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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.
Madrid, Spain—The USA Men's 15s team held on for a tough 26-23 victory over Spain Saturday in Madrid, overcoming an early deficit and a late Spanish surge to end their November tour 3-0.
In two superbly dramatic, well-played, and close games, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association crowned their champions Saturday.
These are the women's NCAA varsity teams, and the two finals were barnburners.
NCR Men D1 and D1AA Scores and Notes:
NCR D1Brown 23 Walsh 15
Wheeling 58 Notre Dame 24
Queens 37 AIC 19
St. Bonaventure 30- Thomas More 24
This sets up the semifinals in two weeks:
Wheeling vs Queens
St. Bonaventure vs Brown
The GRR NCR D1 Rankings have Queens at #1, Wheeling at #3, St. Bonaventure at #4, and Brown at #2.
Expectations were largely met in the NCR Men’s D2 college playoffs.
A ThrillerPerhaps the most exciting Round of 16 game was Georgetown vs RPI. The Hoyas edged the Engineers 21-20 in a wild one.