Match summary: Glendale Women top BYU

Match Overview

For their first two home games this season, the Lady Raptors flew under the radar.

Saturday afternoon, Omaha couldn’t identify the range, altitude, direction or speed of the highflying Raptors. After seemingly playing in platform shoes and absorbing losses in their two earlier home games, Glendale found the magical glass slipper transmitting radio waves allowing them to bounce off any object in their path.

Indeed, a ground-based radar system was needed to update the scoreboard as the Lady Raptors scored their first Try in less than a minute. The Raptors put points on the board with such frequency that the score was 58-0 after 30 minutes. A marauding back row and effective speed out wide plus outstanding passing and strong running contributed to the early scoring. By halftime the Ladies were running straight up the field.

The 100-0 halftime and 146-0 final scores set Infinity Park records that likely won’t be duplicated for decades.

The Raptor Men compete in the Division I Playoffs here next weekend (May 8). They next play the Welsh Warriors in a historic match up at Infinity Park on May 29. Rugby action continues with the Men’s Club Championships, June 5-6.