This post tracks scores for girls and women’s rugby games that occur in the U.S. from Friday-Sunday, Oct. 4-6, 2024, or internationally if involving U.S.-based players. Missing a fixture or result? Message Jackie Finlan at editor@therugbybreakdown.com or on Instagram @therugbybreakdown. [lead photo: Pat Moroney]
RELATED: 2024 Women’s Rugby Calendar • (f) = friendly, PPD = postponed, fft = forfeit
INTERNATIONAL
WXV 1
Saturday, Oct. 5
@ Canada • Livestream
France 22-14 USA
Rugby Tens Series
Round 1: Friday, Oct. 4 (standings)
@ San Juan Capistrano, CA • Livestream
Cape Town 26-5 Balkans
Cape Town 46-0 San Diego
Serengeti 27-5 Balkans
Serengeti 17-10 San Clemente
San Clemente 34-5 San Diego
No rosters (outside of SD) have been published but here’s an incomplete list of U.S. participants based on social media photos: Laura Thacker, Kelsie O’Brien, KB Slaughter, Monique Coffey, Lome Unga, Aimee Ramos, Kristin Bitter, Ina Bailey, Serena Liu, KJ Johnson, Evan Hoese, Terree Okabe, Saher Hamdan, Viv Aragon
Asia Rugby 7s Emirates
Oct 4-5 @ Nepal, India
Philippines: Lauryn Nazareno (St Marys College, Life West)
Livestream
COLLEGE
This section is divided by organization: NIRA, CRAA and NCR. For any games occurring between teams from different organizations, conferences or divisions, see the subhead, “Friendlies,” at the end of the section.
NIRA
DIVISION I
Army 26-21 Sacred Heart
Quinnipiac 62-19 Princeton
Queens 79-7 Mount St. Mary’s
Harvard 18-12 Brown
DIVISION II
AIC 101-12 Frostburg St
CRAA
DIA Life University 97-3 Penn State
NCR
ALLEGHENY
DI Wheeling v Pitt PPD
DI St. Bonaventure 17-15 Walsh
DII Cincinnati 12-12 Ohio Univ
BIG 10 DI
Notre Dame 62-5 Indiana
EPRU DIII
East Stroudsburg 31-22 Loyola
York 50-0 Millersville
F&M v Gettysburg (10s)
RR 7s @ St. Joe’s & Marywood
GREAT LAKES
Calvin 62-0 Western Michigan
Bowling Green 121-0 Oakland
Grand Valley St 50-0 Saginaw Valley
GREAT WATERS
UW Eau Claire 95-0 UW Stevens Point
DII Northwestern 17-17 DIII Platteville
UW La Crosse v UW Eau Claire B
Michigan Tech 41-24 UW Stout
Marquette 130-0 UW Oshkosh+Whitewater
Univ Illinois Chicago 36-17 Univ Chicago
Northern IL+UW Whitewater v Illinois St
Illinois 88-21 DePaul
HIGH PEAKS
Colorado State 39-31 Colorado Mesa
Colorado 46-7Utah State (Sun)
Southern Utah v Utah Tech
CO Mines 99-5 Colorado College
LONE STAR
Texas A&M fft to LSU
DII UT San Antonio 36-27 Oklahoma
MID-AMERICA
15s @ Arkansas w/Missouri S&T, McKendree, Drury, Benedictine, Pitt State
Arkansas 12-7 Missouri S&T
Arkansas 20-0 Benedictine
Missouri 14-10 Pitt State
MID-ATLANTIC DII
Delaware 56-5 Bloomsburg
Temple 28-0 Rowan (fft W, game played)
Maryland 59-32 George Washington
Towson 69-24 American
William & Mary 43-17 VA Commonwealth
MIDWEST DI
Iowa 70-5 Winona St
NORTH ATLANTIC DIII
Salve Regina 62-17 Plymouth St
Smith 40-31 WPI
Wellesley 19-10 Mt Holyoke
Springfield v UM Farmington
Eastern Connecticut 64-15 Wentworth
RUGBY NORTHEAST
Division I
UCONN 63-0 Boston (Sun)
Boston College 35-0 Rhode Island
Northeastern 53-10 UMASS
Division III
DII Providence College 41-20 DIII Bryant
Bentley 102-17 Wheaton
NORTHERN LIGHTS
DIII MSU Moorhead v UM Duluth
10s: St. Benedict, Bemidji, UM Duluth
10s: Mankato, Carleton, Gustavus, Macalester
PRAIRIE STATES
DIII Wayne St College 69-15 Prairie States
SOUTH ATLANTIC
DI Virginia 45-5 NC State
Virginia Tech v Howard CLD
DII Clemson 25-12 DI UNC
DII UNC Charlotte 42-19 USC
DII Florida International v Miami
Lee v UGA CLD
Lander v Florida PPD
TRI-STATE
Division II
Columbia 48-14 Fairfield
Vassar 60-19 RPI
Vassar 93-0 Columbia (Wed)
Montclair 56-7 Fordham
Marist 28-0 College of NJ
Rutgers 38-25 Stony Brook
Division III
Molloy 28-0 Drew
Siena 55-5 New Paltz
UPSTATE NY
DII Buffalo 46-14 Cornell
Division III
Clarkson 62-10 Oswego
Plattsburgh 18-17 Cortland
Colgate 31-25 Hamilton
Ithaca 51-22 Rochester
Fredonia v Brockport
Niagara 31-12 Geneseo
FRIENDLIES
DI Navy (NIRA) 71-8 DI Air Force (CRAA)
DIA BYU (CRAA) 38-19 DI Southern Nazarene
DI Michigan (Big 10) 31-5 Ohio State (Allegheny)
