Brown is already facing a massive 0-3 handicap as they try to fight their way back into the NIRA playoffs. For years, the women’s rugby team (0-3) has been one of Brown Athletics’s brightest stars. “The seniors that graduated were an exceptional class, and were our top-three try scorers last year,” Chou wrote in an email to The Herald. “We saw some strong moments from a number of our student-athletes today against an impressive Sacred Heart team,” Chou told Brown Athletics after the 45-21 loss. “We are having lapses in the first half that have put us in a hole,” Chou wrote in an email to The Herald.