Lindenwood's Lady Lions concluded their inaugural season with an impressive shutout win over DePaul 41-0 in Maryland Heights, Mo. Saturday. Lindenwood controlled possession of the ball on offense and locked down against the Blue Demons on defense throughout the game.   

The Lady Lions scored just six minutes into the first half when prop Adi Qauqau and captain Kim Smallacombe drove the ball into the try zone. Haley Young added the conversion to make the score 7-0 in favor of Lindenwood. Just six minutes later, prop Lisa Ramsey was able to score off of a breakaway from center Cece Calloway to put the Lady Lions up 12-0.  Lindenwood forced a DePaul turnover that Young picked up and ran into the try zone at the 22-minute mark. She added her second conversion of the game to put Lindenwood up 19-0, which is where the score remained until halftime.

The Lady Lion backline took charge in the second half. Only three minutes had elapsed before Qauqau scored her second try of the game off of a penalty play, and the following conversion made the score 26-0. Lindenwood extended the lead to 31 when smooth passing off of a kickoff and quick recognition of an overload by Patricia Belcher led to an untouched try by Jolene Steibel. Young scored her second try of the game after the Lady Lions forwards stole the ball during a Blue Demons scrum and Lindenwood reached the 41-point mark when Danielle Bell crossed the try line off an assist from Steibel.

Young led the Lady Lions balanced scoring attack with 16 points and Qauqau had 10, while three other players added five points each for the win.

After a slow start to their inaugural season, the Lady Lions finished with three straight wins and to improve their record to 4-2 overall. Despite the two losses, Lindenwood outscored opponents by a margin of 107-31, picking up two shutouts along the way.

While the regular season is over, the Lady Lions will continue to prepare for spring action that could include their first rugby tournament and competition against DI club and top-ranked DI and DII college teams. Schedule details are expected to be released at the beginning of 2012.