Big E Memorial Invitational Celebrates a Fallen Teammate, and a Cause
March 28 sees a 7s tournament and a 15s exhibition at Bolden Stadium in Columbia, SC to celebrate a former USC Gamecock rugby player.
Erik "Big E" Elken was a beloved teammate and an intense competitor for University of South Carolina. Last year he was dealing with a hip injury and eventually got an MRI to look at the cause.
D1A Playoff Ramifications All Over the Nation
D1A teams are entering that nervy time when playoff seedings are starting to crystalize.
Let’s take a look at some of the results and ramifications.
California Conference
Saint Mary’s is in control in the North and won comfortably over UC Davis and are now 8-0 in the conference, having outscored opponents 96-5. That’s right … 96.
D1AA Spring Rankings Week 7
We are pretty well set in our rankings now until the national playoffs happen.
We could still see Florida State upset MAU, and shift things there, but right now it looks as though MAU and ARC will win their conferences.
At the 16-20 level we do have some changes ... changes that are probably overdue. Claremont Colleges comes in and that seems to be the right move.
ARC, SJSU to NorCal D1AA Final
ARC and San Jose State will meet up in the final of the NorCal D1AA conference next week after both scored over 70 in their semifinals Saturday.
ARC got two tries from Trevaun Robinson, two tries from Jonathan Nawasa, and seven more on top of that, with nine converted for a 75-3 win.
Head Coach Zach Swithenbank will be happier, perhaps, with holding Chicago State to zero tries.
Navy Rounds Out Western Trip With Win Over BYU
Navy took a Friday-night victory in Provo, Utah, defeating BYU 54-28 behind three tries from Jack Skidmore.
