MARC Latest: WCU and Rowan Win Close Games
MARC Latest: WCU and Rowan Win Close Games
It was an interesting day in the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference Saturday.
St. Joseph's, rated by many coaches in the conference as the front-runner, lost 21-17 to Rowan to slip to 2-1. Rowan, which beat Delaware last week and Temple the week before is now 3-0.
Rutgers rebounded from a rough week two weeks ago to beat Delaware 19-12. Also bouncing back was Salisbury, which lost a close one to West Chester last week and this week rumbled past Temple 55-5.
West Chester won yet another close game, edging James Madison 31-28.
WCU Head Coach Bjorn Haglid was blunt in his assessment of the game: "West Chester plays 80 minutes of rugby, whereas JMU being up 21-5 at halftime figured the game was done."
West Chester and Rowan are both 3-0, but WCU has the edge with bonus points because Rowan didn't get four tries this week.
| MARC | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| West Chester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 54 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Rowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 41 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 48 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| St. Joseph's | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| James Madison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 31 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Delaware | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 89 | -46 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Temple | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 125 | -94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
