College Men
One of the things college rugby fans will be seeing as we move into winter is more rugby action from the West Coast among D1A teams.
Dustin Steedman is stepping down at Head Coach of Davenport University's men's rugby program.
Steedman is moving to Texas to take up a new business opportunity outside of rugby, and while he said he hopes to be involved in the game in the Houston area, he will be working full-time in commercial real estate.
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.
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.