PRESS RELEASE
The South Atlantic Rugby Conference (SARC) is pleased to announce its creation as a new competition for women’s collegiate rugby in the south. SARC establishes a new home for like-minded collegiate clubs looking for a national championship structure of fall 15s and spring 7s.
Steering the conference are Chris Martin (Lee University, TN), Marty Sarkees (Clemson University, SC), Alley Mitchell (Elon University, NC), and Buck Billings (Lander University, SC). These coaches will make up the working executive board, and can be contacted by interested future members.
SARC’s goal is to unite similar minded southern teams, to create divisions based on appropriate level of competition, to resolve geographic challenges, and to provide a postseason pathway through National Collegiate Rugby Women’s Open Elite, Open, and Small School competitions.
SARC Founding Teams (11)University of Alabama Birmingham (AL)The Citadel (SC)
Clemson University (SC)
Elon University (NC)
Lander University (SC)
Lee University (TN)
University of North Carolina – Greensboro (NC)Roanoke College (VA)University of South Carolina (SC)University of Tennessee – Chattanooga (TN)University of Tennessee – Knoxville (TN)For more information on the conference, contact SARC.Women@gmail.com
For more information on the NCR Women’s Open Division contact Angela Smarto, smarto@ncr.rugby