The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) is hosting its 2023-24 finale from Friday-Sunday, May 3-5 at the Houston SaberCats facility. The women’s 7s championships are May 3-4, and the women’s spring 15s finals are Sunday, May 5. The Rugby Network will live-stream matches (for free), although TBD on whether the coverage applies to the stadium games only.

PREMIER 7s

There are 10 NCAA varsity and DI Elite teams competing in this bracket, and they’re divided into two pools of five teams:

POOL A: Central Washington, Dartmouth, Davenport, Life, Princeton
POOL B: Harvard, Lindenwood, Long Island, Penn State, Sacred Heart

Teams play all of their pool mates — i.e., four games total — mostly on Friday (four games spill into Saturday morning). All of these games occur inside the stadium, with the exception of two Saturday morning games.

The top-two teams from each pool advance to the Cup semifinals inside the stadium, and then play to 1st and 3rd places. The rest of the field moves directly to their final-place matches on Saturday.

 

PREMIER SCHEDULE

All times CT
Friday, May 3

9:44 a.m. Life v Dartmouth (A)
10:06 a.m. Central Washington v Davenport (A)
10:28 a.m. Lindenwood v Harvard (B)
10:50 a.m. Sacred Heart v Penn State (B)
11:34 a.m. Princeton v Life (A)
11:56 a.m. Dartmouth v Central Washington (A)
12:18 p.m. Long Island v Lindenwood (B)
12:40 p.m. Harvard v Sacred Heart (B)

2:08 p.m. Davenport v Princeton (A)
2:30 p.m. Central Washington v Life (A)
2:52 p.m. Penn State v Long Island (B)
3:14 p.m. Sacred Heart v Lindenwood (B)

4:42 p.m. Life v Davenport (A)
5:04 p.m. Dartmouth v Princeton (A)
5:26 p.m. Lindenwood v Penn State (B)
5:48 p.m. Harvard v Long Island (B)

Saturday, May 4
* Game occurs on Field 1

9:46 a.m. Penn State v Harvard (B)
9:46 a.m. Davenport v Dartmouth (A)*
10:08 a.m. Princeton v Central Washington (A)
10:08 a.m. Long Island v Sacred Heart (B)*

Cup Semifinals
12:42 p.m. Pool A#1 v Pool B#2
1:04 p.m. Pool B#1 v Pool A#2

2:54 p.m. 9th: Pool A#5 v Pool B#5*
3:38 p.m. 7th: Pool A#4 v Pool B#4*
4 p.m. 5th: Pool A#3 v Pool B#3
5:06 p.m. 3rd Place
5:28 p.m. Championship

CLUB 7S

There are DI and DII teams competing in the Club 7s bracket. They’re divided into two pools of four teams:

POOL A: Air Force, Colorado State, San Jose State, UCLA
POOL B: Colorado Mesa, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Irvine, Western Washington

Friday’s pool play games occur both in the stadium and on field 1 (*). On Saturday, the top-two teams in each pool move into the Cup bracket, and the bottom-two teams from each pool move into the Plate bracket. The final placing round follows, and all teams play five games on the weekend.

CLUB SCHEDULE

All times CT
Friday, May 3
* Game occurs on Field 1

9 a.m. Colorado St v Air Force (A)
9:22 a.m. UCLA v San Jose St (A)
9:44 a.m. Colorado Mesa v UC Irvine (B)*
10:06 a.m. Western Washington v Cal Poly SLO (B)*

12:18 p.m. Colorado St v San Jose St (A)*
12:40 p.m. UCLA v Air Force (A)*
1:02 p.m. Colorado Mesa v Cal Poly SLO (B)
1:24 p.m. Western Washington v UC Irvine (B)

3:36 p.m. Colorado St v UCLA (A)
3:36 p.m. San Jose St v Air Force (A)*
3:58 p.m. Colorado Mesa v Western Washington (B)
3:58 p.m. Cal Poly SLO v UC Irvine (B)*

Saturday, May 4
Cup Semifinals
9:02 a.m. Pool A#3 v Pool B#4
9:24 a.m. Pool B#3 v Pool A#4

Plate Semifinals
9:02 a.m. Pool A#1 v Pool B#2*
9:24 a.m. Pool B#1 v Pool A#2*

3:16 p.m. 7th: Plate SF losers*
4 p.m. 5th: Plate Final*
4:22 p.m. 3rd: Cup SF losers
4:44 p.m. Championship

SPRING 15S FINALS

There are three 15s finals on Sunday, two of which are women’s matches. All games occur inside the stadium. Pretty straight-forward, with one interesting detail: Cal Poly SLO is playing both 7s and 15s this weekend!

15s SCHEDULE

11 a.m. Women’s DII Spring 15s Championship
Eckerd College v Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

3 p.m. Women’s DI Spring 15s Championship
Grand Canyon Univ v Stanford Univ