Eastern experienced many different things this season. Three canceled games, new single season records, streaks ending and a small number of substitutes.

Eastern finished the season with a 9-1 record. Texas A&M handed the only NCAA Division-I team a 27-12 loss last Sunday.

The loss ended Eastern’s 14-game winning streak.

Eastern’s five-game scoreless streak that carried over from last season was also snapped in a 72-10 win against Purdue on Oct. 6.

Senior co-captain Lindsay Leskanich and freshman Stephanie Militello tied a single season record for most tackles with 73.

Freshman wing Crystal Jones set a new record for most trys in a game with eight. Eastern played the last three games without their top scorer, sophomore wing Samantha Manto because she broke her leg during their two game road trip.

Head coach Frank Graziano said the team accomplished a lot, even though they did not meet their goal of a perfect season.

“Going 10-0 is certainly better as opposed to going 9-1” Graziano said.

“I am proud of the girls,” Graziano said, despite the loss and only having three subs on the bench all year.

Eastern did not win because they did not make the plays against Texas A&M, Graziano said.

“When your in a battle, whoever makes the plays wins the game,” Graziano said.

Graziano said scheduling games was not easily planned.

“I tried to group the games together,” Graziano said.

Senior scrum half Stephanie Rasmusen said the season went better than anyone expected, despite having a low number of players.

“I’m happy with our outcome,” she said. “I would have loved to have gone undefeated like we did when I was on the 2002 team.”

Senior flanker Katie Folliard said that the season went well and the team bonded throughout the year. The season was all about working and coming together as a team on and off the field.

“It’s hard to think about that its over,” Folliard said, referring to the end of her four-year career because of graduation.

Eastern is a young team now with a lot of potential, Folliard added.

Sophomore outside center Molly Clutter said she knew it was going to be a challenging season because Eastern did not have that many people to start out with and Eastern wanted to overcome those challenges.

Clutter said the season allowed her to not give up when everything was going bad and that just doesn’t apply to rugby, but in life as well.

“We didn’t give up without a fight and that was what the season was all about,” she said.

Eastern will return 14 players, including their top three scorers Jones, sophomore Samantha Manto and Clutter, but will have to replace six graduating starters.