Sunday, February 11
Charlotte, N.C.
4:00 p.m.
Queens University of Charlotte
59
vs
5
Western Carolina University
2/12/2018 7:25:00 PM | Women's Rugby
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte women's rugby team hosted its first home match of the season Sunday at Dickson Field taking a 59-5 win over Western Carolina University.
Asiah Peterson was the first to put points on the board with a try just minutes into the first half. However, Western quickly answered to tie things up, 5-5. A 24-0 run followed for the Royals and they never looked back. At the half, Queens led 29-5.
Queens went on to continue dominating the Catamounts offensively in the second half scoring six tries to outscore Western, 30-0.
Peterson and Maddy d'Oliveira led the Royals offensively tallying three tries each on the day. Tori Wilson, Abby Tobias, Kea Pittman, and Abby Berberich each scored a try for the Royals. Ella Brucker would score her only try of the day just seconds before the end of the match. Tobias recorded two successful conversions in the match as well.
Peterson also led on the defensive end with 13 tackles. Berberich and Brucker each had 12 tackles while Sol Mercado Lopez and Kim Garcia were heavily active in clear outs at the breakdown.
"Our match against Western Carolina was a phenomenal end to a busy weekend for our team," said Queens Director of Rugby Katie Wurst. "We have been working on increasing defensive pressure, and we plan to continue increasing the intensity moving towards our two remaining conference matches."
The squad will host the 49ers of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte next on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Dickson Field. Play will begin at 1 p.m.
Asiah Peterson was the first to put points on the board with a try just minutes into the first half. However, Western quickly answered to tie things up, 5-5. A 24-0 run followed for the Royals and they never looked back. At the half, Queens led 29-5.
Queens went on to continue dominating the Catamounts offensively in the second half scoring six tries to outscore Western, 30-0.
Peterson and Maddy d'Oliveira led the Royals offensively tallying three tries each on the day. Tori Wilson, Abby Tobias, Kea Pittman, and Abby Berberich each scored a try for the Royals. Ella Brucker would score her only try of the day just seconds before the end of the match. Tobias recorded two successful conversions in the match as well.
Peterson also led on the defensive end with 13 tackles. Berberich and Brucker each had 12 tackles while Sol Mercado Lopez and Kim Garcia were heavily active in clear outs at the breakdown.
"Our match against Western Carolina was a phenomenal end to a busy weekend for our team," said Queens Director of Rugby Katie Wurst. "We have been working on increasing defensive pressure, and we plan to continue increasing the intensity moving towards our two remaining conference matches."
The squad will host the 49ers of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte next on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Dickson Field. Play will begin at 1 p.m.
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