both NCR and CRAA use this designation
DIAA Playoffs and Finales
The University of Washington hosts Western Washington in the final of the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference season Saturday in Seattle.
Revitalized Yale Shocks Ivies
The surprise of the DIAA playoff picture has to be Yale University, which came into the Ivy League play-ins as the lowest seed - so low, in fact, that they only made the cut because Columbia didn’t want to play in it.
And yet, Yale upset favorites Cornell 34-5 on Saturday, and then defeated Brown 18-13 to take the final Sunday.
UCF Wins SIRC
The University of Central Florida defeated Middle Tennessee State University 48-10 Sunday in the final of the South Independent Rugby Conference, securing a DIAA quarterfinal spot for the Knights.
Playing on the wide fields of Atlanta Old White, the teams had plenty of space to work with, and to guard, and it was defense that saw UCF through.
Ivies Figure it Out This Weekend
It’s play-in time for the Ivy League, as Brown University hosts three other teams in a two-day playoff to see who will represent the conference in the DIAA national playoffs.
