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The DII College Spring Championships have struggled to supply the first round of regional playoffs (April 19-21) with 16 teams, namely due to the number of teams in the western portion ..
Harvard leads overall selections. / Graphic: Harvard University Athletics After naming its Tier 2 All-Americans last week, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) has announced ..
Photos: Kirstyn Paynter (see full albums) The Queens Cup 7s named four champions over two days last weekend, and two of those victors have guaranteed spots in their respective national ..
All photos: Oregon State Women’s Rugby Facebook Oregon State is representing the North at the DI Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference (PMRC) Championship this weekend, and will kick ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan There were just two Division I spring college league matches last weekend (and they didn’t involve ranked teams) so it’s another idle round for the rankings. ..
The DII West Coast Rugby Conference knows its four semifinalists, although this weekend’s league games can still affect seeding. Provided those games occur, the semifinalists will ..
All photos: Tabitha Sneed Lowe For Karissa Lacy, Furman University has a special full-circle feel to it. A former weightlifter and flag football aficionado, Lacy gravitated toward rugby ..
Photo courtesy Lindenwood University Women’s Rugby Twitter In a rematch of the 2018 final, Lindenwood University and Life University are heading to the USA Rugby DI Elite National ..
Photo: Tabitha Sneed Lowe This weekend the South Independent Rugby Conference (SIRC) is contesting its championship in New Orleans, giving the reigning DII College Spring Championship ..
Kicking off a DI Elite return / Photo: Jackie Finlan Of all the teams featuring in Sunday’s DI Elite semifinals, Central Washington has had the most trying buildup. The Wildcats are in a transition ..
Nalbandian during ’18 DI Elite playoffs / Photo: KJ Feury Penn State has longest most successful history among current women’s college programs still playing today. To be a Nittany ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan Last weekend was relatively light across those DI and DII colleges building toward USA Rugby’s spring championships, with one exception. The DII West Coast ..
Ready to launch / Photo: Tabitha Sneed Lowe Numbers wise, Life University didn’t graduate a big class in spring 2018. Identity wise, those six now-alumnae were giants, and their absences ..
UN Reno scrumhalf Mallory Waldeck / Photo: Jackie Finlan Week seven of the USA Rugby DII College Spring Rankings was all about the West Coast conference – and not just because ..
Photo courtesy Queens University of Charlotte Athletics It was a pretty quiet weekend with only two conference matches occurring among ranked teams, and thus there was no movement in round ..
The DI Elite has very much been a work in progress during its four years of existence. It was intended for USA Rugby’s top women’s colleges, but the competition was created ..
The four Tier 2 All-Americans from title-winning Mount St. Mary’s (PC: The Mount Athletics) The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), the varsity league, hasn’t ..
Wayne State College is a national 7s and 15s champion. (PC: Janet Stabbe) When it comes to collegiate championships, terminology is important. The landscape is already confusing and ever-changing, ..
Earlier this week, USA Rugby announced a handful of automatic qualifiers (AQs) for the college 7s national championships on May 24-26, and noted that additional tournaments will be awarded ..
Central Washington will play Lindenwood for a third time this year. / Photo: Jackie Finlan The previous two seasons, the DI Elite and DI Spring colleges funneled into the first two rounds ..
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