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East Stroudsburg University (ESU) Women’s Rugby played the most exciting match of the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) postseason thus far. The Pennsylvania team won its Division III national quarterfinal in double overtime and was rewarded with a berth to the 15s championship weekend in Houston, Texas. Now that the team knows that it can grind […]
For fall-based 15s teams, November is too late in the season to be gauging a squad’s response to pressure and adversity, but that’s where the University of Cincinnati Women’s Rugby Football Club (UCWRFC) had found itself. The Bearcats had outgrown the DII competition in Ohio and were ready to challenge themselves outside of the state […]
The Colorado School of Mines (“Mines”) Women’s Rugby team is making its first appearance at the Division III National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) 15s championship weekend, but the Orediggers will arrive in Houston, Texas, with plenty of high-stakes, post-season experience. The Golden, Colo., program has been a 15s contender since 2017, but has competed in Division […]
Of the four Division III teams heading to Houston for the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) 15s championships, Endicott College is perhaps the most familiar. The Beverly, Mass., program has competed in three of the previous four championships, and won the 15s/7s double in 2022-23. To boot, Carly Baker has just banked her 50th win as […]
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