GRR: NCR
Just as the NCR D1AA playoffs heat up the temperature chills out.
This coming weekend in Reading, Pa. is expected to be cold … very cold … but the four teams remaining in the playoffs will have to shake that off to make the final what everyone hopes will be a warmer final a week later in Houston.
We're down to four teams in Men's D2 college rugby as Sunday saw the NCR D2 quarterfinals.
GRR's #1-ranked IUP won their closest game of the year, edging a tenacious UNC-Wilmington 29-24 to advance to the semifinals in Houston in three weeks.
A number of the games that decided playoff spots or seeds in NCR’s D1AA playoffs were very close, indicating, perhaps, that we might see much the same this weekend.
Consider Bowling Green’s comeback, one-point win over Louisville that put BGSU in the final eight and left the 2023 NCR runners-up watching from home.
Here's a quick look at where we are in the NCR D1AA playoff berths after this weekend.
MARCSt. Joseph's and Virginia Tech advance to Sunday's Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference final after winning semifinals on Saturday.
We do indeed know more about the Men's D2 college playoffs.
We talked about who and what here>>
Play-in BidsNorthern Lights: MSU Mankato defeated North Dakota State in impressive fashion 47-0 to take this spot.