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With the exit of varsity teams AIC, Army, and Norwich, the DI Northeast conference title is for the taking. Boston University opened with a 40-7 win over Northeastern Saturday, and will be gunning for the automatic bid to playoffs with a differently styled squad.
Despite the seven-try spread, Boston did not dominate the entire match.
Wheeling Jesuit defeated Iona (see report here) in the opening weekend of the Rugby East Conference.
Also winning were the Black Knights of the US Military Academy, the defending conference champions, and Penn State.
It really was a new-look Lindenwood that took on Northern Iowa in a DI non-conference match today, and the Lady Lions controlled the match from start to end, writing a 132-0 victory into the books. The Missouri team then added a 55-0 shutout in the B side match.
The University of Mary Washington worked through a muddy, wet day to defeat Radford 29-19 in the opening weekend of the Cardinals Conference season to move to 1-0.
In the team’s first game of rugby in two years, the University of Delaware defeated St. Joseph’s 46-34 Saturday in Newark, Del.