The Tragic Story of Wheeling University Women's Rugby
Wheeling University has officially closed the book on the women's rugby team's season without the Cardinals playing a game.
Head Coach Mike Geibel has been let go. This is the sad end to a sad story. A year ago all seemed fine. At that time Wheeling was enjoying the second season of the women's team, which had won NCR's Women's D1 title the previous fall.
Scares and Breakouts in NCR D1 Matches
At the top of NCR's DI the competition will be fierce this year.
As readers might have noticed, GRR opted last week to put Walsh in as the #1-ranked team in this division, and with that team being idle, some other programs had a chance to make themselves known.
Good Start in D2 for Miami, UNI
Men's D2 college rugby saw two notable preseason results with Northern Iowa and Miami of Ohio both registering well-taken victories.
Miami took on IUP and won 39-10. The influence of the work the program has been doing with Crusaders Global is pretty clear. Two players went to the Crusaders Global Academy in New Zealand over the Southern hemisphere winter.
Louisville Edges Tennessee in High-Profile Opener
A late try saw Louisville edge defending NCR D1AA champs Tennessee 29-27 Friday night just outside Nashville.
It was a game that was fairly typical of early-season matches—it wasn't perfect, it wasn't exact, but it was a good contest between two of the top teams in the division.
With the score 27-24 the Cardinals got over the line for the game-winner.
Preseason Moves Onward but Some Conferences Kick Off
It's still preseason time for D1A and NCR D1 teams but now we're thinking a little bit more about conference matches as well as what progress teams can make in non-conference games.
