ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Davenport women's rugby team returned to 15s action Saturday evening as they traveled to Lindenwood University for the first time in program history to take on the Lions at the Harlen C. Hunter stadium. Unfortunately, the Panthers came up short in a 15-6 defeat to fall to 13-4 on the season, and 3-3-in spring play.
Danielle Ordway was responsible for the only Panther points as she converted a pair of penalty kicks, with both of them coming in the first half.
The Panthers had a 6-5 lead midway through the first half, and appeared to open up that lead with an
Ashlee Byrge try, but was disallowed by the officials on a on a controversial call. Lindenwood would then regain the lead with another try and conversion, heading into halftime up 10-6.
The Panthers found themselves in penalty trouble for nearly half the first half, playing a player down for 17 minutes due to a yellow card.
The second half consisted of back and forth play with Davenport coming up with several scoring opportunities, but were unable to capitalize which led to Lindenwood scoring another try to put the game away, ending the game with a 15-6 final score.
The Panthers will have a two-week break before hosting Michigan for their one and only home game of the spring season.
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