The USA Rugby U23 All-Star 15s National Championship occurs Saturday-Sunday, June 25-26 in Lemont, Ill., and will integrate into the Women’s Premier League finals schedule on Sunday. All games will be live-streamed via FloRugby. Rosters will be updated as they become available.
The divisional playoffs, which occurred two weekends ago, determined which of the eight teams would travel to Chicago for nationals. Given the short turn-around and other factors, the semifinalists were allowed to supplement their rosters with players from non-qualifying teams.
Saturday’s semifinals begin at 10 a.m. Central with the South U23 Harlequins, which won the eastern playoffs in Clinton, N.J., and Pacific South, which finished runner-up in San Francisco.
SOUTH U23 HARLEQUINS
Susan Adegoke – Life Univ
Emerson Allen – Life Univ
Bailey Burt – Lander Univ
Jess Burt – Lander Univ
Akilah Cathey – Brown Univ
Erica Cathey – Lindenwood Univ
Emmaclaire Cantrell – Cardiff Met
Alle English – Queens Univ Charlotte
Lauren Ferridge – Dartmouth College
Morgan Freeman – Ft. Miami
Samantha Ganoza – Ft. Miami
Emerson Goodrich – Brown Univ
Chloe Hill – Eckerd College
Shaniah Jones – Memphis Women
Jess Keating – Life Univ
Autumn LoCicero – Life Univ
Makayla Lowe – Life Univ
Candela Mangiardi-Querol – Eckerd College
Tonia O’Neill – Tampa Krewe
Emily Rahija – Univ Central Florida
Jaida Rudkin – Penn State Univ
Sarah Scott – Raleigh Venom
Freda Tafuna – Lindenwood Univ
Queenette Toomalatai – Life Univ
Taina Tukuafu – Lindenwood Univ
Brooklyn Vaifanua – Life Univ
Erin Wholey – Lander Univ
Head coaches: Ros Chou & Billy Nicholas
At 12 p.m. Central, western playoff winner Pacific North plays the eastern runner-up Midwest Thunderbirds.
MIDWEST THUNDERBIRDS
Hailey Andreason – Metropolis Valkyries
Megan Bird – Davenport Univ
Hailey Bray – UW LaCrosse
Grace Bryson – Univ Minnesota
Aubrey Buresh – Univ Northern Iowa
Alyssa Cunningham – Sacred Heart Univ
Siusan Dawson – UW Eau Claire
Madie Dunn – Iowa State
Isabell Gibbon – Cincinatti Kelts
Loren Henrich – Univ Illinois Chicago
Abbey Jacobs – UW Eau Claire
Lauren Kuffel – Univ Michigan
Ember Larson – Univ Michigan
Alivia Leatherman – Notre Dame College
Aviana Matteo – Notre Dame College
Amaryah McGowen – Univ Iowa
Geneva Nunes – Fox Valley Chaos
Ryley Rand – Marquette Univ.
Tatyana Reed – Univ Northern Iowa
Danielle Sheppard – Des Moines
Courtney Smith-Hernandez – Iowa State
Ciara Stanerson-Edwards – Univ Northern Iowa
Jayla Twitty – Cincinnati Kelts
Head coach: Meghan Flanigan
PACIFIC NORTH
Dakota Bailey-Van Kuren
Katherine Brown
Sierra Dean
Sam Els
Kristine Fischer-Colbrie
Mariana Henke
Mrinaalini Jain
Sydney Lenoch
Tomoko Mahe
Dorothy Mao
Krista Matsumara
Lauryn Nazareno
Christina Opeti
Vanessa Ortiz-Pallen
Aimee Ramos
Christina Sama
Falamei Sanft
Venise Sanft
Esther Tuatoo
Monalisa Tupou
Nora Webb
Anna Weier
Head coach: Irene Gardner
On Sunday, the 3rd place match will occur at 11 a.m. and the final at 3:30 p.m.