DI Central Florida v Orlando (sr club) CLD
DII West Chester (NIRA) 111-0 DII Kutztown (NCR)
DII Coast Guard (N Atlantic) 52-0 Roger Williams (RNE)
DII New Hampshire (N Atlantic) 36-26 Maine (RNE)
DIII Bowdoin (NIRA) 60-0 Colby (NCR)
Arizona St (DI CRAA) 54-0 Prescott (sr club)
Grand Canyon Univ 45-5 Prescott
Aquinas 58-7 Baldwin Wallace
NIRA: New England v New Haven CLD
DIA Lindenwood v NIRA Davenport CLD
SR CLUB 15s
ATLANTIC DI
Philadelphia 29-26 Raleigh
NOVA 73-0 Boston
CAPITAL
Division II
NOVA 36-14 James River
Division III
DC Revolution 19-5 Rappahannock
CAROLINAS DII
Southern Pines (52) v Eno River
Charleston def DI Atlanta (f)
Atlanta 2.0 Selects 55-14 Savannah
EPRU
Division II
Harrisburg 66-0 Doylestown
Phoenixville 72-20 Monmouth
Division III
South Jersey 22-22 Reading
Thorns 28-0 Lehigh+Wilmington+Media
Brandywine 31-0 Philly
EMPIRE
Division II
New York 48-12 Brooklyn
Division III
Union 38-5 Long Island
Morris 69-5 Fairfield/Hudson Valley
MID-AMERICA
Wichita 32-27 KC Jazz
Tulsa def Queen City
MIDWEST
Division I
Columbus 85-5 Cincinnati
Pittsburgh 45-12 Detroit
Milwaukee 53-21 Chicago
Division II
South Buffalo 58-0 North Buffalo
Palmer College 96-5 County Will
Oconomowoc 35-24 Minneapolis
Wisconsin 73-0 Chicago Sirens
Cleveland 53-7 Arkon
Fort Wayne 45-31 Columbus
Grand Rapids 109-5 Dayton
NEW ENGLAND
Division II
Hartford 32-22 Burlington
Providence 46-28 Charles River
Albany 38-19 Worcester
Division III
Amoskeag 49-5 Seacoast
Portland 37-5 South Shore
North Shore 53-5 Upper Valley
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Prem
Emerald City A 85-0 Steller
Portland v Motley South (Eugene, Spokane, Salem, Boise) @ Post Falls, ID
Bend 27-15 Emerald City B
TRUE SOUTH
DII Knoxville 58-17 Nashville
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Pikes Peak 40-29 Boulder
HIGH SCHOOL
COLORADO
Rugby Colorado 7s @ Highlands Ranch
CIRA: Monarch 3-0 v Summit Timmus
CIRA: Palmer v Summit
Summit Varsity @ Kansas City (won the tourney)
CONNECTICUT
Week 1 Fall 7s
@ Randall’s Island, NYC
EGRL
Black & Blue Game (Sun)
15s Selects tryout @ Richmond, Va.
IDAHO
West Ada 7s Championship @ Owyhee HS
Varsity is a double-elimination tournament so the brackets are complicated. Just the first two rounds are listed here & will update with results.
Varsity SF play-ins
#1: Mountain View (5) v Centennial (6)
#2: Owyhee (3) v Meridian (4)
Varsity Semifinals
Eagle (1) v Winner #1
Rocky Mountain (2) v Winner #2
Varsity Final
Rocky Mountain def Eagle (OT)
JV Semifinals
Eagle (1) v Rocky Mountain (4)
Owyhee (3) v Meridian (2)
JV Final
Eagle def Meridian
INDIANA
Week 3 Fall 7s @ Elkhart
IOWA 7s
Week 4 @ Norwalk, Cedar Falls & Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge 48-5 DM Roosevelt
Fort Dodge 29-0 West DM Valley
Waverly Shell Rock 52-0 West DM Valley
Cedar Falls 35-5 SE Polk
Cedar Falls 66-0 Cedar Rapids
Central Springs 28-0 Cedar Rapids
SE Polk 27-14 Central Springs
Norwalk 24-7 Mason City
Norwalk 31-5 Urbandale
Mason City 10-7 North Polk
MICHIGAN 15s
Rockford 62-5 Grand Haven
Warsaw v Howell
Berkley 43-5 Muskego
Lakeshore v Grandville
MISSOURI 7s
Week 4 @ Liberty North HS
Champ: Summit HS Varsity (Colo.) 4-0
NORTH CAROLINA
Week 1 @ Charlotte
Tiers 1 & 2: full results
NORCAL 7s
Week 2 @ Carondelet + St. Patrick Academy
OHIO 7s
Week 3 @ Rugby World, Avon
• West Pitt (Pa) 3-0: 47-0 v City Honors (NY), 56-0 v Mentor, 26-12 v St Joe’s
• Brunswick A (2-1): 41-0 W v Medina, 31-17 W v Perry, 21-17 L v Highland
OREGON 7s
Week 3 @ Portland
East County Green 28-15 Highlanders
East County Green 45-0 Valley B
East County Green 29-14 Summit JV
East County Blue 38-5 Salem
East County Blue 17-5 Salem JV
East County Blue 55-0 Valley B
Summit 30-0 Chinook
Summit 26-5 Highlanders
Summit 51-0 Salem
Valley 34-12 Renegades
Valley 36-0 Salem
Chinook 34-0 Renegades
UTAH 7s
Fall Championship
@ RAC, Salt Lake City
U14 & U18 champs: Majestics
WASHINGTON
7s Jamboree @ Ellensburg
WISCONSIN 15s
Catholic Memorial 61-17 Bruisers
Green Bay 79-0 SPASH
DSHA JV 24-7 Madison