Women’s Rugby Pulls Away From Marist in Home Opener

Poughkeepsie, NY – The Nor’easter storm that dumped a lot of rain and crashed against the Jersey shore and Long Island beaches these past 2 days had blown through and Vassar hosted local rivals Marist University at the Preserve & Farm. The teams know each other well and all the players are currently residents of Poughkeepsie so the rivalry is fierce. The visitors came out with guns blazing and took the lead when flyhalf and team leader Syd Weiss made a spectacular dive to score in the corner and Marist led 5-0. The gauntlet had been thrown down and the…