Harvard remains unbeaten in NIRA DI after an impressive showing over Brown.
After falling behind 3-0 the Crimson exploded for 33 straight points going into halftime, and cruised to a 47-8 win.
Tries from Courtney Taylor and freshman Madelyn Hubbell (her first ever for Harvard), were both converted by Ava Frerence.
Also in the first half A nice break from Amber Van Meines netted her five, and co-captain Charlotte Gilmour capped off a maul to make it 26-0 with another Ference conversion.
Just before halftime Brown was attacking but wing Lennox London added to her all-time-leading try total with an interception and long race to the tryline. Ference again converted and it was 33-3.
Brown once again started the scoring in the half after the break, but Harvard responded with a try from Neasa McLaughlin (converted by Skylar Jordan) and another from breakout sensation Sana'a Lunon, scoring her sixth try three games, with Jordan's conversion capping it off.
Harvard is 2-0 in divisional play and also has a win over AIC. But it doesn't get any easier as they have Army and Dartmouth, both on the road, over the next two weeks.
Army, for their part, looked very good in a 75-0 shutout win over Queens University Charlotte, played in neutral territory at the US Naval Academy. Defensive pressure led the way for the Black Knights as they pinned Queens in their 22 and eventually forced a holding-on penalty. Army tapped quick and spun it wide to lock Natalia Johnson, who crashed over.
Army played fast and on penalties they repeatedly took the tap. No. 8 Cecilia Ollis tapped quickly on one penalty, made big gains. Queens held on but eventually from a scrum Ollis powered over from an eightman pick to score Army's second. Ollis had another eightman pick from deep in her half. She set up a superb team try that ended with some snappy offloads and connections from flyhalf Alissa Eisenhart to hooker Katelyn Woenker to center Yesenia Morales to flanker TyraSoleil Rongdahl and she finished it off.
Eisenhart slotted the conversion and in fact by halftime was a perfect six-for-six on kicks. Scrumhalf Chloe de Leon scampered through on a quick pickup after a massive run from prop Stevie-Rae Ricklick, and Morales then scored on a huge break and Woenker charged over to make it, with Eisenhart's kicks, 42-0 at the break.
In the second half, Queens got a bit more territory but Army was dominant. Molly Kennedy scored early in the second half—Eisenhart finally missed one—and de Leon, Cassidy Ball (twice), and Kennedy again finished it off. The tight five of Ricklick, WoenkerTatiana Stockbower, Johnson, and Ellie Kearny led the way in this win.
"The team were hungry for a full 80 minutes today and delivered," said Head Coach Jenn Salomon-Clayton. "Our forwards dominated up front.
"We left Lindenwood with key takeaways to work on and you can see how it's being built each week. I'm pleased with how it's all coming together, but there's still work to be done. Ready to keep building on this momentum."
