GRR: College Men
Marist defeated the US Merchant Marine Academy to take control in the Tri-State Men's D2 league.
Marist improved to 4-0 in conference play, and wrapped up a regular-season sweep of Kings Point. The two had met before with Marist edging the USMMA 20-17. This time, it was mostly Marist as the Red Foxes pulled away 51-17.
Principia has taken hold of the Gateway Conference Eastern Division with a convincing victory over Washington University.
WashU is much improved and went into the game 3-0 and has been playing some solid rugby this fall.
New Hampshire took a huge step forward Saturday with a 22-12 defeat of a very good UMass Lowell team.
UNH, ranked #39 by GRR while Lowell was ranked #13, entered the game 2-1 in their conference after a somewhat humbling 29-7 loss to University of Vermont. But that result, said Coach Kyle Parker, was a bit of a wakeup call.
Georgetown is now 5-0 in Mid-Atlantic play and it's looking like they are on a collision course with Villanova in Men's D2 action.
There are now only two undefeated teams left in the SCRC DIAA conference.
Tennessee beat Alabama 34-7 to move to 3-0, while Kentucky beat South Carolina 39-24.
For Kentucky, this was a sure sign they have improved since their preseason loss to Thomas More back in September.