Completed Event: Women's Rugby versus Harvard on September 27, 2025 , Loss , 33, to, 36
Final
Women's Rugby
vs Harvard
33
36
Saturday, October 25
Hanover, N.H.
11:00 AM
Dartmouth College
32
vs
14
Brown
Women’s Rugby Defeats Brown in Final Regular Season Contest
10/25/2025 2:11:00 PM | Women's Rugby
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth women's rugby welcomed the Brown Bears to Brophy Field for the final NIRA 15s conference game of the regular season, Saturday. The Big Green also celebrated Senior Day, honoring the program's 6 seniors.
Brown's defense was strong early, but the Big Green stuck to their game plan to defeat the Bears, 32-14.
With the win, the Big Green close the regular season at 5-2 and 4-2 in NIRA play.
In the 13th minute, Dartmouth was finally able to break through Brown's defense. They stuffed the Big Green on the edge of the try zone multiple times, but Jordynn LeBeau was finally able to push through, going up 5-0.
Annie Henrich made her team leading 26th conversion to make it a 7-0 game.
In the 23rd minute, Brown committed a foul, making a high tackle to award the Big Green a penalty kick. Henrich converted for the Big Green's first penalty kick of the season, giving Dartmouth a 10-0 lead.
Six minutes later, Dartmouth won the scrum and sent the ball down to Lauren Cheng on the wing who ran with space and into the try zone to put Dartmouth up 15.
Not even two minutes later, Marley Larkin took the ball deep in her zone and ran to about midfield. The Big Green found Henrich who passed to Cheng. Cheng carried it until Henrich had space, finding Henrich who beat a defender and carried it all the way into the try zone in a nearly identical spot as Cheng's previous try, making it a 20-0 game.
Scoring opened in the second half just under ten minutes in. The Big Green were fighting for the try near the line, but Brown held strong. Dartmouth finally found Paola Arredondo Almeida who found the try zone to score another five points for the Big Green.
In the 65th minute, the Bears finally broke through the Dartmouth defense, scoring their first try of the game, making the score 25-7.
Brown continued to fight, scoring its second straight try in the 73rd minute, cutting the Big Green's lead to 11.
In the 75th minute, Dartmouth responded. LeBeau carried the ball through defenders and dropped the ball off to Katelyn Walker, who ran into the try zone to re-extend Dartmouth's lead, making it a 32-14 game in the final minutes.
Brown had one final push as time was expiring, but Dartmouth held on for a 32-14 win on Senior Day. With the win, the Big Green advance to the NIRA Semifinals on Saturday, November 15th and will face either Harvard or Lindenwood.
After the game, Head Coach Katie Dowty said she was proud of her team for putting what they've been working on into practice in a game situation.
"I was really happy to see a lot of things we've been working on in training kind of put into practice, really working on getting into our attack in the 22 and turning that int points," Dowty said. "It was an opportunity today, particularly for our seniors to show out. And they did a great job. And then some of our youngsters who are progressively getting more minutes also stepped in and got a lot of those details right."
"Lots of team rugby and we're so lucky we got to have it at home with so much great support," Walker said.
As the Big Gren shift their focus to the semifinals, the goal for her team is composure.
"Getting our details right. Nothing new at this stage, but just executing, turning that pressure that we create territorially into points and everybody doing their role, getting those little details right every day at practice and then transitioning that in the big games under pressure," Dowty said.
Brown's defense was strong early, but the Big Green stuck to their game plan to defeat the Bears, 32-14.
With the win, the Big Green close the regular season at 5-2 and 4-2 in NIRA play.
In the 13th minute, Dartmouth was finally able to break through Brown's defense. They stuffed the Big Green on the edge of the try zone multiple times, but Jordynn LeBeau was finally able to push through, going up 5-0.
Annie Henrich made her team leading 26th conversion to make it a 7-0 game.
In the 23rd minute, Brown committed a foul, making a high tackle to award the Big Green a penalty kick. Henrich converted for the Big Green's first penalty kick of the season, giving Dartmouth a 10-0 lead.
Six minutes later, Dartmouth won the scrum and sent the ball down to Lauren Cheng on the wing who ran with space and into the try zone to put Dartmouth up 15.
Not even two minutes later, Marley Larkin took the ball deep in her zone and ran to about midfield. The Big Green found Henrich who passed to Cheng. Cheng carried it until Henrich had space, finding Henrich who beat a defender and carried it all the way into the try zone in a nearly identical spot as Cheng's previous try, making it a 20-0 game.
Scoring opened in the second half just under ten minutes in. The Big Green were fighting for the try near the line, but Brown held strong. Dartmouth finally found Paola Arredondo Almeida who found the try zone to score another five points for the Big Green.
In the 65th minute, the Bears finally broke through the Dartmouth defense, scoring their first try of the game, making the score 25-7.
Brown continued to fight, scoring its second straight try in the 73rd minute, cutting the Big Green's lead to 11.
In the 75th minute, Dartmouth responded. LeBeau carried the ball through defenders and dropped the ball off to Katelyn Walker, who ran into the try zone to re-extend Dartmouth's lead, making it a 32-14 game in the final minutes.
Brown had one final push as time was expiring, but Dartmouth held on for a 32-14 win on Senior Day. With the win, the Big Green advance to the NIRA Semifinals on Saturday, November 15th and will face either Harvard or Lindenwood.
After the game, Head Coach Katie Dowty said she was proud of her team for putting what they've been working on into practice in a game situation.
"I was really happy to see a lot of things we've been working on in training kind of put into practice, really working on getting into our attack in the 22 and turning that int points," Dowty said. "It was an opportunity today, particularly for our seniors to show out. And they did a great job. And then some of our youngsters who are progressively getting more minutes also stepped in and got a lot of those details right."
Walker, who scored a try late in the game said Saturday's game was a great way to cap off her four-year career with the Big Green on Brophy Field.Hear from Head Coach Katie Dowty following today's win over Brown!#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/dxgYtFL5ti
— Dartmouth Rugby (@DartmouthWRugby) October 25, 2025
"Lots of team rugby and we're so lucky we got to have it at home with so much great support," Walker said.
As the Big Gren shift their focus to the semifinals, the goal for her team is composure.
"Getting our details right. Nothing new at this stage, but just executing, turning that pressure that we create territorially into points and everybody doing their role, getting those little details right every day at practice and then transitioning that in the big games under pressure," Dowty said.
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