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Burlington v Portland /// Photo: Dana Katelin Marchitelli Many great playoff games occurred last weekend, but Burlington had the toughest nationals-qualifying weekend. The DII Northeast ..
In a certain regard, Life West is like many teams. The Gladiatrix dominated their local and – as last weekend showed – regional competition and have had to rely on each other and the staff ..
Southern California was treated to a fantastic DI club final, as reigning champion Santa Monica took on standings leader Belmont Shore last weekend. The teams had split regular-season ..
Harrisburg had only one league loss for which to atone – a 26-12 defeat to Brandywine on October 10 – as it advanced to the DII Mid-Atlantic post-season last weekend. After pulling ..
Championship leading scorer Michele Rupard /// Photo: Michael Campbell The Kansas City Jazz had a good idea of how the DII Frontier championship was going to evolve. The Missouri side ..
Raleigh just edged NOVA in the final. /// Photo courtesy Raleigh Venom Rugby It wasn’t a complete performance, but Raleigh got the job done. In its first season back in division one, ..
It was an all-Wisconsin final in the Midwest championship. /// Photo courtesy Wisconsin Women’s Rugby First item on the agenda ticked: Wisconsin won the Midwest DII championship ..
Boston beat Beantown for the Northeast seed to DI nationals. /// Photo courtesy Boston Women’s Rugby Club It was always going to be a good game: Two Boston teams with a long history ..
Danielle Robottom played No. 8 and inside center when numbers dropped. Ventura and O.P. Lightning met each other early in the DII Pacific South season. The Tucson side triumphed 5-0 and hopes ..
It’s playoff time. /// Photo: Ralph Horne USA Rugby has released the club championship brackets, and by Sunday the national quarterfinal match-ups will be known. There are a couple ..
Beantown vs. Boston goes down Saturday. /// Photo: Lynne Skilken There were a couple of subtle moves in the lower half of the DI Club Rankings, which could all be shredded after Sunday. ..
Charlotte after the DII South championship match. /// Photo courtesy Charlotte Rugby Club The first team has qualified for the DII club national quarterfinals. Charlotte defeated Fort ..
Eagle hopeful Chelsey Sveinsson’s settling into Seattle. /// Photo courtesy Seattle Saracens As the college season comes to an end, one wonders which athletes will be making their ..
Charlotte beat a very good Atlanta to advance to the South championship. /// Photo courtesy Charlotte Rugby Club Here’s a look ahead to some important matches and championships occurring ..
Photo courtesy Northeast Academy / Mike Lee (Taiwan Photography) New York, NY – The Northeast Academy will be conducting its annual USA Rugby National Tracking Camp (NTC) and Combine ..
Bend striker Kylie Hahn in the tackle /// Welton Photography Bend is the Pacific Northwest DII club champion, and no one is as surprised as Bend itself. After a thrilling comeback win against ..
Ventura’s Julie Gould scored two tries against San Fernando Valley. /// Photo courtesy Ventura Women’s Rugby Southern California’s DII club championship will come down ..
Bend (tackling) joins the rankings after a Pacific Northwest upset. /// Photo courtesy Bend Lady Roughriders Rugby Club The playoffs are upon us and the DII club rankings reward those ..
Humboldt, one of four teams vying for the DII college spring championship. /// Photo: Jackie Finlan Multiple club and college playoffs will be contested this weekend, starting Friday, ..
San Fernando flyhalf Gill Chance. /// Photo: Rusty Wortman San Fernando Valley is heading to the DII SoCal playoffs and capped its regular season with a 26-17 win over Ventura to finish ..
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