NIRA: Fall 2022 Schedule

[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, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart (missing: Mount St. Mary’s)
DII: AIC, Lander, New Haven, West Chester (Alderson Broaddus, Davenport, Queens, Newberry)
DIII: Bowdoin, Colby-Sawyer, Guilford, Univ. New England, New England College (Adrian, Castleton, Manhattanville, Norwich)

SEPTEMBER

1
New Haven @ AIC (DII)
Colby-Sawyer @ Dartmouth (f)

3
Brown @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Harvard @ Long Island (DI)
Princeton @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s @ Army (DI)
Alderson Broaddus @ West Chester (DII)
Colby-Sawyer @ Castleton (DIII)
Univ. New England @ New England College (DIII)
Virginia Tech @ Lander (f)
Newberry @ Guilford (7s)

9
Bowdoin @ Univ. New England (DIII)
10
Sacred Heart @ Brown (DI)
Army @ Princeton (DI)
Dartmouth @ Long Island (DI)
Quinnipiac @ Harvard (DI)
Davenport @ West Chester (DII)
Manhattanville @ Colby-Sawyer (DIII)
Guilford @ Queens (7s)
Lander @ Navy (f)

17
Brown @ Princeton (DI)
Dartmouth @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Harvard @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Army @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Colby-Sawyer @ Bowdoin (DIII)
Manhattanville @ New England College (DIII)
AIC @ Navy (f)
Life @ Lander (f)
Guilford @ Lander (f)
18
West Chester @ Univ. New Haven (DII)
Coastal Carolina @ Lander (f)

24
Brown @ Army (DI)
Quinnipiac @ Dartmouth (DI)
Princeton @ Harvard (DI)
Long Island @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
AIC @ New Haven (DII)
Bowdoin @ Castleton (DIII)
Navy @ West Chester (f)
Univ. Virginia @ Lander (f)
NC State @ Guilford (f)

30
Sacred Heart @ Harvard (DI)

OCTOBER

1
Mount St. Mary’s @ Brown (DI)
Army @ Dartmouth (DI)
West Chester v Queens (DII)
Davenport @ AIC (DII)
Lander @ Newberry (DII)
Colby-Sawyer @ Adrian (DIII)
Castleton @ New England College (DIII)
Guilford @ Alderson Broaddus (7s)
Boston Univ. @ Bowdoin (f)
2
Penn State @ Lander (f)
Navy v New Haven (@ WCU)

8
Long Island @ Brown (DI)
Dartmouth @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Quinnipiac @ Princeton (DI)
New England College @ Norwich (DIII)
Bowdoin @ West Chester (f)
Lander @ The Citadel (f)

15
Sacred Heart @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Long Island @ Army (DI)
Dartmouth @ Harvard (DI)
Princeton @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
West Chester @ Lander (DII)
Norwich @ Colby-Sawyer (DIII)
Castleton @ Univ. New England (DIII)
Guilford @ Newberry (7s)
16
Bowdoin, UConn @ Univ. New Haven (f)
UCONN v Bowdoin (@ UNH) (f)

21
Colby-Sawyer @ Univ. New England (DIII)
22
Harvard @ Brown (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Princeton @ Dartmouth (DI)
Quinnipiac @ Long Island (DI)
Lander @ Queens (DII)
Norwich @ Bowdoin (DIII)
Colby-Sawyer @ Univ. New England (DIII)
New England College @ Manhattanville (DIII)
Guilford @ Univ. North Carolina (f)
23
Army @ Penn State (f)

29
Brown @ Dartmouth (DI)
Sacred Heart @ Long Island (DI)
Army @ Harvard (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s @ Quinnipiac (DI)
West Chester @ AIC (DII)
New Haven v Davenport @ Pa. (DII)
Univ. New England @ Norwich (DIII)
Alderson Broaddus @ Guilford (7s)
Clemson @ Lander (f)
Vassar @ Bowdoin (f)

NOVEMBER

5
Sacred Heart @ Army (DI)
6
Long Island @ Princeton (DI)

12 National Semifinals

19 National Championships (3)