Harvard Women Make Statement With Road Win
Harvard took clear control of NIRA DI Saturday with a very strong second half to beat Lindenwood on the road.
The two teams, who last met in the NIRA DI final in 2025, played very tight in the opening stanza, with
Lindenwood drew first blood when Allison Honeycutt scored in the 12th minute. But Harvard came right back with Morgan Gibson went over to tie it 5-5.
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As expected, Navy took a Power Rankings hit, but not a massive one, and Army got a boost, but not a massive one, this past week in the NIRA Power Rankings.
With Navy losing to Harvard, the Power Rankings expected that and saw the metrics for Navy and for Harvard, for that matter, not change all that much. This was helped by Navy's second-half scoring binge which made the game closer.
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Harvard Takes Early Control to Dismiss Navy in NIRA Clash
Harvard improved to 4-0 in NIRA DI with an impressive 53-26 defeat of Navy in Cambridge, Mass., Saturday.
Harvard scored in the first minute and rolled to a dominant 29-0 lead at halftime, and while Navy did well to open up their offense in the second half, the Crimson were well ahead by then.
West Point to Host NIRA Finals Weekend
The iconic Anderson Rugby Complex on the grounds of the United States Military Academy will once again host the Divisional Championships for NCAA Women’s Rugby, as the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA).
