It's a Win for the Ladies

We've neglected the blog pretty much the entire semester. A few weeks ago, however, we took the annual Halloween trip to Vermont for a rugby tournament. What a difference a year makes.

Last year in Vermont, the Albany Law Women needed to borrow several players from Vermont (as they did for every game). This year, they not only had enough players to field a whole team, they even loaned a few out.

Their first game of the day was against Green Mountain. The women returned the opening kickoff for the first Tri (think touchdown) of the year and the day. It was the team's second tri since Hers has been on the team.

The women dominated Green Mountain. By the end of the game, the women had made a habit of standing Green Mountain up, ripping the ball out of their hands, and running it the other direction. I managed to snap a few pictures from the sidelines.


When the ball goes out of bounds (or into touch as they say), the teams throw it in on a line out.


You can see an Albany player on the ground while the rest of the team fights to dig the ball out.


However, the highlight of the game occurred when Hers got the ball around the 15 yard-line. She put her head down, turned up field, knocked a few girls to the ground and dragged two more toward the trizone. She stretched out the ball and just managed to get it into the trizone for the score. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't do the score justice: