MIT made the drive up to Rutland, VT to beautiful weather and a really nice pitch. Both sides came out hard, with Rutland threatening early but MIT’s defense held its ground. After more hard, physical play MIT were able to put some points on the board via solid scrums and good back line play. MIT took advantage of some overlaps and opened up Rutland’s defense for three tries (two converted). A converted penalty kick on top of that made the score 22-0 in favor of MIT going into halftime.