punches thrown in ugly brawl leading to red cards in rugger UMass women's soccer match in a heated women's college soccer match between ruggers and UMass on Sunday a significant brawl erupted on the field the incident occurred in the 55th minute of the game at ammer Massachusetts following a foul committed by rugger senior Gia German The Clash began when German fouled a UMass player leading to an alocation with UMass senior Ashley Lamont the situation escalated quickly as German through the first punch the confrontation which included hair pulling and wrestling required teammates to intervene and separate the players the referee responded by issuing red cards to both German and lemand ejecting them from the match with both teams reduced to 10 players the game remained contentious four yellow cards were handed out in the final 35 minutes two to each team UMass ultimately secured a 1 to zero victory over ruter this match was a crucial win for UMass marking their first win of the season after previous losses to Syracuse and army ruter having drawn their previous match against Wake Forest and won their season opener against NJIT faced a tough defeat