GRR: College Men
Towson University, ranked #5 by Goff Rugby Report, put in an impressive performance Saturday in defeating 10th-ranked Georgetown 43-7 in Capital Conference play.
The two highly-rated Men’s DII college programs knew this was a key game in figuring out who might win the conference, and played like it.
Wisconsin-Whitewater continues to roll in the WIIL with an impressive 85-0 shutout of UW-Stout.
It’s been a long season for Stout, which started the fall ranked in Goff Rugby Report’s top ten, in part because they hadn’t lost a lot of players to graduation. But things have not gone their way, while Whitewater continues to win.
There’s a bit of a shakeup in the NECRC as the University of Vermont has beaten Rhode Island 32-5.
Grand Valley State University won big again in the Great Lakes Conference, beating Oakland University 49-0.
In an entertaining, wide open game, GVSU got another strong effort from flyhalf Louis Ricard. The French-trained pivot does well to read the game and spot weaknesses, and he worked well with scrumhalf Steven Gilbert.
Ohio State put Purdue to the sword in impressive fashion Saturday in Big Ten action, beating the Boilermakers 78-7.
JoJo Eramo continued his torrid scoring pace, scoring the first try of the day, and adding four more, including three in a row late in the second half.