Marquette’s Angela Andrews / Photo: Jackie Finlan
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) held its Small College and Division I National Championship tournaments in Knoxville, Tenn., last weekend (read more), and organizers selected tournament teams and Heart & Soul award winners for both divisions:
SMALL COLLEGE
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Wayne State College’s Selma Taylor / Photo: Jackie Finlan
1st: Wayne State College
Taylor Ference – lock
Ashton Hurley – flanker
Lauren Nelson – flyhalf
Izzy Robinson – prop, championship MVP
Selma Taylor – scrumhalf
SUNY Cortland’s Kailey Gleeson / Photo: Jackie Finlan
2nd: SUNY Cortland
Claire Brandon – outside center
Kailey Gleeson – prop
Anna Reinshagen – scrumhalf
Myia Tyler – inside center
Northern Michigan’s Hanna McBride / Photo: Jackie Finlan
3rd: Northern Michigan
Rebecca Cheeseman – fullback
Hanna McBride – outside center
Bianca Rosales – inside center
Lee’s Siena Macy / Photo: Jackie Finlan
4th: Lee University
Jamee Lawyer – inside center
Braeden List – fullback
Siena Macy – flyhalf
Northern Michigan’s Savannah Struble / Photo: Jackie Finlan
HEART & SOUL AWARDS
Wayne State College: Portia Jones, lock
SUNY Cortland: Steph Rodriguez, flanker
Northern Michigan: Savannah Struble, flyhalf & outside center
Lee Univ.: Kayla Sharpe, lock
DIVISION I
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Life’s Nickky Nguyen / Photo: Jackie Finlan
1st: Life Univ. JV
Nickky Nguyen – prop
Reece Sakomoto-Wolfgramm – lock
Nina Mason – flyhalf, Championship MVP
Amaya Moala – outside center
Destiny Roberts – fullback
UNI’s Maggie Burns / Photo: Jackie Finlan
2nd: Univ. Northern Iowa
Isabelle Thomasee – hooker
Jessi Inman – lock
Tatyana Reed – flyhalf
Maggie Burns – inside center
Ciara Stanerson-Edwards – fullback
Notre Dame College’s Matteo / Photo: Jackie Finlan
3rd: Notre Dame College
Alivia Leatherman – No. 8
Aviana Matteo – flyhalf
Abbey Rose – flanker
Marquette’s Ryley Rand / Photo: Jackie Finlan
4th: Marquette University
Angela Andrews – flyhalf
Evelyn Mitchell – scrumhalf
Ryley Rand – lock
Life’s Noa carrying / Photo: Jackie Finlan
HEART & SOUL AWARDS
Life: Amelia Noa, prop
Northern Iowa: Kayla Dustin, prop
Notre Dame College: Kennedy Miller, prop
Marquette: Kayla McQuestion, flanker