College Women
Davenport took on Wheeling Saturday in a meeting of the 2024-25 NIRA DII runners-up and the NCR D1 winners.
Hosts Davenport won the game 42-12 led by two tries from Kara Higgins and some strong goalkicking from Leilani Lepe.
The surprises keep coming in NIRA DI as a couple of teams made statements this weekend.
Lions Caught Crimson-HandedLindenwood made the trip to Massachusetts and were defeated by two-time defending champs Harvard 26-17.
We're already into the 2nd week of the NIRA D1 and we've got a couple of pivotal matches.
StungFeeling the sting of a big loss, Brown and Quinnipiac will face off in Connecticut and we'll see who can bounce back from a rough start. Brown's late tries against Sacred Heart might be a signal that they already made some adjustments.
Outside of the NIRA DI conference there was still some notable games among NCAA women's colleges.
Most of the action was cross-divisional, and a key one of those was LaSalle vs Mount St. Mary's. While the Mount is pursuing a 7s postseason, they are still playing a strong 15s season, and this time they were the inaugural opponent for LaSalle.
Navy, Harvard, Lindenwood, Long Island, Dartmouth, and Sacred Heart all took wins in the opening weekend for DI NIRA teams.
Of those, only Harvard playing a non-conference game, as the Crimson looked very shark in their 55-7 defeat of AIC.
Here’s what happened.