Men DII College News
After Wisconsin-Whitewater thumped Springfield 85-12 in Saturday’s first round of the national playoffs, but it wasn’t anywhere near as easy on the second day.
The Warhawks had to battle past a Rhode Island team that was much more difficult.
“Rhode island was really good and experienced and played well as a team,” said Whitewater Head Coach Matt Pederson.
The Men's DII Collegiate semifinalists are set after Sunday's games.
Minnesota-Duluth capped off a snow-covered weekend with an impressive 46-3 defeat of #9 Lindenwood-Belleville. The #1-ranked Fighting Penguins held their two playoff opponents to just six points, and no tries, and looked every inch a defending national champion.
Men's DII College Round of 16
UM-Duluth 24, Grand Valley State 3
Lindenwood-Belleville 11, Colorado School of Mines 10
Rowan 52, UMass-Lowell 10
Towson 36, Coast Guard 12
UNC-Wilmington 32, Rensselaer Poly Tech 8
Salisbury 27, Virginia Military Institute 18
UW-Whitewater 85, Springfield 12
It's Men's DII College Round of 16 time.
This weekend, 16 teams play on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals, and then on Sunday play for a place in the semis which will be held in two weeks.
Here are the matchups (GRR rankings in parentheses), links to previews, and the brackets:
Greenville, NC welcomes a weird men’s DII bracket because in many eye it’s three conference champions and the favorite - but we’ll see.