The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) caps off its season (with one exception) this coming weekend at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis.
The weekend will be three days of rugby, with men's 15s championship games plus two women's 7s tournaments. Here's what's up:
Women's 7s
The CRAA Women's 7s was a massive hit last year and produced some surprises as many expected Lindenwood and Life to dominate, and they didn't. Instead, Harvard took the championship.
This year, the Women's Premier 7s tournament was supposed to include 12 teams. However, since just a couple of weeks ago Central Washington learned that funding for rugby had been pulled by the University, the Wildcats had to pull out and it was too late to land a replacement. So there will be one pool of three teams and two pools of four. All of these teams are either in women's D1A or NIRA.
Pool A: Harvard, Life, Princeton
Pool B: Lindenwood, Sacred Heart, Army, Navy
Pool C: Davenport, Dartmouth, Long Island, Penn State
This tournament will kick off Friday morning at 10:36AM ET with Life vs Princeton, and will wrap up Saturday evening with the final set for just a few minutes before 5PM.
There will also be a Women's Challenger 7s including teams in CRAA D1 or D2.
Pool 1: Western Washington, Cal, Air Force
Pool 2: Grand Canyon, Cal Poly, San Jose State
Pool 3: Stanford, McKendree, Gonzaga
The tournament kicks off Fridat at 9:30AM ET with McKendree against Gonzaga, and the final will be Saturday at 3:50PM ET.