Women's Rugby Welcomes Quinnipiac for Home Opener

MATCH 2
Dartmouth vs. Quinnipiac (1-2)
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022 | 1 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. | Brophy Field
All-Time Series: 4-2
Last Meeting: 9/11/21 – W, 50-10

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON RUGBY
Dartmouth's home opener brings Quinnipiac to Hanover as the Big Green look to extend their 10-game win streak. It's the first time Dartmouth has played on Brophy Field since last season's NIRA Semifinal victory over Brown that sent the eventual national champion to West Point, New York.

KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE
Brophy Field has likely earned a reputation around the NIRA as a particularly difficult place to play. That is, unless you're the Big Green. Dartmouth has won six straight on its home pitch. That streak dates back to October 2019. Of course, there was no 2020 season, but the Big Green emphatically returned to Brophy Field in 2021 with a 5-0 home record. Dartmouth averaged an astounding 65.2 points per game in matches played at Brophy Field last season.

HITTING THEIR STRIDE
Dartmouth had to wait another week to kickoff their 2022 season after the cancelation of the opener and waited even longer to grab the momentum against Sacred Heart, but once they did, the Big Green showed they're ready to defend the NIRA crown. Dartmouth shutout Sacred Heart after surrendering an early first-half penalty kick and later outscored the Pioneers 19-0 in the second half.

SERIES HISTORY
In the most recent meeting, Dartmouth earned its highest margin of victory in the six-match history of the series with a 50-10 shellacking. Dartmouth lost the first-ever meeting 43-5 back in September 2015 and didn't get a chance to avenge that loss in 2016, when Quinnipiac won its second consecutive NIRA Championship. Quinnipiac held the crown again in 2017 to complete the three-peat, but Dartmouth was able to avenge that loss from two years prior, taking down the top-ranked Bobcats 22-17 in the season opener. Quinnipiac had the upper hand in the championship meeting a couple months later, but it's been all Dartmouth since that day as the Big Green have won each of the last three matchups.

SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC
Coming off a 3-4 2021 campaign, Quinnipiac is 1-2 through its first three matches. The Bobcats defeated Brown 47-14 in the season opener, lost to Harvard the following week, and fell to last year's NIRA runner-up Army West Point in their most recent outing. Libby Moser, Kat Storey and Hannah Pfersch each found the try zone against the Black Knights.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Of course the focus is currently on the Bobcats, but Dartmouth knows it has a big one upcoming. The Big Green host Army West Point next Saturday at 1 p.m. in the much-anticipated NIRA Championship rematch.

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