NIRA: Fall 2022 Schedules & Results

[Photo: Mark Washburn] The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) is the competition for the country’s NCAA women’s rugby programs, and it holds one championship season per year: 15s in the fall. There are three divisions (DI, DII, DIII), and teams have been releasing their fall 2022 schedules, which thus far, kick off as early as Sept. 1. The following will update as more schedules are released, but the championship has been set for Nov. 12.

Published Schedules
DI: Army, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Long Island, Mount St. Mary’s, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart
DII: Alderson Broaddus, AIC, Davenport, Lander, New Haven, Newberry, Queens Univ. Charlotte, West Chester
DIII: Adrian, Bowdoin, Castleton, Colby-Sawyer, Guilford, Manhattanville, Univ. New England, New England College, Norwich

SEPTEMBER

1
AIC 86-0 New Haven (DII)

3
Army 62-7 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Quinnipiac 47-14 Brown (DI)
Sacred Heart 53-21 Princeton (DI)

West Chester 32-0 Alderson Broaddus (7s)
West Chester 22-0 Alderson Broaddus (7s)

Newberry 15-10 Guilford (7s)
Guilford 17-0 Newberry (7s)

4
Castleton 19-5 Colby-Sawyer
Castleton 17-5 Colby-Sawyer
Colby-Sawyer 12-10 Castleton (7s)

7
7s: Michigan 10-5 Adrian
7s: Michigan 5-5 Adrian

9
Bowdoin 31-7 Univ. New England (DIII)

10
Sacred Heart 24-24 Brown (DI)
Army 87-0 Princeton (DI)
Dartmouth @ Long Island (DI) CLD
Harvard 48-19 Quinnipiac (DI)

Davenport @ West Chester (DII) PPD
Navy 42-0 Lander (f)

7s: Queens 42-0 Guilford
7s: Queens 36-0 Guilford

17
Brown 83-0 Princeton (DI)
Dartmouth 29-3 Sacred Heart (DI)
Harvard 95-7 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Army 24-19 Quinnipiac (DI)

Newberry 17-7 Alderson Broaddus (7s)
Alderson Broaddus 15-10 Newberry (7s)

Bowdoin 60-5 Colby+Colby-Sawyer (f)
AIC 12-5 Navy (f)
Life 83-0 Lander (f)
Lander 22-5 Guilford (7s)
Adrian 83-0 Toledo (f)
Queens 41-19 Penn State (f)

18
West Chester 66-0 Univ. New Haven (DII)
Norwich 34-13 Castleton (DIII)
Queens 41-19 Penn State (f)

24
Brown @ Army (DI) PPD
Dartmouth 41-10 Quinnipiac (DI)
Harvard 102-0 Princeton (DI)

Long Island 44-0 Mount St. Mary’s (10s)
Long Island 24-7 Mount St. Mary’s (10s)

AIC @ New Haven (DII) PPD
Bowdoin 73-0 Castleton (DIII)

Queens JV 17-7 Newberry (7s)
Newberry 22-12 Queens JV (7s)
Queens JV 21-7 Newberry (7s)

Navy 20-10 West Chester (f)
Davenport 72-5 Adrian (f)

30
Harvard 27-5 Sacred Heart (DI)

OCTOBER

1
Brown 33-0 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Dartmouth 24-15 Army (DI)
Queens 20-0 West Chester (DII)
Davenport 22-19 AIC (DII)
Lander 76-14 Newberry (7s x 3)
Castleton & Manhattanville @ New England College (7s – Castleton 3-0)
Bowdoin v Maine & New Hampshire (f)
Adrian 25-12 Aquinas (f)
2
Navy 25-5 New Haven (f)

8
Brown 34-19 Long Island (DI)
Dartmouth 79-0 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Quinnipiac 78-5 Princeton (DI)
Alderson Broaddus 12-0 Newberry (7s)
New England College @ Norwich CLD
Lander 48-0 The Citadel (f)
Davenport 59-21 Notre Dame College (f)
New England 32-0 Colby-Sawyer
Guilford 2-0 Elon (7s)
9
Castleton 2-1 Manhattanville (7s)

15
Quinnipiac 44-5 Sacred Heart (DI)
Army 17-0 Brown (DI)
Dartmouth 31-29 Harvard (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s 77-10 Princeton (DI)
West Chester 48-7 Lander (DII)
Norwich 2-1 Colby-Sawyer (7s)
Univ. New England 55-0 Castleton (DIII)
Newberry 2-0 Guilford (7s)
Davenport 44-5 Navy (f)
Queens 43-12 UVA (f)
16
Bowdoin 21-10 New Haven (f) (40′)
Bowdoin 35-15 UCONN (f)

22
Harvard 45-14 Brown (DI)
Sacred Heart  47-0 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Dartmouth 95-10 Princeton (DI)
Quinnipiac 31-17 Long Island (DI)
Queens 75-0 Lander (DII)
Bowdoin 45-17 Norwich (DIII)
Davenport JV 58-12 Adrian

29
Dartmouth 85-0 Brown (DI)
Sacred Heart @ Long Island (DI) CLD
Army 21-19 Harvard (DI)
Quinnipiac 62-10 Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
AIC 59-10 West Chester (DII)
Davenport 118-0 New Haven @ Pa. (DII)
Univ. New England 67-5 Norwich (DIII)
Alderson Broaddus @ Guilford (7s) CLD
Lander 55-7 Clemson (f)
Vassar 26-19 Bowdoin (f)
Adrian 41-14 Western State (f)
Queens 19-12 Navy (f)

NOVEMBER

5
Army 40-17 Sacred Heart (DI)
Adrian 66-0 Central Michigan (f)
6
Long Island @ Princeton (7s)
LIU 14-10 Princeton
LIU 24-7 Princeton
LIU 7-7 Princeton
7
AIC 99-0 New Haven

12 National Semifinals
D1
Harvard 41-24 Army
Dartmouth 47-14 Quinnipiac

D2
Davenport 57-7 West Chester
Queens 22-12 AIC

D3
Bowdoin 57-8 Castleton
Univ New England 75-27 Norwich

19 National Championships (3)
D1: Dartmouth v Harvard
D2: Davenport v Queens
D3: Bowdoin v New England