You guessed it: Women’s college rugby playoffs and championships dominate the weekend, which actually begins on Friday. Of the three organizations contesting games this weekend, only NIRA, the NCAA varsity league, is naming national champions. By Sunday evening, the rest of the competitions will know who’s heading to their respective Dec. 3-4 championship weekends.
COLLEGE PLAYOFFS
NIRA
National Championships
Saturday, Nov. 19 @ Hanover, N.H. (Times ET)
D3: Bowdoin 29-0 Univ. New England
D2: Queens 34-27 Davenport (OT)
D1: Dartmouth 15-10 Harvard
NCR
DI National Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 18
St. Louis, Mo.
Northern Iowa 42-29 Southern Nazarene
Michigan 36-17 Iowa State
Reading, Pa.
Notre Dame 57-5 Clemson
Iowa 42-15 Colgate
Saturday, Nov. 19
Consolations
Clemson 41-15 Colgate
Iowa State 39-17 Southern Nazarene
Sunday, Nov. 20
SF: Michigan 31-14 Northern Iowa
SF: Notre Dame College 41-19 Iowa
CRAA
All games (except Navy v Northeastern) live-stream on CRAA YouTube
DI Elite National Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 19 @ Annapolis, Md. (Times ET)
Penn State forfeit to Lindenwood
Life 22-19 Central Washington
DI Fall Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 19 @ Annapolis, Md. (Times ET)
Navy 52-5 Northeastern
Utah State 43-5 UCONN
DII Fall Playoffs
Saturday, Nov. 19 @ Annapolis, Md. (Times ET)
Fairfield 38-10 Providence
Temple 38-14 CO Mesa State
Sunday, Nov. 20
Semifinal Play-in
Temple 22-10 Fairfield
INTERNATIONAL
Allianz Premier 15s
Only games with U.S. players shown
Sale (Perris-Redding, Washington) 31-12 DMP
Saracens (Clapp) 34-21 Loughborough
COLLEGE REG SEASON
Pacific Mountain North
Western Washington 27-12 Washington
Oregon 59-10 Oregon State (f)
West Coast
St. Mary’s College v UN Reno (7s)
San Jose St 93-7 Sacramento St
Scrum by the Sea @ San Diego
CLUB RUGBY
Carolinas/GA
Savannah 33-12 Carolina Villains
True South
Battleship v New Orleans
Birmingham v Chattanooga
Friendly
UNC Charlotte v Charlotte
All-Florida Day (club & college)
HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY
Tennessee
HS 7s Championship
Final: Father Ryan def Columbia Central