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College athletic departments are catching on, and Saturday saw the latest university-supported women’s rugby team take the field. Grand Canyon University in Phoenix not only has 33 active ..
Photo: Jo Nordhoff-Beard • Around this time last year, Claremont was celebrating an unexpected win over CSU Long Beach. While the standings points were short-lived (the match was later ..
Santa Clara’s Mariela Murillo. Below, Paula Back and Michelle Coleman. /// Photos: Jocelyn Hung • As candidates for the Player of the Week started lining up, Santa Clara wasn’t ..
7s vet Megan Bird of Oak Creek, Wisc. /// Photo: Diane Ramage • Atlantis has named its player pool and staff for the girls’ U18 teams heading to the Las Vegas Invitational. While ..
Northeast Academy’s Morgan Roberts • The Northeast Academy Women will compete in its third fixture of the 2016-17 season, traveling to Costa Rica with the men’s team for the Rainforest ..
UCSD flyhalf Alex Beckett going for the steal. /// Photo courtesy UC San Diego Women’s Rugby • CLUB • NorCal Life West 85-0 San Jose Berkeley 112-0 Colusa SFGG 51-12 Sacramento ..
Honorary PSU rugby teammate Logan McCarthy /// Photo: Tess Feury • The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. Its mission ..
Fullerton v Ventura in pre-season match /// Photo: Paul Rudman – KLC fotos (see more) • The awakening continues, as the entire western seaboard hosts club and college league ..
Alexandra Clarke in last year’s spring title match. • The Southern Independent Rugby Conference (SIRC) begins this weekend, placing 16 DII teams into the matrix season. There ..
Flanker Kayla Thompson (Raleigh) returns for Capital. /// Photo: Colleen McCloskey • The Stars and Capital All-Stars are facing off once again, reuniting in Leesburg, Va., for the select ..
Rogers during the 2016 Super Series vs. France /// Photo: Paul Rudman – KLC fotos for USA Rugby (see more) • Two days after announcing its 12-player squad for the Sydney 7s, the USA Women’s ..
UC Irvine in a fall friendly against DI UCSD /// Photo: Paul Rudman / KLC fotos (see more) • Two games into the DII Gold Coast season and interest is already spiking. Traditional ..
USC scrumhalf Courtney Fernandes /// Photo: Bailey White’s father • When Callie Woods took over as University of South Carolina (USC) head coach, the Gamecocks were readying ..
Photo: Michael Lee / KLC fotos • CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Four Olympians, including Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games captain Kelly Griffin, have been named to Richie Walker’s ..
Photo: Amber Butler • Emerald City was the favorite to win the DII Pacific Northwest last year, and then Bend took the title and continued into the post-season. That experience lent ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan • The first Player of the Week for 2017 goes to Humboldt State outside center Lila Bell, who was instrumental in the Lumberjacks’ season-opening 38-24 win over ..
SFGG beat Berkeley 38-10. /// Photo: Jackie Finlan • DI COLLEGE Gold Coast UC San Diego 57-0 UC Santa Barbara UCLA 27-19 CSU Northridge (f) Arizona St – Arizona (cld – ..
Photo courtesy Arizona Bobcats Girls Rugby • Arizona is the latest state to engage its female rugby athletes aging out of the co-ed middle school ranks. This spring, the Grand Canyon ..
Big NorCal weekend occurs in Sacramento /// Photo: Jackie Finlan • The warm-weather leagues around the country start picking up this weekend. Here’s a look at what’s playing ..
Davis’ Brenda Erickson, an important returner /// Photo: Jackie Finlan • It’s opening weekend for the Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference (PMRC), which now contains two – ..
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