GRR: CRC 7s
Lindenwood and Life look the business in the Women's CRC Saturday, with both teams winning comfortably as they rolled through the first day of competition.
Life shut out Allegheny 45-0 and Iowa State 46-0 to make it to the semifinals. Life was very physical in contact and it was often their defense that produced their scoring opportunities.
The CRC college tournament is set to kick off at 9AM Saturday morning in New Orleans.
The first half of the women's tournament will be held with the 1st Round and the quarterfinals being played. In addition, the first round of the men's games will be played.
There's also a college alumni 10s tournament with a round-robin series going on there.
The Women's CRC in New Orleans may well be a foregone conclusion in terms of who makes the final, but we could have a dark horse or two.
Lindenwood's 15s team has been dominant this season, and while that doesn't necessarily mean the Lions will roll through a 7s tournament, history tells us that Lindenwood, paced by MA Sorensen Award-winner Richelle Stephens, will be fully prepared.
The Collegiate Rugby Championship tournament has set its bracket, and there's a new wrinkle to involved fans with a May Madness Rugby 7s Bracket Challenge.
The Bracket Challenge is basically a chance for fans to predict how the competitions, men and women, will pan out. You can win four VIP tickets to next year's CRC.
The Collegiate Rugby Championship 7s event is back and under the aegis of National Collegiate Rugby.
NCR acquired the rights to the CRC tournament, name, and intellectual property and through NCR 7s Commissioner Pat Clifton has been developing how to bring the CRC competition back.