WEST CHESTER, PA.- The West Chester University women's rugby team (1-3) returned to action at home Saturday morning, facing Mount St. Mary's (0-4). West Chester picked up its first win of the season with a 43-14 victory over the Mountaineers.
After a scoreless opening 17 minutes, the Golden Rams broke through with a strong team effort, featuring multiple West Chester players making solid runs and connecting on clean passes.
Olivia Amman (Downingtown, Pa. Downingtown West) finished the
possession with the Golden Rams' first try of the game. Amann's try was the first of six first-half trys for West Chester as
Evie Staehle (Exton, Pa./West Chester East) added another in the 22
nd minute before
Nina McDowell (Mercersburg, Pa./Mercersburg) added the conversion and a try of her own on an intercepted pass moments later to stretch the lead to 19-0.
Addy LaCarubba (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) broke through for a long-run a few minutes later and stretched the Golden Ram lead to 24-0 before
Christelle Adikpeto (Abomey-Calavi, Benin/Moon Area) continued her strong first-half performance with another long run, which eventually led to her first try of the game as the Golden Rams, following another successful McDowell conversion, jumped out to a 29-0 lead.
Ashlyn Wissler (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) finished the first half scoring for West Chester with another long run and try, which was finished off by a McDowell conversion as the Golden Rams carried a commanding 36-0 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half, LaCarruba broke away for another long-run, this time covering 45 meters for her second try of the afternoon and the Golden Rams final of the match as following yet another McDowell conversion, West Chester held a 43-0 lead with 30 minutes to play.
The Mount put together a late-match comeback but it was not nearly enough to come all the way back as the Golden Rams earned a 43-14 victory to improve to 1-3 on the season.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action on October 18 against Navy beginning at 1 p.m.
