Bowling Green Superb in MAC Win
Bowling Green University won the Mid-American Conference Sunday, securing that title for the 36th straight time.
The Falcons defeated the University of Cincinnati 53-15, capping off a strong MAC season where they handled all of their tough games without getting much of a scare.
Rowan Wins MARC
Rowan University won the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference championship with a 32-17 defeat of York Sunday.
Furman Wins Southern Conference
Furman University has won the Southern Conference and in doing so the Paladins put themselves in excellent position for a good national playoff run.
With the victory Furman takes the #1 seed out of the Southern, and will play in the bracket at their home fields in Greenville, SC. Should they win and make the final four, the Paladins host that final weekend, also.
DII College Latest
In the Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois League (WII), Wisconsin-Whitewater is, not unexpectedly, in the final, after beating Northern Iowa 88-12 in a physical game. Illinois State also won, putting a 58-19 decision over a very good Wisconsin-Milwaukee team. Those two teams will battle it out for the conference title Sunday. But UNI and UW-M are not out of national playoff contention.
Upstate NY Latest, Cortland, Geneseo to Final
SUNY Cortland will play SUNY Geneseo in the final of the Upstate NY Collegiate Conference Sundat after both won playoff games Saturday.
Geneseo needed all their karma to get by SUNY Oswego. Late in the game Oswego led 34-21, but two late tries, both of them converted, got Geneseo into the championship game in dramatic fashion.
