Last week, TRB provided status updates on conferences building toward the USA Rugby DII College Fall Championship (read more). The following lists those teams that have already booked their spots in the Nov. 16 wild card round and the upcoming matches that will fill out the rest of the bracket. USA Rugby has not yet circulated a bracket for the post-season, which begins in fewer than three weeks.
PLAYOFFS BOUND
- Allegheny: 1. Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2. Youngstown State
- Great Lakes: 1. Grand Valley State (see notes below)
- New England Wide: 1. Coast Guard Academy, 2. Hartford, 3. TBD (notes below)
- Northern Lights: Mankato, Winona State (seeds TBD Nov. 2)
- Upstate NY: 1. Cortland, 2. RIT
PLAYOFFS IN PROGRESS
GREAT LAKES
The word out of this conference is that league leadership is in flux and it’s been very difficult to get concrete information out of this Michigan-Ohio competition. Grand Valley State has secured the top seed and championship – the Lakers are undefeated with one more game to go – but even Bowling Green State, which finished two points short of GVSU has received no information of “next steps” beyond Nov. 2. Updates to come when available.
GREAT WATERS
Nov. 2-3: Rd 8/4 @ Oshkosh, Wisc.
Marquette vs. Loyola
UW Oshkosh vs. DePaul
UW Eau Claire vs. UW La Crosse
UW Stevens Point vs. UIC
Nov. 9-10 Championship & 3rd place @ Cottage Grove, Wisc.
ILLINOIS
Nov. 9-10 Semifinals & Championship
MID-ATLANTIC
Nov. 2 Semifinals @ Millersville, Pa.
Bloomsburg vs. Delaware
Kutztown vs. Temple
Nov. 3 Final & 3rd
NEW ENGLAND WIDE
Coast Guard and Hartford played their final regular-season game against each other (the Bears won 62-27) and finished first and second, respectively, in the standings. They were slated to face each other again this weekend for the conference championship, but Hartford forfeited due to injuries. The conference allowed the forfeit and so Coast Guard gets the title and top seed to regionals, and Hartford gets the second seed. The conference also receives a third seed to the Round of 32 (Nov. 16), and so Vermont and Maine should play each other on Nov. 2 for the berth.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Nov. 2 @ Otsego, Minn.
Winona State vs. Mankato State
Both advance, final is for seed
OHIO VALLEY
Nov. 9: Conference Championship
Univ. Cincinnati @ Miami of Ohio
Both teams advance so final will seed teams into R32
(3rd: East Kentucky fft to Kentucky)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Standings (and thus conference champ / automatic berth to regionals) will be finalized after Nov. 2 game between Colorado Mines (5-0) and Colorado Mesa (4-1)
RUGBY NORTHEAST
Standings (and thus conference champ / automatic berth to regionals) will be finalized after Nov. 2 game between Bryant (5-0) and Colby (5-0)
TRI-STATE
Nov. 2-3 Semifinals
RPI @ Vassar College
Marist College @ Fairfield University
Nov. 9 Finals @ Loudonville, N.Y.
Top 3 advance to regionals