GRR: DI Women College
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has announced the final teams for both its Women's Division I and Small College playoffs.
D1The playoffs feature 16 Division I teams including ten conference champions and six at-large bids.
(NCR's Women's DI is made up of conferences and teams that until this season were playing as DII.)
Two games headline the women's slate of college games this weekend.
Arizona State pulled off a bit of a shock in women's D1 rugby, defeating Grand Canyon University 36-27.
It was a very well-played game given the layoff for both programs, but to see what is essentially a club team defeat a varsity program shows that such a result is possible.
Perhaps the biggest game in women's D1 and NIRA college rugby was Thursday night's Life University vs Penn State clash.
Life won 27-19, but that was a pretty good showing from Penn State.
Among Women's DI and NIRA games the Big Ten ramps up with three games, all worth a look.