College Men
BYU defeated Utah 49-12 Friday night to retain the Wasatch Cup.
College 7s heats up a little bit this weekend with several qualifiers, or pre-qualifiers going on.
The Empire 7s is the first of three tournaments to decide who makes it to the USA Rugby Nationals. Stony Brook hosts this weekend. The Southeastern 7s is for SEC schools, and the University of Alabama hosts the first of two, that lead to the seeding for the final.
St. Mary’s College is back from its’ tour of New Zealand and just in time to finish off the Gaels’ California Conference schedule.
Santa Clara (Saturday) and Cal Poly (April 9) remain, and Coach Johnny Everett, who accompanied the team to New Zealand, said the trip has re-energized the squad for the coming month of action.
The National Small College Rugby Organization will hold two sets of playoffs this weekend as the field of teams vying for a national NSCRO title get cut down significantly.
USA Rugby has announced the venues for the spring college playoff games.
These venues will host the Men's DIA and DIAA playoffs, and women's DI and DII spring playoffs.