We back. / Photo: Doreen Madalian
That National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), home to the country’s NCAA varsity women’s programs, is proceeding with its fall 2021 season. The following will be updated as teams’ schedules are released.
• All of the DI schedules are in.
• DII in: Alderson Broaddus, American International, Lander, Queens Univ of Charlotte, West Chester (missing: Post)
• DIII in: Bowdoin, Colby-Sawyer, New England College, Univ New England, Norwich (missing: Castleton, Guilford)
NOTE: Notre Dame College is in a rebuilding phase this season. Molloy College now lists women’s rugby under Club Sports. And Guilford is still searching for a new head coach.
SEPTEMBER
1 Long Island @ Dartmouth (DI)
Manhattanville (DIII) @ New Haven (DII)
3 Quinnipiac @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s @ Harvard (DI)
4 Army @ Brown (DI)
Queens @ Lander (DII)
Univ New England @ Colby-Sawyer (DIII)
5 Michigan @ Adrian (f)
9 AIC @ Univ Albany
11 Dartmouth @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Long Island @ Harvard (DI)
Brown @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Alderson Broaddus @ Univ New Haven (DII)
Bowdoin @ Norwich (DIII)
Queens @ Coastal Carolina (f)
Lander (DII) @ Guilford (DIII)
New England College vs. Castleton (DIII)
Manhattanville @ Mount St Mary’s College (f)
Adrian @ Davenport (f)
12 West Chester (DII) @ Univ New England (DIII)
18 Dartmouth @ Army (DI)
Sacred Heart @ Brown (DI)
Bowdoin @ Colby-Sawyer (DIII)
Manhattanville @ Guilford (DIII)
Alderson Broaddus @ Queens (DII, 10s)
AIC vs Lander @ NJ (DII)
West Chester @ Colgate Univ (f)
Navy @ Queens (f)
Norwich @ St. Michael’s (f)
Yale 7s w/New Haven & Bentley (f)
22 Brandeis @ AIC (f)
24 Quinnipiac @ Army (DI)
Lander @ Clemson (f)
25 Harvard @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Mount St. Mary’s @ LIU (DI)
Adrian vs. Colby-Sawyer @ Syracuse (DIII)
Bowdoin @ Univ New England (DIII)
New England College @ Manhattanville (DIII)
Guilford @ Alderson Broaddus (f)
Navy @ West Chester (f)
UNC Charlotte @ Queens (f)
OCTOBER
1 Colgate @ AIC (f)
2 Harvard @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Sacred Heart @ Dartmouth (DI)
Army @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Brown @ Long Island (DI)
Castleton @ Colby-Sawyer (DIII)
Norwich vs. Adrian @ Buffalo, NY (DIII)
Colby @ Bowdoin (f)
Queens v Virginia Tech B & Guilford @ Greensboro, NC (f)
3 West Chester @ Lander (DII)
6 AIC @ West Chester (DII)
9 Mount St. Mary’s @ Dartmouth (DI)
Brown @ Harvard (DI)
Colby-Sawyer @ Norwich (DIII)
New Haven (DII) @ Univ New England (DIII)
New England College @ Castleton (DIII)
Guilford (DIII) @ Lander (DII)
15 Endicott @ Colby-Sawyer (f)
16 Quinnipiac @ Brown (DI)
Sacred Heart @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Army @ Long Island (DI)
Queens v AIC @ Emmitsburg, MD (DII)
Queens @ Mount St. Mary’s B (f)
Post @ Alderson Broaddus (DII)
New England vs. Adrian @ Buffalo (DIII)
Manhattanville @ New England College (DIII)
Bowdoin @ Vassar (f)
Davenport @ Lander (f)
19 Stonehill College @ AIC (f)
22 New Haven @ AIC (DII)
23 Long Island @ Quinnipiac (DI)
Harvard @ Dartmouth (DI)
New England College @ Bowdoin (DIII)
Phoenixville @ West Chester (f)
Colby-Sawyer @ St. Michael’s (f)
Univ Northern Iowa, Denison & Guilford @ Queens (f)
24 Sacred Heart @ Army (DI)
29 Beantown @ AIC (f)
30 Quinnipiac @ Mount St. Mary’s (DI)
Dartmouth @ Brown (DI)
Army @ Harvard (DI)
Long Island @ Sacred Heart (DI)
Queens vs. West Chester @ Philippi, W.V. (DII)
Lander (DII) @ Alderson Broaddus (DIII)
Colby-Sawyer @ New England College (DIII)
Norwich @ Univ New England (DIII)
Adrian vs. Bowdoin @ Clinton, NY (DIII)
Castleton @ Manhattanville (DIII)
NOVEMBER
6 Penn State @ Army (f)
13 National Semifinals
20 National Championships