College Men
It’s a soft opening for the new Harvard University rugby field, but it’s an opening.
Harvard’s Men’s, Women’s, and Business School teams will now play on Robert Mignone Field, so-named because Mignone was a major donor for the project. The field is located near the Harvard football stadium, and is an impressive facility, with bleacher seats and a press box.
THe stage is set for one of the first college 7s tournaments of the season, with Western Washington University hosting the WWU 7s Sunday in Bellingham, Wash.
Nine teams will compete in the competition, which has a fairly simple format that guarantees all teams four games.
If Wheeling Jesuit is to make a move in the Rugby East, the Cardinals will need to log a strong result against Iona this weekend.
Here's our second Men's DI College rankings, and as will happen through much of the season, we expand the number of teams listed as we see new results come in.
Ben Burmester was at the center of Air Force's impressive 66-26 win over Utah this past Saturday, leading the Zoomies to a win in the opening weekend of their schedule.