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Elite | 11.24.12
The French national women's team showed how they might be thinking big, big
honors on a couple of years, as Les Bleus defeated the USA 27-3 Saturday at
Stade de France just outside Paris.
The USA had multiple scoring chances, especially int he second half, but
could not get it over the line. More to come ...
FRANCE : Parra – Guiglion, Godiveau, Metier, Grassineau, Bailon,, Yahé... Read More
Elite | 11.20.12
USA Women's National Team Head Coach Pete Steinberg knows his Eagles will
need to be better against France, but their Sunday afternoon victory over
Italy was still good to get.
“It was a great start and we were dominant in the first half,” said
Steinberg. “The Italians showed a lot of fight, but we were able to
hold them off and still scored some nice tries.”
The Eagles... Read More
Elite | 11.18.12
The USA Women's National 15s team opened up their three-match November tour
with a 34-20 defeat of Italy in Roma SUnday.
The Eagles led 29-0 before giving up three late Italy tries to make it
interesting.
The USA forwards set the tone early with some huge collisions, and it was
the pack that did the scoring. A lineout-and-maul got the first try, with
No.8 Kate Daley capping off... Read More
Senior | 11.08.12
Fort Miami Co-Coach Mike Hayden said his team is ready to play after
qualifying for the final eight of the women’s DII club
playoffs.
Led by co-captains KayJay McAuley (prop) and Michelle Horevitz (lock) Fort
Miami is looking to continue their improvement. Brie Cokos
and Devin Huber hold down a backline that has gotten better throughout
the season, thanks also to the addition... Read More
Senior | 11.08.12
The Las Vegas Slots are making some history as they make their debut in a
national championship weekend.
The Slots starts their national championship quest Friday morning against
Severn River, and it’s the first time they will be playing at this
level.
“We are all really excited for this weekend,” said Las Vegas club president
Alexis Kadolph. “It’s almost unexplainable the... Read More
Elite | 11.01.12
The USA Women’s National Team is still several thousand dollars short of
their travel bill for their tour to Europe November 13-25.
The Eagles have
allocated budget funds to the trip, but as everyone who has planned travel
well in advance, especially for 30 or so individuals, costs can change
quickly (and rarely do they go down).
USA Head Coach Pete Steinberg has published an... Read More
Elite | 10.28.12
The USA Women's 7s team has won the Women's International 7s Invitational
in Guangzhou, China after wading impressively through the second day of
competition.
The Eagles were 3-0 on Day One, but all that did was re-seed the eight
teams for the knockout rounds on Sunday.
That pitted the USA against Thailand in the quarterfinals, won easily by
the Americans 45-0.
The shock... Read More
Elite | 10.27.12
The USA women's 7s team has started very well in the Women's 7s
Invitational in Guanzhou, China.
They shut out Singapore 59-0, and then followed that up with a 52-0 win
over the Philippines.
In that second game, six players scored eight tries, with Bui Baravilala
scoring two and adding six conversions for 22 points, and Kimber Rozier
also... Read More
College | 10.22.12
The top two
teams in the Women’s Ivy League Green Division won and look set to clinch
those spots as the season winds down.
Brown stays undefeated at 5-0 after edging a determined Harvard team. Early
tries from Jessica Sawadago and Saskia Morgan put Bruno up 14-5, and when
Michelle van der Ploeg forced a Harvard turnover and fed Patti Ekpo for the
long-range run, Brown was in... Read More
Senior | 10.12.12
It’s a clash of the fantastical as the Midwest DII women’s club playoffs
start this weekend.
Just take a look at the four conference leads hosting games this weekend –
you’ve got Scylla (of Milwaukee), the monster of Homeric legend (and
possibly the mythical manifestation of a real scary cliff-face in the
Adriatic).
You’ve got the Amazons (the 2nd side of Twin Cities), the... Read More