D1A Around the Nation: Lindenwood Wins Rivalry Match
Here’s a quick look at D1A action around the country.
Cross-Conference Actions
Lindenwood beat Life 18-15 in a game that saw most of the points scored in the first quarter of the match. Life hooker Adam Chadwick staked the Running Eagles to a 5-0 lead two minutes in only for Lindenwood’s David Cathcart and then Tom Bishop to go over and set up a 12-5 lead.
Queens Survives Tenacious Ohio State in Pathway Classic
Queens University won the inaugural Pathway Classic collegiate match Friday night in Charlotte, defeating Ohio State.
That’s a simple way of putting what was an extremely complex match. Both sides fielded quite young sides—Queens more by choice while OSU are just like that these days—and in wet conditions both sides made several little and sometimes big errors.
Six Non-Conference D1A Games That Shake Things Up
It was an active weekend for D1A teams playing outside of their conference, and here's what happened.
Navy opened up their spring season with a convincing 52-8 defeat of Mount St. Mary's Saturday.
Ranked #1 by GRR and also by CRAA, Navy is building toward the playoffs and will take on BYU and Cal in coming weeks.
What's At Stake in Every D1A Game This Weekend
Here's what we feel is at stake for each game this weekend in D1A Rugby.
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Out-of-Division Action for D1A Teams
Cal Poly defeated Trinity Western 44-36 in the first game of the Spartans' trip to Southern California.
For Trinity Western this was another good test and they will play UCSC in a couple of days. For Cal Poly, this was another improved performance.
Head Coach Chris O'Brien said his team has been working on its defensive structure, and that is beginning to show.
