What happens when 50 people, five dogs, and a pack of women screaming, "We love to scrum!" gather together on a pitch?

It's a Penn State Lady Ruggers match, of course. Navy arrived in town and not one, but five, rugby dogs came out to greet them at this highly anticipated contest.

The rematch of last year's final four semifinal turned out to be more of a mismatch, as Penn State proved to be as hungry as a rugby dog in its domination of the action at home yesterday 19-3, improving its record to 6-1.

Even though the Lady Ruggers threw Navy a bone by allowing it deep into Penn State's territory many times, they were not able to break through the "electric fence" of the Lady Ruggers' defense.

"In the second half, we did a good job of playing defense and keeping them out of the tryzone," Club President Anna Hosford said.

Penn State, however, was able to retrieve the victory, effectively burying Navy in its backyard. That's when the Lady Ruggers showed their love for the scrum.

A long run by Nicole Goode set up a scrum that pushed five meters onto the fringe of the tryzone, where Teri O'Brian then emerged from the mix with the ball and the score. Then Trisha DiBasillio kicked the ball through the uprights for the two-point conversion.

DiBasillio's kicking was not the only part of her game that grabbed the attention of Penn State coach Pete Steinberg. He took note that her strong play led the team on the field.

"We've challenged her," he said following the match, "and she stepped up."

Not every score was a physical fight to push through the tryline though. The beginning of the second half saw Allison Worman break away from Navy's defense and easily waltz in for the try.

It seemed that the only time Penn State gave Navy a chance to catch its breath was when Maggie Reed split her shorts amidst the action in the second half. After the match, she joked, "I have two skirts now."

For the most part, though, the Lady Ruggers suffocated the opposition's attack. Screams of "we love to scrum" from Penn State's sideline motivated the players in blue and white to show no love for Navy's defense.

The "dark room of the scrum," as Steinberg called it, showed to be just that for Navy.

"If you haven't been [inside a scrum], you don't know anything about it," he said.

Between the scrums and a few raindrops Penn State added another try to solidify its victory.

In soccer-esque style, the Lady Ruggers kicked the ball down the length of the pitch while Navy scrambled to catch up.

While the black labs on the sidelines were pouncing on each other, Diana Klein pounced on the ball in the tryzone for five points.

It was a satisfying win for Penn State after its team, consisting of more rookies than usual, lost Saturday to Princeton 36-0.

"The goal of [Saturday] was to get experience, [yesterday] was about winning," Steinberg said.

Playing the entire roster against a top opponent like Navy ended the weekend on a positive note, especially coming off of tough back-to-back matches.

On a smaller scale, the match showed a resemblance to a Nittany Lions football game, with chants of "We are...Penn State!" coming from Reed's mother, who got the crowd into it. There was strong defense, hard hitting, and an enthusiastic crowd. However, there was one major difference: the offense scored points.

And the dogs loved it.