Site: West Point, N.Y. (ACRA 7s National Championships)
Game 1 Score: Davenport, 17, Saint Anselm 0
Game 2 Score: Davenport 43, Bloomsburg 12
Game 3 Score: Davenport 43, Stony Brook 0
Game 4 Score: Davenport 34, Stonehill 14 (National Semi-Finals)
Game 5 Score: Davenport 31, Bloomsburg 10 (National Championship)
 
WEST POINT, N.Y. – In only its second season in program history, the Davenport women's rugby team claimed its first ever national championship after going a perfect 5-0 in the 2015 ACRA 7s National Championships. The Panthers claimed the division II title after defeating Bloomsburg University for the second time in the tournament by a score of 31-10. Sophomore Danielle Ordway led the Lady Panthers in the tournament with ten total tries and one conversion kick.
 
Prior to competing in the semi-final and national championship game, the Panthers went a perfect 3-0 on day one in pool play, starting with a 17-0 shutout victory against Saint Anselm. Davenport then defeated eventual runner-up Bloomsburg 43-12, and then closed out the day with a 43-0 win over Stony Brook.
 
In the semi-final game, the Panthers received three tries from Ordway, along with tries from Melissa Francis, Ashlee Byrge, and Brittany O'Dell, who also recorded a conversion.
 
The championship game was a rematch against Bloomsburg University, where the Panthers dominated once again by a score of 31-10, getting two scores from both Ordway and Byrge, as well as Carrie Eggleston's only try of the tournament.
 
Ordway finished the national championships with 52 total points on 10 tries and one conversion, while Byrge tallied 33 points on five tries and four conversions.
 
Brittany O'Dell finished the tournament with four tries and two conversions, and Hannah Tennant chipped in seven conversions for 14 total points. Jennifer Harig, Melissa Francis and Taylor Van Langen each had two tries apiece for Davenport as well.
 
Davenport finishes the 2014-15 campaign with an overall 25-6 record between 15s and 7s play, and a 14-4 record in 7s action.
 
Women's Rugby Contact: Paul Anderson | 616-889-4062 | panderson30@email.davenport.edu
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