Women's rugby eats colby-sawyer for lunch

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Last Sunday, a day after the athletic fields overflowed with five Middlebury home games, women's rugby had the show all to themselves - and with a 78-0 thrashing of Colby-Sawyer they did not disappoint. "We have a lot of our seniors back from studying abroad," said Alice Ford '10 "so I was hoping that we would do this well, but this was a little surprising." Middlebury jumped out to an early lead, using a fast-paced offense to attack the try-line. Following their mantra of "the ball is ours," the Panthers remained on offense most of the contest, but when their defense needed to step up, they did. According to Ford, the team owes a large degree of its success to the mentality that follows from that mantra because "that kind of 'go-get'em' attitude has helped our team stay focused during games." Middlebury's next big home game is Oct. 4 against Mt. Holyoke.