite done, Sophie Ragg got in on the fun two minutes later, while Margot Généreux added one of her own at the 26-minute mark. With two more conversions by Bitter, the Big Green had 50-0 lead with 14 minutes to go. In the final five minutes of the game, Quinnipiac's Haley Crow and Kat Story got the Bobcats on the board with a try apiece.

Next weekend, Dartmouth will head to New York to face Army West Point on Sunday, Sept. 19.