Liberty Rugby Conference (LRC)

Stifling UMass Defense Sees Minutemen Past BC

In a meeting of unbeaten teams in the Liberty DIAA Conference, UMass beat Boston College 20-13 to improve to 6-0 and drop BC to 5-1.

With the victory the Minutemen should be tops in the Liberty East which should set them up for a semifinal against Columbia, while BC will face off with Binghamton.

Siena Defeats Iona in High-Scoring Midweek Matchup

Siena defeated Iona Wednesday night in a make-up of a game that was canceled due to lightning back in September.

Iona went into the game 3-1 with Siena at 4-0. 

Siena's offense was firing and they ran out to a 41-21 lead at halftime.

The team teams each scored two tries in the second half to cap it off, but in the end Siena won in a big-scoring game 55-33.

Who Makes the NCR D1 Playoffs?

NCR's D1 playoff picture ...

Ten teams will be in the playoff, with four teams participating in play-in games on November 11, and six teams going directly to the quarterfinals on November 18.

2022 NCR D1 Quarterfinals
Thomas More 70-21 Fairfield
St. Bonaventure 29-24 Indiana
Brown 27-7 Wheeling
Queens 33-14 AIC

Fairfield, Brown Take Wins in Liberty

Brown and Fairfield won two key games in the Liberty Conference Saturday.

Brown took a big step toward being top dog in the Liberty NCR D1 with a 31-23 defeat of Iona Saturday.

Both teams entered the game undefeated in the conference.

Brown’s defense did well to frustrate Iona, especially in the first half where they took a 24-9 lead. 

RPI Plans to Shake Up D2 ... Again

RPI laid down ... maybe not a marker, but a warning this past weekend in a close loss to Marist.

The Engineers fell short 12-10 to the Red Foxes, leaving Marist undefeated, but with the conference playoffs looming, RPI could shake things up.