Wisconsin Claims 2015 USA Rugby Women’s Club Division II National Championship

Wisconsin Women's RugbyJustine Wypych’s four tries helped lead Wisconsin over Sacramento Amazons in the Women’s Division II Final. Despite Sacramento taking an early lead in the game, the Wypych led Wisconsin women took home the hardware with a 38-23 win.

The scoring was started by the Amazons as they scored via penalty kick in the 3rd minute. Both sides would go back and forth in the games first ten minutes as neither could seem to break through the other’s defense.

At one point however, the light switch was flipped for the Wisconsin Women as they began to pull away thanks to strong play from Wypych. Showing great speed, Wypych broke to the outside to grab her first try, and then quickly scored her second only eight minutes later.

Denita Arens would help bring the Amazons back when she would also score twice within minutes of each other. By the end of the half, the Wisconsin women held a 19-13 lead in what looked to be a closely contested match.

The second half opened with strong defense from both sides. Wisconsin would begin to pull away nearly 15 minutes into the half as Kris Peterson scored her first try and upped the lead to 26-18 following the conversion.

Both Peterson and Wypych would both follow up the scoring by notching their second and fourth try, respectively, and effectively put the game away for Wisconsin. Sacramento would go on to score twice in the final ten minutes, but ultimately could not pull off the comeback when the final horn sounded.

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