The Lindenwood Women's Rugby team (1-0, 0-0 NIRA) defeated Southern Nazarene at home on Sunday morning by a score of 51-0.
Jennie Weiner led the Lions offensively with three tries, while
Jasmine Fehoko and
Ava Reuter added two first half tries of their own in the season opening victory over the Crimson Storm.
Fehoko wasted no time putting Lindenwood on the board as she scored the first try of the season in the third minute of the match to immediately put the Lions up 5-0. 11 minutes later, Weiner extended the lead to 10-0 with her first try of the season, before Reuter was able to score another try for LU in the 19th minute as Lindenwood led 15-0 halfway through the opening half.
Weiner, Fehoko, and Reuter each scored their second tries of the first half at the 23rd, 27th, and 40th minutes to put together a solid first 40 minutes of the season offensively. On the final try of the half,
Joselin Roque Lopez added her first conversion of the season to put the Lions up 32-0 at the break.
In the second half, Weiner scored her third try of the match at the 54th minute to make it a 37-0 contest. The Lions were not done scoring yet however, thanks to
Anna Wright adding her first try as a Lindenwood Lion in the 62nd minute, followed by
Gianna Diaz's first conversion of the match to make it 44-0 with just under 18 minutes to play.
Freshman
Kanani Watts scored the final try of the match in the 84th minute after the Lions passed the ball all the way down the right side of the field, where Watts was able to find a gap and go the distance from 35 yards out. Lindenwood went on to win the match in dominating fashion by a final score of 51-0.
"It was awesome to get out and play today." said Head Coach
Trevor Locke. "I am very proud of the team for working hard over the past few weeks and taking the chance to show what we can do. I look forward to seeing this group play week in and week out this year."
Lindenwood will now travel to Hendersonville,Tennessee on Saturday, September 12 to open up conference play against Queens. Kick off is set for 1 PM CT.
