PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Castleton rugby team completed the sweep over Manhattanville College Sunday afternoon, beating the Valiants 2-0 in their final game of the season.
 
Identical to their matchup last weekend, it was Hannah Coupas getting the Spartans (5-2) on the board early, returning Manhattanville's kick-off for the day's opening try. The senior would score five times on the day to bring her season-try total up to 21 on the year, breaking Castleton's single-season record of 17 previously set by Julia May.
 
Coupas scored the record-breaking try two minutes later to make it a 12-0 game, and Tovah Coe would find the try zone in the final seconds of the first half to send the Spartans into the break with a 19-0 lead.
 
The Valiants (1-5) would prevent the shutout via a Kasey Molito try five minutes into the second half, but Castleton tacked on two more scores before the final whistle from Aubrey Tetlow and Coupas to take Game 1 29-5.
 
Game 2 started out much closer, with the two teams level at five halfway into the frame. Luckily for the Spartans, Coe beat the clock again, willing her way into the try zone on the final play of the half to make it 12-5 Castleton.
 
The match went the Spartans' way in the second half, with Coupas scoring her fourth and fifth tries of the day before Natalie Simicek scored the day's final try to give Castleton the 29-5 win.
 
This was the Spartans' fifth 2-0 win on the year and concludes their 2021 season.