Saturday, September 6
Mount St. Mary's v. Sacred Heart
Echo Field – Emmitsburg, MD.
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EMMITSBURG, Md. (September 5, 2025) – Mount St. Mary's women's rugby opens their 2025 home schedule with an afternoon kick-off against Sacred Heart. The Mountaineers battled the Pioneers off the back of their 1-0 start against La Salle last weekend, defeating the Explorers 55-12 in Philadelphia.

MOUNT UPDATE
 
In their win over the Explorers last weekend, Olivia Woodward and Caliann Dietz provided two tries each for the Mountaineers in the victory. Shaniah Mayers sent forth five conversions to aid in the scoring. In the second half, Koda Hall and Josie Schussler registered their first career collegiate tries.
 
Woodward led off and capped off the first half with her two tries to put the Mount ahead 24-0 at the break. Dietz added one of her tries, and Tori Holmes supplied the other. Lily Myers scored with a Mayers conversion to go up 31-0 before La Salle broke the shutout. The Explorers – playing in their inaugural match as a program – went on to score 12 of the next 17 points. Hall, Dietz, and Schussler each found the try zone as the Mount punctuated the victory with a 19-0 run.
 
The margin of victory is Mount's largest since a 77-10 win over Princeton on October 15, 2022. It also marks the third time women's rugby has won the season opener, and the first since defeating American International 19-17 in 2019.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS

In their week one contest against Brown, Sacred Heart outscored the Bears by a score of 45-21, improving on a halftime score of 24-7. Across their Fall 2024 XV's season, the Pioneers recorded a record of 3-3-1.

ALL-TIME RECORD

Since 2018, the Mountaineers and Pioneers have faced off on eight occasions, with Sacred Heart holding a 5-3 advantage in the series. Their last meeting in 2023 yielded a 55-5 win in favor of Sacred Heart.