College 7s Update. Big Weekend Looms
College 7s Update. Big Weekend Looms
Back we come with 7s.
Several teams have booked spots in NCR's massive CRC tournament—well really tournaments, plural, as it's a multi-bracket event with over 100 teams involved.
Indiana won the New England Free Jacks-hosted tournament in Boston (which seemed to have a number of different names but settled on the Monumental 7s). It's no surprise, really, as IU has some very accomplished 7s players and are seriously targeting a championship in 7s this spring.
Christendom won the Cardinals Conference 7s but have already qualified, so Richmond, which came second, gets a CRC Men's Small-College spot.
Cornell and Pitt join the CRC Women's Small-College bracket after Cornell won the Upstate NY 7s and Pitt finished highest among teams from the Allegheny Conference.
Who else has booked spots in the CRC?
Men
East Carolina
Notre Dame College
Wheeling University
Thomas More
Auburn
Marian
Christendom
Women
Southern Nazarene
Grand Valley State
This Weekend
Rugby East has its second event with 12 teams (including three second-sides) on the University of Mary Washington campus.
Pool A
Kutztown
Mount St. Mary's
Mary Washington
Virginia Tech II
Pool B
Queens
Virginia Tech
Maryland
St. Bonaventure II
Pool C
St. Bonaventure
Southern Virginia
Kutztown II
Virginia
The Women's Big 10 Championship is in Lafayette, Ind. The Fighting Irish Invitational is at Notre Dame.
Pool A
Indiana
Marian
Purdue
Pool B
NDC
Michigan
MTSU
Pool C
Notre Dame
Adrian
Illinois
Pool D
Aguinas
Ohio State
Western Michigan
Pool E
Kentucky
GVSU
Indiana II
Pool F
Louisville
Trine
St. Louis Univ.
Pool G
WVU
Wisconsin
U. Notre Dame II
Pool H
Minnesota
Michigan State
Washington Univ.
The University of Alabama hosts 16 teams for the SCRC 7s, with two pools for D2 and two for D1.
Pool A (D2)
1. Memphis
2. Ole Miss
3. Georgia Tech
4. Sewanee
Pool B (D2)
1. Auburn
2. Miss State
3. Vanderbilt
4. Valdosta State
Pool C (D1)
1. South Carolina
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. LSU
Pool D (D1)
1. Clemson
2. Tennessee
3. Kennesaw State
4. So. Carolina II
It's a huge weekend overall with, by our count, over 20 tournaments nationwide. This includes three among NIRA teams going for the CRAA's NIRA/D1 Elite championship in May.
