The Penn State Women’s team beat Princeton 50-8 with a make-shift line-up missing captain Sadie Anderson, back selector Lisa Henneman and forward selector Kyle Armstrong. Also out with injury were props Lauren Poole and Caitlin Singlertary, however the game did see the return of 2 injured seniors with Becky Koons coming starting at lock and Hanna Gregor coming on as a replacement in the centers.
The game was tight in the first 15 minutes as Penn State struggled to use the wind to their advantage. However once Penn State’s forwards started to create go forward the backs has the pace to score. Good leadership from stand-in captain Deven Owsiany and fly-half Kasey Ferlic led to multiple scores in the backs. Freshman Lauren Barber, starting at full-back for Henneman, scored 3 tries in the game.
There were a number of stand-outs in the game including freshman number 8 Annie Lucas.
Next week the team takes on Navy in their biggest test of the season. The depth of the team is amazing and it could be possible that the team could field 2 very different teams in the first and second round of the MARFU play-offs on November 6-7 in Princeton.
You can read the collegian article on the game.
