Women's Rugby to Host Sacred Heart on Senior Day

Saturday, October 24

Hanover, N.H.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Sacred Heart

10/22/2026 10:21:00 AM | Women's Rugby

Match Six: Dartmouth (3-2) vs Sacred Heart (2-2) – Saturday, Oct. 24, 2 p.m.
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HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth women's rugby team returns to Brophy Field on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. for a National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) matchup with Sacred Heart. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.

Senior Day
The match will serve as Senior Day for the Big Green, with a short ceremony being held before the game honoring the Class of 2027; Paola Arredondo Almeida, AdiLeilah Bulabalavu, Katie Hansen, Maura Hough, Jordis Lomu, Vanessa Ortiz-Pallen, Hehea Pulotu, and Cindy Taulava.

Last Time Out
The Big Green topped Princeton, 55-14, on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Rickerson Field at Haaga House to improve to 3-2 overall. Dartmouth scored nine tries, with Lauren Cheng and Peyton Langworthy each scoring two. Olivia Lyman, Nakato Myers, Amelia Handysides, Lucy Walker and Morgan Whelan each added one. Annie Henrich converted four of six attempts, and Whelan converted one of three. Lyman opened the scoring at 7:50, and Dartmouth led 31-0 before Princeton got on the board late in the first half. The Big Green had defeated American International College, 57-19, on Oct. 3, behind four tries from Marley Larkin. They fell at Harvard, 31-7, on Sept. 25, in a match moved up a day because of a nor'easter. Dartmouth opened the year with a 41-8 win over Army on Sept. 5 before falling to Life University, 49-22, on Sept. 12.

Big Green Leaders
Dartmouth has scored 29 tries and 182 points through five matches. Henrich leads the team with 46 points on three tries, 14 conversions and a penalty kick. Larkin leads in tries with six (30 points), and Cheng has five tries (25 points). Vanessa Ortiz-Pallen has three tries, while Langworthy, Jordynn LeBeau and Vasiti Turagavou each have two. Whelan has nine points on a try and two conversions.

Recapping 2025
The Big Green went 5-3 last season, including a 4-2 record in NIRA play. Dartmouth advanced to the NIRA semifinals, where it fell to the eventual national champion Harvard, 45-10, at Mignone Field.

Winning Tradition
Katie Dowty is in her 12th season as head coach. The Big Green has won three NIRA championships (2022, 2021, 2018) during her tenure and has reached the NIRA championship final six times, the most of any team. Dowty's record is 77-24.

Series History
Dartmouth is 4-0 all-time against the Pioneers in 15s play. The Big Green most recently won, 43-29, on Sept. 20, 2025, in Fairfield, Conn., pulling away on a long run into the try zone by Larkin with 1:50 remaining. Dartmouth also won, 32-16, in Hanover on Sept. 28, 2024, after wins of 29-3 in 2022 and 63-10 in 2021.

Scouting Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart, located in Fairfield, Connecticut, is led by head coach Michelle Reed. The Pioneers were 2-2 through Oct. 3 [update with the Oct. 16 AIC result]. They opened the year with a 26-24 loss to Harvard, in which they cut a 14-point second-half deficit to two. They then fell to Army, 24-17, before beating Queens, 69-7, and shutting out Davenport, 38-0. Sacred Heart wraps up the regular season on Oct. 31 against Penn State.