Men DII College News
The Northern Lights Men’s DII season kicks off in about a month with a slight change in how the league is organized.
The defending national DII champs, Minnesota-Duluth, is of course back, with tough opposition Mankato, Bemidji State, and North Dakota State hoping to bring UMD back down to earth.
The Wisconsin Iowa Illinois rugby conference opens its doors once more in a month with September 10 seeing the first of the conference’s games.
As we prepare for another season in the Tri-State Men’s DII Conference, it’s worth noting something from last spring’s All-Conference team.
USA Rugby has released its college rugby playoff dates for the 2016-17 season.
Playoff locations have not been confirmed, but last fall the Men's DII final and Women's DI and DII fall finals were held at Furman University, and indications are that the Greenville, SC college would be a good place to hold it again.
USA Rugby has released its list of Men's and Women's College academic honor roll.
These are active rugby players who have achieved a high grade point average in the past academic year. The list includes 254 student-athletes.