Princeton University captured the 2015 Ivy League Women's Seven-a-Side Championship over Brown University, 22-15, in a wide-open display of offense at Rickerson Field on the West Windsor Campus on Saturday.

Featuring six freshmen, three sophomores, and just one senior, the Tigers jumped out to a hard-earned 22-0 lead by the midway point of the second half before Brown's offense finally caught fire with some explosive plays shortly before the final whistle.

Last weekend, the Princeton Women's team qualified as one of the 16 teams which will complete for the USA Rugby Collegiate National Sevens Championship, to be held over Memorial Day weekend on the campus of the University of Denver in Colorado. With its Ivy League Championship, the team showed that outcome was no fluke, as it marched toward the final game with a pool play win against Brown and Cornell, and a dominant win over Harvard in the semifinals. Dartmouth secured 3rd place, with its consolation win against Harvard. Yale and Cornell also vied for the title.

For the final, Princeton Head Coach Chris Ryan and internationally known 7s guru Emil Signes devised a precise strategy to stifle Brown's potent offense until it was too late to make the difference and the team executed that strategy to perfection. Freshman Jessica Lu, who came to New Jersey from Shanghai, was named as Player of the Tournament by the impartial referees.

Princeton captain, and only senior, Cat Lambert, said, "This was my proudest moment with Princeton Rugby. Having finished in fourth place out of the Ivy teams in the 15s tournament last fall, we proved to everyone and to ourselves how hard we worked since then to come out and beat the reigning Ivy champs. The championship game against Brown was a true test of heart, especially since we had already beaten them, narrowly, in pool play, and Brown was the team coming into the final with a chip on its shoulder. We were able to play to our strengths, stealing most of their scrums, running great lines of support, and executing our penalty plays."