Women's Rugby Strong First Half Propels the Mountaineers to First NIRA Win

EMMITSBURG, Md. (September 25, 2021) – Mount St. Mary's women's rugby cruises past LIU 45-15 to pick up their first win and NIRA win of the season. The Mount's Katherine Stern led the Mounaineers, scoring two tries, with Maya Grassi scoring five conversion kicks in route to the win.

SCORE
Mount St. Mary's 45, LIU 15

LOCATION
Robert Blitz Field | Brookville, N.Y.

RECORDS
Mount St. Mary's 1-1, LIU 0-3

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Mount opened up the scoring just after the ten-minute mark, with Sankara Price getting the try to make it 5-0.
Stern scored the Mountaineers' next two tries within four minutes of each other to with Grassi converting the second try to make it 17-0 in favor of the Mount.
LIU got on the board with 15:20 remaining in the first half after Alexis Dallas scored the Sharks' only try of the half to make it 17-5.
Veronica Blair scored with 4:15 before halftime to give the Mountaineers a 24-5 lead going into the locker room after Grassi converted her second kick of the day.
The Mount scored the first try of the second half after Holly Click scored her first try of the season with a Grassi conversion kick to extend the lead to 31-5.
Emma Jacobs scored her only try of the game to give the Mountaineers a 38-5 lead after Grassi converted her fourth kick in a row with 12:11 remaining in the game.
LIU scored their first try of the second half after Ava Zopf scored with 5:33 remaining to trail 38-10.
Lisa Madray scored the Mount's final try of the game, with Grassi converting her fifth consecutive kick to make it 45-10 with 5:33 left in the game.
LIU's Morgan Duger scored the game's final try with 1:30 left to reach the final score of 45-15.