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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 ..
BYU Photos BYU is competing toward USA Rugby’s DI College Spring Championship for the first time since the DI Elite and seasonal championships formed in 2015-16 season. That said, ..
Read the original article. Lindenwood is the reigning Elite 7s champion / Photo: Jackie Finlan The USA Rugby Women’s Competitions Committee has selected the automatic qualifying tournaments ..
Photo: Brad Moore The Rugby Breakdown occasionally provides content to news sources like FloRugby and this article, “Salisbury Ready for Playoff Return,” features Salisbury ..
Photo: Jackie Finlan University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) hosted nearby rivals California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) on a cold, wet and windy day, as another storm ..
Claremont flyhalf Ali Parker / Photo: Jackie Finlan A goal for any team is to improve on its previous performance, but for Claremont College, which advanced to the USA Rugby DII College ..
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