Top-20 D1A teams Lindenwood and Mary Washington met at a neutral site in Knoxville Tenn. (note state abbreviation style) with the Lions coming away with a rain-soaked shutout victory.
On what was a torrentially rainy day the two sides looked to rely on their forwards to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
At kickoff the effects of playing in a mud bowl were evident as handling issues sprouted like weeds for both teams, numerous and costly.
It was Lindenwood that opened the scoring with a try spurred by an excellent maul that opened the way for their backs to take over and put one down.
This strong forward presence was evident throughout the match as with each lineout or scrum it became ever clearer what impact Lindenwood’s forwards would have on this match.
However, when it came to open play Mary Washington showed off their defense, rarely yielding at their gainline and forcing Lindenwood to resort to the boot. This gave the Mothers back three quality chances to create havoc against the Lindenwood defense.
