New-Look Women's Fall D1 Has Growing Pains, But A Champion is Emerging
The NCR Women’s D1 league is underway, and that’s a good thing, as the games are (generally) going on and everyone is getting more strong competition and more challenges.
AIC Shuts Out Bowdoin to Stay Top of NIRA Tier II
American International College improved to 4-0 with an impressive road shutout win over NIRA Tier II rivals Bowdoin College Friday.
The YellowJackets took the win 43-0, moving to 5-1 overall and 4-0 in-conference, while Bowdoin dropped to a conference record of 3-1.
Still, chances are that these two will meet again in the NIRA Tier II final on November 22.
We Judge The Women's College-Club Competitions
So, this article was supposed to be something else.
We started with the idea of writing about the new hybrid women's D1 college competition, which includes teams pushing exclusively for the NCR fall playoffs, and teams that are also looking at the CRAA spring playoffs.
What's the Playoff Picture in NIRA?
Going into the middle of October it's definitely time to think about playoff scenarios in NIRA's DI and the combined DII/DIII postseason.
For DI, Harvard remains on top thanks to a very convincing victory over Sacred Heart. It was Senior Day at Harvard but the young players, including first-years Maddie Hubbell, Gemma Ogoke, and Sana'a Lunon all impressed.
West Coast 7s Shines in Round 2
It was a very successful 2nd leg of the West Coast 7s Saturday in Palo Alto, and a good reminder also of how strong a rugby venue Stanford University is.
Cal won the men's collegiate bracket, and really looked quite good in doing it. More on that in a bit.
