Brooklyn Rugby women earn impressive win over Beantown
The Brooklyn Rugby Club women earned an impressive 22-12 victory over former Women’s Premier League powerhouse, Beantown RFC, this weekend. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn men traveled out to eastern Long Island and lost a very physical 46-10 contest to Montauk RFC.
Following two road matches to open the 2014 season, the Brooklyn women hosted a strong Beantown team in their home opener on Saturday. This was a game where defense would prove to be pivotal for Brooklyn against a Beantown team that has won six national championships since 1980. After Brooklyn narrowly missed their first penalty conversion, Kyla Maxwell used a tap-and-go off of a penalty to weave between the Beantown defense and secure the game’s first try, putting Brooklyn up 5-0 after the conversion attempt was unsuccessful.
Shortly thereafter, Beantown responded with a try of their own and, with a successful conversion, took a brief 5-7 lead. But Brooklyn answered right back, pushing inside the opposition’s 22-meter line and earning a penalty conversion from Kyla Maxwell, bringing the score to 8-7. Then with five minutes left in the first half Brooklyn added back-to-back tries by Natalia Szymanski off of brilliant support runs that were set up by flawless offloads from Ashleigh Bepko. Maxwell connected on both conversions bringing the halftime score to 22-7.