This past weekend, the Honey Badgers took a trip to Harrisburg to play their last league game. Traveling a little light, there was definitely some nervous energy, but the team set their focus on the game and pushed forward.

Things started a little rough; Harrisburg had two line breaks resulting in two tries within the first few minutes of the first half. It was clear they had two strong ball runners and the Honey badgers set off quickly to adjust their defensive game play. The Honey Badgers were able to answer back with a try by Forward Ashley Chafin in minuet 16 followed by a successful conversion from Back Masha Romanchak. The score remained 14-7 as the Honey Badgers spent a majority of the half in Harrisburg’s side of the field. Just before half time, Harrisburg broke the line for another breakaway try, ending the half at 21-7.

The second half proved to be very similar to the first. The Honey Badgers spent most of the time in Harrisburg’s side and were just unable to finish. Harrisburg had two more breakaways ending the game at 35-7.  Forward Ashley Chafin reflected on the team’s performance, noting, “We were finally truly tested on defense on Saturday. There were parts of the match where we weren’t where we needed to be on defense….without Harrisburg’s breakaways and long runs, the scoreboard would have reflected a very close game”

Back Katie Marshall remarked on the team’s performance, boasting that “our team on the field worked more cohesively and everyone had their hands on the ball and their shoulders in the rucks.” She is overall “very proud of our team’s performance and this loss just fueled the fire to work harder this winter and come out in the spring ready.”

Things did not go to plan, but Severn River is no stranger to a struggle. This team is not afraid of the uphill battle. If we face our hills now, we will chase down any team on a flat road.

Final Score: Harrisburg 35 – Severn River 7

Women of the match:

8- Kate Todorovich (Todo)

11- Lindsay Morris

Tries: Chafin- 1

Conversions: Romanchak – 1 of 1

Roster:

 1 Migliorini, Fallon

 2 Bottorf, Samantha

 3 Davidson, Shanna (Blade)

 4 Stocker, Molly (OG)

 5 Ferreira, Lena (C)

6 Whiteley, Hannah (Scrappy)

7 Chafin, Ashley

 8 Todorovich, Kathryn (Todo)

 9 Romanchak, Maria (Masha)

 10 Bryan, Charlee

 11 Morris, Lindsay

 12 Hartzell, Casey (C)

 13 McCarty, Alyson

 14 Trouwborst, Rayne

 15 Marshall, Kaitlyn

 16 McAlister, Meredith

 25 Wachtel, Zoi

24 Murray, Jess

 22 Hensley, Lauren

 21 Villaran, Denisse

18 Stants, Calla

20 Fitzgerald, Katie

23 Gallagher-Johnson, Erin