WEST CHESTER, Pa. – The Navy women's rugby team posted a 3-1 record and finished in second place at the West Chester 7s Tournament on Sunday in West Chester, Pa. The Mids defeated West Chester (25-12), West Chester's Gold Team (50-0) and Princeton (17-10) before falling to the Golden Rams in the finals (21-17).

"It was a good day of 7s rugby. It hurts to reach the championship match and come up short, but hats off to West Chester," said head coach Murph McCarthy. "I'm proud of the way the team fought in the gritty victory against Princeton after an early 10-0 deficit. Our defense was able to buckle down after the early scores while our patient attack ran in three tries to advance in the tournament."

Match Recaps
Navy 25, West Chester 12
Navy jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead with a pair of tries from Kyndall Wyngaard in the first and third minute.

The Golden Rams narrowed the gap with a try of their own followed by a successful conversion kick to make the match 10-7.

Wyngaard scored her third try of the match to close out a big first half as the Mids went into halftime with a 15-7 lead.

Megan Leitz scored her third try this spring in the opening minute of the second half to increase the Navy advantage to 20-7.

West Chester ran in its second try of the match in the 11th minute to again narrow the margin.

Ashley Spencer scored her third try of the 7s season in the 14th minute to secure Navy's first victory of the day.

Navy 50, West Chester Gold Team 0
The Midshipmen posted a dominating performance against West Chester's No. 2 team, as they scored the most points in a 7s match this season. It was Navy's fourth shutout victory through 11 matches this spring.

Wyngaard, who entered the day without any scores this spring, scored the team's first try of the match in the second minute for her fourth try of the day. 

Navy added 17 more points in the first half thanks to a pair of tries from Arica Spencer, a score from Meagan Alvarez and a conversion kick from Mia Young to make the score, 22-0.

The Mids' electric offense carried over into the second half by slamming in four more tries.

Spencer scored her hat-trick try in the ninth minute, then Young drilled her second conversion kick of the match to make the score 29-0.

Alexis Rohrbach scored the remaining three tries in the 11th, 13th and 15th minutes. Hannah Brink scored six points off of the three conversion kicks.

Navy 17, Princeton 10
Princeton scored two tries in the first three minutes of the match to take an early 10-0 lead.

Navy cut the deficit by halftime thanks to a try from Young. Brink added her fourth successful conversion kick to make the score 10-7 at the end the first half.

The Mids took their first lead of the match when Spencer found the try zone for the fifth time on the day in the ninth minute.

Navy's defense remained stout and prevented Princeton from having scoring opportunities. Wyngaard ended the match with the fourth try of the contest in the 14th minute.

West Chester 21, Navy 17

The back-and-forth battle in the championship match featured five lead changes.

West Chester started the scoring with a try just 1:30 into the match. A successful conversion kick in the second minute made the score 7-0.

Ella Callahan downed her first score of the afternoon and Young drilled her third conversion kick on the day to tie the match at 7-7.

Navy took its first lead two minutes later when Ashley Spencer ran in the Mids' second try.

The Golden Rams regained the lead in the seventh minute with a try and a conversion kick to make the halftime score 14-12.

Arica Spencer broke through West Chester's defense for a try in the second half to put the Midshipmen back in front, 17-14.

The Golden Rams would score what proved to be the final points of the day with a try in the 12th minute.

Navy will be back in action next Sunday when it travels to Princeton, N.J., for the Princeton 7s Tournament.

Box Scores
Navy vs. West Chester (W, 25-12)
First Half
0:42 – Try – Navy – Kyndall Wyngaard (5-0)

2:30 – Try – Navy – Kyndall Wyngaard (10-0)

5:35 – Try – West Chester (10-5)
Conversion kick (10-7)

7:11 – Try – Navy – Kyndall Wyngaard (15-7)

Second Half
7:58 – Try – Navy – Megan Leitz (20-7)

10:50 – Try – West Chester (20-12)

13:00 – Try – Navy – Ashley Spencer (25-12)
 
Navy vs. West Chester Gold Team (W, 50-0)
First Half
1:17 – Try – Navy – Kyndall Wyngaard (5-0)

2:50 – Try – Navy – Meagan Alvarez (10-0)

5:03 – Try – Navy – Arica Spencer (15-0)

Second Half
7:52 – Try – Navy – Arica Spencer (20-0)
Conversion kick – Mia Young (22-0)

8:15 – Try – Navy – Arica Spencer (27-0)
Conversion kick – Mia Young (29-0)

10:13 – Try – Navy – Alexis Rohrbach (34-0)
Conversion kick – Hannah Brink (36-0)

12:09 – Try – Navy – Alexis Rohrbach (41-0)
Conversion kick – Hannah Brink (43-0)

14:22 – Try – Navy – Alexis Rohrbach (48-0)
Conversion kick – Hannah Brink (50-0)             
 
Navy vs. Princeton (W, 17-10)
First Half
1:18 – Try – Princeton (0-5)

2:30 – Try – Princeton (0-10)

5:20 – Try – Navy – Mia Young (5-10)
Conversion kick – Hannah Brink (7-10)

9:00 – Try – Navy – Arica Spencer (12-10)

14:00 – Try – Navy – Kyndall Wyngaard (17-10)
 
Navy vs. West Chester (L, 17-21)
First Half
1:30 – Try – West Chester (0-5)
Conversion kick (0-7)

3:10 – Try – Navy – Ella Callahan (5-7)
Conversion kick – Mia Young (7-7)

5:54 – Try – Navy – Ashley Spencer (12-7)

7:00 – Try – West Chester (12-12)
Conversion kick (12-14)

9:30 – Try – Navy – Arica Spencer (17-14)

11:30 – Try – West Chester (17-19)
Conversion kick (17-21)