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Despite the eventually ugly score of USA v Tonga, the meat of the problems for the Eagles came down to a seven-minute period between 50 and 57 minutes. During that time, Tonga scored three tries and a penalty, good for 22 points.
One thing was certain as Kutztown and Vassar lined up for their quarterfinal on Sunday: One of last year’s Final Four teams wasn’t returning to Florida this December. And through 80 minutes of play, it appeared that Kutztown was the team to be left behind, as Vassar established and retained a lead throughout the game.
USA Rugby's attempt to incorporate fall men's DI college rugby into the spring playoffs has failed to take hold, at least this year.
With the DI fall semifinalists named, it’s interesting to note that Catholic Memorial High School (Waukesha, Wisc.) has four alumni competing at collegiate nationals: Penn State’s Katie Mueller, Quinnipiac’s Maggie Wesolowski and Rebecca Haight, and Norwich’s Julie Else.