Chico State Women’s Rugby won 74 to 7 on Saturday, February 10th, over Humboldt State, advancing further into the start of the season undefeated.
Chico State is adding another game to their winning streak with their latest match against CSU, Humboldt. The team won with a total of 12 tries scored over Humboldt, giving them their fourth win of the season on Saturday.
In a spectacular show of Chico rugby, senior fullback Darby McFall scored the first try within minutes of the start of the match. Chico scored another seven tries within the first half, missing three conversions. With the score at 50-0 at half, Humboldt scored off a quick tap, throwing off their opposing team with an unexpected change of pace.
Undeterred, sophomore centre Hannah Westfall brought the game back up, scoring shortly after Humboldt, making her third try of the game. Westfall was not the only player to see multiple tries this game, as Mcfall, and sophomore lock, Jennifer Brissenden, both went on to score twice this match, adding to the final score of 74-7.
Chico has successfully played and won against every team in their league so far, topping their previous highest scoring match against UC Berkley, at 65-7. Chico will play Berkley again in their next match, Sunday, February 18th, in Berkley’s double header.