GRR: Principia
Principia garnered a berth at the CRC 7s with a win at the KC 7s over the weekend.
The Thunder Chickens ran the table, although it wasn't always easy, beating Pitt State, Drury, and Southern Nazarene by relatively comfortable margins.
Wheeling University raced past Marian 39-30 to win their Big Rivers Conference semifinal Saturday evening in West Virginia.
Wheeling led almost the entire game, but it wasn't until the late minutes of the game that they had a cushion they could be happy with—Marian kept plugging away and would not be dismissed.
The Big Rivers Conference is decidedly underway with Thomas More, Marian, and, notably, Principia all winning.
Thomas More had started off with a couple of early-season, non-conference losses but won their opening conference game 52-21 over new member Rio Grande. The Saints were able to open up their attack a little bit more in this game.
Speed, so the saying goes, kills, and certainly it was deadly on Sunday.
Principia’s speed isn’t their only attribute, but it helps, a lot, and Sunday at Aveva Stadium the Thunder Chickens sped their way to NCR’s National D2 Championship, defeating IUP 47-16 in the process.
In two completely different games IUP and Principia won their Men’s D2 national semifinal to book places in Sunday’s championship game.