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Spring 2008

Yale v.s. Southern Connecticut - March 29

Yale won it's first match of the spring season against Southern Connecticut with a final score of 27-19. The first points on the board were placed by Southern with a converted try. The Yale team responded with a rookie try by wing Sharifa Love-Schnur '09 off of a Yale scrum. Kicking against the wind, Yoshi Shapiro '11 failed to convert the try leaving the score at 5-7. Southern soon broke the Yale defensive line and scored a break-away try, which was converted, bringing the score to 5-14. Yale pushed back and earned a second try, brought in by Shapiro. Before the end of the first half, inside center Tucker Marrison '08 matched Southern's break-away with one of her own, which brought the score to a close 14-15. Yale started off the second half strong as Shapiro converted a try brought in by flanker Rebecca Anastos-Wallen '09, taking advantage of a sin-binned Southern player. Southern was able to answer to this with an unconverted try, closing the gap to 19-22. The final points of the game were scored by flyhalf Jackie Madison '09, after a series of passes with scrumhalf Ally Garr-Schultz '09.

Fall 2007

Yale v.s. Radcliffe

Playing on their home pitch, YWRFC defeated Radcliffe 34-5 on a sunny Saturday morning.  Yale started the game receiving the kick-off, but lost the ball in the first breakdown.  Possession was quickly regained and the Yale push down the field began.  Yale dominated the game, though its kick-off returns continued to be poor, and came out of the first half with a strong lead.  Rookie Steph Scaramella ’11, scored her first two tries this game, barreling through the Radcliffe players.  Tucker Marrison ’08, also scored her first try off of a spectacular run by Sam Fox ’09. Jackie Madison ’09 finsihed the game with a 50 meter run down the left side of the field after a kick-off that resulted in a between-the-posts try.

Vassar

Yale lost to Vassar in its first league game of the season, 0-39.  Throughout the first half, the Yale players were beat to the breakdowns and beat on defense, ending with a score of 0-34.  Vassar was held off for the second half and Yale came close to putting some points on the board.  The small Yale team fielded only nine returning players, but the rookies on the field picked up the game quickly.  Yoshi Shapiro ’11, who played at fullback, amazed the team with her open field tackles, return-kicks, and ability to read the game.  Another rookie, Steph Scaramella ‘11, entered as a sub for Katie Fitzgerald ‘11 in the second half and charged her way through the Vassar defensive line.  The end of the game saw the Yale team pull together and become a force to be reckoned with.

Beantown

YWRFC went to the Beantown tournament this fall in Epping, NH, where the team lost its matches on Saturday to Northeastern (5-13) and to UCSD (0-5).  Multiple penalties in the first game hurt Yale as Northeastern advanced quickly across the turf, but Yale cleaned up its game against UCSD and nearly held them off.  Yale’s opponent Sunday was Boston College, and the experience gained from the prior to matches paid off with a win of 10-5.

Fall 2006

Yale vs. Brown 10/29/06

Yale competed against Brown this weekend for the Championship title in Division I, New England. The first half of this intense game saw a lot of work mid-field, including four scrums off of forward passes and knock-ons at Brown's 60-yard line. A breakaway runner from Brown scored a try from the half, and it was converted. After an intense few minutes on the offensive, Yale fielded and received some kicks, and Captain Emily Roller (BK '07)
shut down another Brown breakaway. Special recognition to flanker Lucy Sorensen (DC '09) for some amazing steals off of the lineouts in this half. A few minutes into the second half, lock Claudia Reitmeir(BK '07) secured a try for Yale, followed soon afterwards by another converted try by Brown, putting the score at 14-5 Brown. In an intense offensive drive, Fullback Sammy Stone (JE '07) and wing Ali Garr-Schultz (SM '09) worked together to secure a corner try, followed by another try by Brown, bringing the final score to 19-10 Brown.

