SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International women's rugby team won their contest against the University of Massachusetts Amherst 39-0, on Tuesday, October 19 due to a forfeit by the Minutemen.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: AIC 39, UMass 0
Records: AIC moves to 3-2-0
Location: Abdow Field- Springfield, Mass.

KEY STATS:
AIC:
Suley Gurerrero: Two tries
Ivana Kiripati: Two tries
Brianna Helman: Two tries
Darlene Tafuna: One try
Sara Doyle: One try
Keiani Pangelinan: Two conversions


HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Yellow Jackets scored early in the first half as freshman Ivana Kiripati broke open the scoring just two minutes into the first half up the right side of the field. Keiani Pangelinan missed the conversion attempt to keep the score 5-0 at the 28:01-minute mark. Suley Guerrero followed suit a little under 7 minutes later when she scored her first try of the night up the middle at 21:49 putting the jackets up 12-0 on a successful conversion by Pangelinan.
• Brianna Helman was up next to score as she went up the right side of the field to bring the Yellow Jackets lead to 17-0 at the 18:36 mark. Kiripati and Helman both scored their second tries of the night to extend the lead to 29-0 at 10:27 left in the first half. Kiripati had a beautiful breakaway up the middle and Helman had a nice run up the right side.
• Darlene Tafuna and Sara Doyle also got in on the action, scoring four minutes apart at the 8:39 and 4:23 minute marks to end the half at a score of 39-0.
• The start of the second half was also in AIC's favor as Guerrero notched her second try of the match and what a beauty it was. She dodged and weaved through defenders effortlessly, faking out four different defenders to score at the 27:00-minute mark of the second half.
• From there, UMass decided to forfeit the rest of the match, citing injuries as the main reason.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets are back at home on Friday, October 22 as the University of New Haven comes to town for a 6:30p.m. match up.