brown university women's rugby
fall 2005 banquet
congratulations to this year's award winners and the newly elected officers for spring 2005! at this semester's banquet we officially said goodbye to our favorite social captain, tracy roosevelt '05.5, though we're lucky enough to have her with us for the Uganda trip.
fall 2005 awards
MVP Scrum – jennifer hustwitt
MVP Line – thalia beaty
Unsung Hero – jamie lemon & keisha carlson (tie)
110% - sarah swett
Most Improved Player – kristen sylvester
Rookie of the Scrum – kate larson
Rookie of the Line – yadi ibarra
newly elected officers
president: sarah swett
line captain: thalia beaty
scrum captain: jen(canada) hustwitt
match secretary: jamie lemon
treasurer-in-training: rachel sohl
social captains: edith moreno, meghan caven, ayesha nzeribe
publicity chair: keisha carlson
equipment managers: becca constantine, kate larson, alice alpert, nathalie mejia
brown rolls over williams 65-0
after a tough start at the beantown tournament, brown bounced back with a great start to the regualr season,
defeating williams 65-0. hooker ariel thompson set the tone when she broke through on a punch and scored just a
couple minutes into the first half. flyhalf captain whitney brown led the back line in a fast pressure defense
causing williams to make mistakes on offense, and the speed and strong running of whitney and centers kelsey engelbrecht and
thalia beaty created huge holes in the defense. whitney and kelsey both scored three tries, while thalia and rookie adria
orr each came out with two. key to brown's success, however, was the superb rucking and support of the forwards
led by captain jennifer hustwitt and senior eight man sarah swett, who also scored a try.
brown's b-side continues their run
the brown b-side followed up their extraordinary semi-final finish at beantown with another win over the williams b-side. brown's consistent tackling kept williams on their heels, and malika rubin-davis won brown 15 of the games 16 lineouts, including 11 steals. scrumhalf yadi ibarra ran the ball weakside off a five meter scrum to put brown on the board in the first half and some clutch play from
the wings and fullback alice alpert kept williams scoreless to the end, giving brown a 5-0 win.
the fall 2005 schedule is up!
Congratulations to the players selected for the 2005 u-23
NERFU and NRU select sides. The NERFU and NRU select sides will scrimmage on June 4th and play
at the annual CAN-AM tournament at Saranac Lake in August. The NRU select side will compete for the
National All-Star Championships against the nation's six other regions at the ITT tournament in Blaine,
Minnesota June 16-18, 2005.
NERFU select side:
whitney brown (flyhalf)
thalia beaty (flanker)
myrta ventura (center, wing, fullback)
kelsey engelbrecht (center)
NRU select side:
kelsey engelbrecht (center)
spring 2005 banquet
at this semester's banquet, we celebrated our season and said goodbye to eight amazing graduating
seniors: maxine jackson, myrta ventura, dana ayoub, sher kung, lindsey stetson, mena ramos, makini
chisolm-straker and helen luryi. we can't thank them enough for what they have given the team.
spring 2005 awards
MVP Scrum – jennifer hustwitt
MVP Line – myrta ventura
Unsung Hero – kira manser
110% - thalia beaty
Most Improved Player – keisha carlson and kristen sylvester
newly elected officers
president: kelsey engelbrecht
line captain: whitney brown
scrum captain: jen(canada) hustwitt
match secretary: jamie lemon
treasurer-in-training: ashley hess
social captains: ariel thompson, tracy roosevelt, kira manser
publicity chair: lawren wellisch
equipment managers: kristen sylvester, keisha carlson, ayesha nzeribe and jasmin torres
fall 2005 awards
MVP Scrum – jennifer hustwitt
MVP Line – molly tsongas
Unsung Hero – ayana morales
110% - molly tsongas
Most Improved Player – mena ramos
Rookie of the Line—whitney brown
Rookie of the Scrum—malika rubin-davis
spring 2004 banquet
MVP Scrum - ruth lindberg
MVP Line - stephanie bruce
Unsung Hero - meredith lorber
110% - molly tsongas
Most Improved Player - ariel thompson
Spring 2004 Recap
Brown finished its 2004 spring season with a competitive record of 7-2. They began the
season by winning the Washington DC Cherry Blossom tournament. Brown learned the value
and dedication of every player on the team, with many rookies getting some of their first
A-side minutes, playing fiercely to beat Vassar in a rematch of the Northeast semi-final
game from the fall. The following weekend Brown regrouped and travelled to Princeton to
win their first ever Ivy League title by beating Dartmouth in the final. The day before
they beat Columbia soundly and the top-seeded National Final-Four (at least) host team
Princeton with a last minute try. In their last weekend, Brown traveled to Penn State for
their first ever National Tournament appearance. Although they played with their trademark
'never say die' attitude, the season's injuries took their toll on the small team, and
Brown lost to both Chico St. and Marquette. But no one watching those games could deny the
heart and determination that Brown displayed on the pitch that weekend, and throughout the
season. Congratulations on a great season. Brown Pride
Brown finishes 2nd in the Northeast
Finish season at 9-3 losing only to Navy and UMass
Will go on to Nationals in April ‘04
Fall 2003 Banquet
To celebrate our tremendous season, we held our Fall banquet – here are our award winners:
MVP Scrum - lindsay clarida and ruth lindberg
MVP Line - cecilia kiely
Unsung Hero - lindsay clarida
110% - sarah swett
Most Improved Player - quinnie kenworthy
Rookie of the Scrum - jen hustwitt
Rookie of the Line - dana ayoub
Spring 2003 Banquet
We recently held our spring banquet. Congrats to our team-voted award winners
MVP Scrum - Amy Wilder '03
MVP Line - Maxine Jackson '05
Unsung Hero - Kathleen Pullum '03
110% - Ruth Lindberg '04
Most Improved Player - Kai Carter '06
Rookie of the Scrum - Ellen Sweeney '04
Rookie of the Line - Aneal Helms '03.5
Brown finishes the fall 2001 season 3rd in New England!
We concluded our fall season with a 6-2 record, falling 16-15 in a heartbreaker to Cornell
in the Northeast Elite Eight. We finished our regular season in second place in the New England
Eastern Conference and earned a spot in the New England playoffs! After beating both Amherst College and Smith College, we earned 3rd place in New England and the #5 seed in the Northeast playoffs. Read about our triumphs at the New England playoffs in the Brown Daily Herald or read the full unedited version. All in all, it was an amazing season. Under the leadership of senior captains Mary Vieira and Mary Montgomery, the team flourished, defeating Yale, Radcliffe, Boston College, and Boston University. Our only regular season loss came to the eventual Northeast champs, Dartmouth, and they defeated us by their smallest margin all season -- 12 points |