October 20, 2006 - Yale vs. Amherst

In their last league game of the season, Yale dominated Amherst by a score of 46-7. At the beginning of the game, center Jamboree Madison (BR '09) chased a ball into the try zone, scoring a "steak dinner" try. After the kick off, wing Christina Jacovides (ES '08) received the kick and put in another try for Yale, which was converted by fullback Sammy Stone (JE '07). Jac then received the ball at half-field, and scored a try from the 50-yard line in an amazing run. This try was converted by Jamboree, bringing the score to
21-0 Yale. Sammy Stone put in the next try, making the score 26-0 Yale. Amherst scored and converted their only try of the game, which was followed by two consecutive tries by Jamboree. Captain and eight-man Ned O'Brien (DC '07) scored right off the scrum, which was followed by an amazing run by Captain Emily Roller (BK '07) that led to Jamboree's fourth try of the game. Special recognition to rookie Mary Swartz (BK '10) for some great steals off the lineout, and to Elizabet Warshaw-Vickery (SM '10) as hooker and Alyssa
Bernstein (TD '10) as second row.

October 7, 2006 - Yale takes UConn

Yale really worked together this past weekend to achieve an impressive 41-7 win over UConn. The game's first try was scored by Kasia Wegrzyn (TD '07) after a nice run of passes by fullback Sammy Stone (JE '07), wing Christina Jacovides (ES '08) and flanker Lucy Sorensen (DC '09). Soon after, Stone singlehandedly chased down a UConn breakaway run, shutting it down at Yale's 22. Eight-man and Captain Kate O'Brien (DC '07) shut down
a similar breakaway run minutes later. After a lineout, the ball was passed out wide to Jac who put in a corner try on the opposite side of the pitch. Immediately after UConn's post-try kickoff to Yale, wing Ali Garr-Schultz (SC '09), flanker Samara Fox (PC '09) and Sammy worked together to put in yet another try, which Sammy then converted, making the score 17-0 Yale. After a series of 5-meter scrums, Anna Wipfler (BR '09) then scored twice, bringing the score to 27-0, until UConn then put in a converted try making it
27-7. Prop Rebecca Diamond (JE '07) was awarded a try soon afterwards, and it was converted by Sammy. The last try of the game was put in by Ned, and it, too, was converted by Sammy, bringing the final score to 41-7 Yale. Special shout-out to flyhalf and Captain Emily Roller (BK '07) and scrumhalf Kathleen Lawler (CC '09) for amazing teamwork and leadership.

B-Side Results:

In a UConn versus Yale-Conn B-side match, Yale-Conn walked away with a 10-0 win. Yale-Conn's first try was scored by B-side hooker Sam Fox. With Maggie Roberts (TD '07), Sarah Newman (SY '07) and Sam Fox (PC '09) as the front row and Mary Swartz (BK '10) as a flanker, the Yale-Conn pack dominated in one of the 5-meter scrum soon afterwards, wheeling UConn. With Ali as scrumhalf, Anna as flyhalf, Sarah Heller (MC '10) as outside
center, Erin York (DC '09) and Lawler on the wings, and Jackie Madison (BR '09) as fullback, the backs executed some great plays and put up some solid defense against UConn. In a UConn throw-in, Mary managed to steal the ball from the lineout, securing the ball for Yale-Conn. Later, UConn tossed the ball into its own tryzone, and Ali chased it down to score a beautiful try that brought the match to its final score of 10-0 Yale-Conn to UConn.

September 30, 2006 - Yale Upsets Dartmouth

In their first home game of the season, YWRFC kicked off against Dartmouth this past weekend. Although Dartmouth started off the match by scoring a converted try, Yale responded within minutes with a try by flanker Sam Fox '09 converted by center Jamboree Madison '09. Madison scored a second try soon afterward. The score stayed at 12-7 for most of the first half until Dartmouth evened things up with an unconverted try put in right before the 40-minute mark. Ten minutes in to the second half, Dartmouth successfully kicked for points, bringing the score to 15-12 green. Soon afterwards, Yale
put in two more tries, including one by Captain Emily Roller '07, converted by fullback Sammy Stone '07. Although Dartmouth squeezed one last try before the end of the match, Yale secured the game with an impressive 24-20 lead.

September 23, 2006 - Yale blanks Williams