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Dartmouth to 4-0 in NIRA After Win over Mount St. Mary's

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Dartmouth to 4-0 in NIRA After Win over Mount St. Mary's

Photos David Hughes.

Dartmouth wo big over Mount St. Mary's to join Harvard at 4-0 in the NIRA D1 league.

The Big Green women have changed up their approach a little bit, focusing on more of a kicking game and having the talent to execute it, and they followed on from a very good performance over Army a week ago to race past Mount 79-0. 

"They players are doing  really good job of being their own team," said Head Coach Katie Dowty, meaning they don't try to play the way last year's championship team played.

The young players have been embraced by some excellent experienced players such as Sophie Ragg, Sophia Haley, and Seven Sassano, all fifth-year-seniors, have led very well.

"We have some young players stepping up and so far so good," said Dowty.

Moving Nicole Ihensekhien to No. 8 has worked out vert nicely and freshman Jordan Duncan arrived on campus as a back and is now playing really well at lock. 

Ten players scored tries in the game; Anjali Pant, Cassie Depner, Ihensekhien, Duncan, Abby Kaysar, Katelyn Walker all scored tries while Kristin Bitter, Josie Harrison, and Asialeata Meni added two. Bitter added six conversions, Taylor Sadek kicked two, and Kayser dropped a goal, as well

Dowty said she is pleased to have seen her team perform under pressure and also when things are going well. Sacred Heart, Quinnipiac, and Army were all tough games, setting Dartmouth up to explode against Mount St. Mary's. Now they look ahead to Harvard, Princeton, and Brown.

NIRA D1 W L T PF PA PD BT BL Pts
Harvard 4 0 0 282 27 255 4 0 20
Dartmouth 4 0 0 173 28 145 4 0 20
Army 3 1 0 188 50 138 2 0 14
Brown 2 1 1 154 71 83 3 0 13
Sacred Heart 1 2 1 85 101 -16 1 0 7
Quinnipiac 1 3 0 96 127 -31 1 1 6
Mount St. Mary's 0 4 0 10 269 -259 0 0 0
Princeton 0 4 0 21 325 -304 0 0 0