GRR: DI Elite
The history of the D1 Elite finals is one of Lindenwood beating Life University.
While there was no final held in the 2019-2020 season due to COVID, from the 2017-18 season through the 2022-23 season these teams have met every year in the D1 Elite championship game. Lindenwood has won every single time.
It was a weekend of very close games in D1 Elite, which is good news for the league.
CWU Edges BYUCentral Washington held off BYU 22-20 to improve to 3-4 in D1 Elite competition.
It's easy to forget, but things in college rugby used to be different—a lot different.
BYU beat Grand Canyon last week and the week before Lindenwood beat BYU in this year's first forays in D1 Elite.
The D1 Elite women's slate of games this past weekend resulted in two shutouts.
For Central Washington, the Wildcats defeated Grand Canyon 79-0 in Phoenix. Meanwhile, defending champions Lindenwood looked very impressive in a 27-0 defeat of longtime rivals Life University at Lindenwood's campus.