The West Coast gets a bit of a wakeup with some warmup tournaments and a tour—here's what's going on in DIA, DIAA, and NCR DI men's rugby this week.
Check back for scores.
DIA
It's a relatively light weekend in D1A, the most interesting games might well be Colorado at Grand Canyon and UCLA.
Colorado did well against Wyoming and Head Coach Chris Hanson said the team has bought into the new attack and defense systems.
"The guys are eager to improve and have embraced our changes," he said. "This isn't a surprise since our leadership has played a role in development and implementing our new policies."
Captain Charlie Quinn has been playing very well at outside center and they got flanker Angus Skinner back from injury. The team will take on Grand Canyon on Friday and then wrap up their west coast trip with a game Sunday at UCLA. The Bruins, by the way, play a warmup round-robin on Saturday against some local DIAA squads.
| 10/1 | Colorado | 26-20 | Grand Canyon | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Lindenwood | 85-0 | Central Missouri | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Michigan State | 26-42 | Ohio State | Big Ten - Ref Marc Voorhees |
| 10/2 | Michigan | 36-24 | Wisconsin | Big Ten - Ref Matt Lake |
| 10/2 | Air Force | at | New Mexico | RMC |
| 10/2 | Wyoming | 10-59 | Colorado State | RMC - Ref Joe Burpoe |
| 10/2 | Utah State | 3-52 | Utah Valley | RMC - Ref Alex Hedquist |
| 10/2 | Penn State | 29-43 | Army | Rugby East - Ref Miles McIvor |
| 10/2 | Indiana | 26-0 | Notre Dame College | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Lindenwood | at | Southern Illinois | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | San Diego | at | San Diego State | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | UCLA | UCLA 3-0 in 7s | USC, UCSB, CSULB | 7s |
| 10/3 | Colorado | 19-46 | UCLA | Non-Conference |
DIAA
Queens at Mount St Mary's is a massive one for the Chesapeake. In the SCRC, possibly the two best teams in that conference (aside from Clemson) face off in Tennessee vs Kentucky. The just-started MARC may have a big one in West Chester vs Salisbury. As we mentioned in a separate article, Arkansas vs Kansas is a big one.
Heart of America Looks to Major Clashes
And keep an eye on Wheeling. Their plan is to make it back to DIA and they are getting some good results so far.
| 10/1 | Sam Houston State | 24-15 | Texas A&M | Crossover |
| 10/2 | Abilene Chr. | at | Angelo State | Lonestar |
| 10/2 | Alabama | Ccld | Kennesaw State | SCRC |
| 10/2 | Kentucky | 15-22 | Tennessee | SCRC |
| 10/2 | Bowling Green | 73-5 | Dayton | MAC |
| 10/2 | IUPUI | 15-12 | Pittsburgh | MAC |
| 10/2 | Western Michigan | 65-33 | Ohio University | MAC |
| 10/2 | WSU Jamboree | |||
| 10/1 | Iowa Central CC | 68-7 | Nebraska | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Arkansas | 10-16 | Kansas | Heart of America |
| 10/2 | Mizzou | 10-13 | Kansas State | Heart of America |
| 10/2 | Minnesota | 36-35 | Iowa State | Heart of America |
| 10/2 | Wheeling | 14-31 | Army | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Iowa Central CC | 67-7 | Iowa | Non-Conference |
NCR DI
Queens at Mount St Mary's is a massive one for the Chesapeake. The just-started MARC may have a big one in West Chester vs Salisbury.And we've been talking about the Liberty. Iona comes back on the field against an improved Stony Brook. Oswego at Buffalo and Binghamton at Syracuse could affect the standings dramatically.
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| 10/2 | Iona | 86-27 | Stony Brook | Liberty MetNY |
| 10/1 | Kutztown | Ccld | AIC | Liberty MetNY |
| 10/2 | Mary Washington | 90-0 | Maryland | Chesapeake |
| 10/2 | Queens U. Charlotte | 29-22 | Mount St. Mary's | Chesapeake |
| 10/2 | Rutgers | Ccld | James Madison | MARC |
| 10/2 | Delaware | 17-41 | Rowan | MARC |
| 10/2 | West Chester | 29-26 | Salisbury | MARC |
| 10/2 | Temple | 19-29 | St. Joseph's | MARC |
| 10/2 | Bryant | 0-95 | Brown | Crossover |
| 10/2 | Rhode Island | 7-38 | Boston College | LIberty NE |
| 10/2 | Northeastern | 22-13 | Fairfield | LIberty NE |
| 10/2 | UMass | 15-17 | Tufts | LIberty NE |
| 10/2 | WSU Jamboree | Non-Conference | ||
| 10/2 | SUNY Brockport | Ccld | Colgate | Liberty Empire |
| 10/2 | Albany | 0-128 | Fordham | Liberty MetNY |
| 10/2 | Binghamton | 12-52 | Syracuse | Liberty Empire |
| 10/2 | Cortland | 12-40 | Nazareth | Liberty Empire |
| 10/2 | Oswego | 11-29 | U. at Buffalo | Liberty Empire |
| 10/2 | Southern Virginia | 5-59 | Navy | Non-Conference |
| 10/2 | Dartmouth | 69-0 | Penn | Ivy League |
| 10/2 | Columbia | 21-19 | Yale | Ivy League |
