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.
Men DII Coll Games Nov 4-5
Here are the scores from this weekend in Men's DII College Rugby.
Check back for updates.
Western State Looks to Lofty Heights
Take a ride south on I-25 from Denver, go through Colorado Springs, and at Pueblo, go west.
Get on State Route 50 and wind your way up through the Swatch Mountains and through the Gunnison National Forest, and after about three hours you’ll end up in Gunnison, Colo., the home of Western State Colorado University.
