College Men
Indiana University defeated Ohio State 34-14 to win the Big Ten Universities Conference Saturday in Rockford, Ill.
The teams battled in a tight contest where Ohio State tried to assert their dominance in the forwards, and Indiana tried burn the Buckeyes on the outside. And this is how the two teams stayed deadlocked, 14-14 at halftime.
Rhode Island is in the USA Rugby Men's DII College Round of 16 after beating University of Vermont 15-7 Saturday.
Salisbury University is through to the national men’s DII Round of 16 after a touch 27-21 victory over Coastal Carolina in a play-in match between the two conference runners-up.
It was a game of two contrasting styles as Coastal attempted to keep the ball in tight and punch it up the middle, and Salisbury tried to use ball movement and their kick game to stretch the Coastal defense.
Dartmouth secured the regular-season Ivy League championship with a clinical 51-19 defeat of Harvard.
The victory meant Dartmouth finishes the fall 7-0 in the Ivy League, and Harvard drops to 5-1. Harvard will finished 2nd in the Ivy League and take the top seed in the DIAA playoff (in which Dartmouth doesn’t participate).
The University of Pittsburgh is into the Keystone Conference final after defeating Temple 36-12 Saturday.
Pitt ran out to a commanding lead in the first half thanks to tries from David Zimmerman, Timothy Connell, Christian Quiros, and Andrew Knuttel. Quiros hit a conversion and two penalties for a 28-5 halftime lead.