GRR: DI Elite
Lindenwood and Life University know each other all too well.
The two Women's D1 Elite programs have faced off three times in the last seven months, and Saturday will make it four. In May they met up in he CRAA D1 Elite Final, won by Lindenwood. And this fall, with the entire D1 Elite season shifted to the fall, they met in two regular-season games, with Lindenwood winning both.
The College Rugby Association of America Fall Classic is all set with seven games over the weekend in Charlotte, NC.
CRAA oversees three women's playoff brackets, two of which kick off this weekend.
D1 EliteThe D1 Elite semifinal are set for November 19 with the final December 3 in Charlotte, NC.
Life University came back to edge Central Washington in Women's D1 Elite action Saturday.
Playing on Senior Day, the Wildcats took a 10-7 lead into halftime thanks to tries by Maleena Mero and Malia Ili.
Life's Brooklyn Vaifanua collected a Life chip kick and raced in to open the scoring before CWU came back to lead at the break.
The seeding for this fall's D1 Elite will be based on the regular season and we have a better idea of where everything will shake out.
Not every one of the four teams will play the other three. Penn State doesn't play Lindenwood but have already played the other two; meanwhile Lindenwood, Life, and Central Washington all do play each other and Lindenwood plays Life twice.