It was a close win for Army but was it enough to get 2nd place?
While Dartmouth enjoyed the culmination of an undefeated run with an astonishing 85-0 defeat of Brown over the weekend, thanks to four tries from Ariana Ramsey—four tries in a row, actually—Army and Harvard were in a battle.
It was Senior Day at West Point and somehow the Black Knights pulled it off. It was a back-and-forth game. Harvard took a lead thanks to a try from Chloe Headland. Army replied with a penalty goal from Alissa Eisenhart (more from her later) and then a try from Olivia Popp set up by Julia Riekena that, with Eisenhart's conversion, made it 10-7 Army.
Charlotte Gilmour's try nudged Harvard ahead for a 12-10 lead but Army responded on the other side of halftime when captain Kaylee Cargile beat several defenders to go in. Now it was Army ahead 15-12. Eisenhart added another penalty and it was 18-12.
Harvard, however, had other plans and despite being down a player due to a yellow card, Victoria Stanley scored out wide and Headland's conversion gave Harvard a 19-18 lead with time winding down.
