Women's Rugby | 2/28/2015 6:07:00 PM

PULLMAN, Wash. (Feb. 28) -- The Central Washington University women's rugby team scored 19 unanswered points in the first half and earned a 31-19 victory over Washington State University Saturday afternoon.
 
The match went scoreless for nearly 20 minutes before CWU's Cassidy Meyers reached the try zone to break up the 0-0 tie.  After a Katerina Long's first of three conversions on the day the Wildcat took a 7-0 lead.
 
Just five minutes later Meyers would score again followed by a Heather Johnson try 10 minutes later as the Wildcats went into halftime up 19-0 over the Cougars.
 
"We worked hard on obtaining and keeping possession and we did that pretty well."  CWU Head Coach Melanie Denham said.  "Cassidy [Meyers] was able to find some gaps in the defense and capitalized on it."
 
The Wildcats found the try zone twice more in the second half with Rosalind Pena and Asinate Serevi crossing the line within five minutes of each other.
 
The Cougars didn't go down without a fight, outscoring the Wildcats 19-12 in the second half, but it wasn't enough as the Wildcats finished the match with the 31-19 win.
 
"We made some adjustments in the second half, and we have some work to do defensively.  "Denham added.  "They [Washington State] did a good job of exploiting those weaknesses, which made for a very competitive second half."
 
Up next, the women's rugby team will host Oregon State University next Saturday on the Wildcat Rugby Pitch.