GRR: College Men
AIC ’center Adrian Ray was a central part of his team’s victory over NEC this past weekend.
Ray, a power-running midfielder out of the Perry Street Prep program in Washington, DC, provided one of the great highlights of the day, thundering over a defender to score one of AIC’s four tries on the night.
The University of Minnesota-Duluth swept the field at the All-Minnesota tourney men’s college bracket, taking first place.
The Fighting Penguins had little trouble with most of their opponents, although Winona State provided a stern test in the final - a game Duluth won 26-12.
St. Louis University moved to 2-0 and Principia to 1-0 in the Gateway Rugby Conference.
Principia won 33-26 over Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) in the Thunder Chickens’ first league game, while travel problems forced Southern Illinois to forfeit to Maryville. St. Louis, meanwhile, won 50-7 over Central Missouri.
This fall we at Goff Rugby Report bring back a feature we started in the spring for high-schoolers - Gamebreakers. This feature highlights key individual controbutions by players around the country.
Molloy College, Sacred Heart, and Vassar are all 2-0 in the Tri-State Conference after all three won games over the weekend.
Vassar is 2-0 after beating one of the teams they might expect to challenge them in the Tri State Men’s DII conference, Siena, on Saturday.
Vassar got tries from Joe Simon, Dale Lord, Adam D’Agostino, Eli Vargas, and Zach Rippe in a 31-10 victory.