DIAA College Rugby News
The Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference gets going this weekend with six teams in action.
The Citadel opened up the spring half of the rugby year by hosting DIAA Ohio University on a warm and sunny pitch on the Citadel Campus.
Senior Captian Alex McDonald led the Bulldogs in the last 15s match of the season, opening the scoring on a 50-meter break, scoring again off a loose ball from a ruck midway in the first half, and then again in the second half from 15 meters out.
The Dennis Storer Classic kicks off this weekend with five teams from the University of California system playing each other.
This tournament is now in its 11th year, having started as a tournament for teams from the Pac-12, and now is a competition for UC teams.
Cal has won every year, and is favored again this year, with UCLA the likely suspects to come second.
With 2016 now underway we have the opening Men's DI rankings of the 2016 Winter/Spring season.
Several men’s DI college teams saw action this weekend in preseason warmups.
Arizona defeated Grand Canyon University 59-3 in an impressive first run-out for the Wildcats. Meanwhile, St. Mary’s was humbled in a 44-3 loss to the SFGG men’s club, a game that was a good education for the Gaels.