The US Merchant Marine Academy is now clear atop the Tri-State Conference after beating William Paterson 50-5 Saturday.
The result was an impressive one as WPU is certainly one of the major competitors in the Tri-State Men's DII conference, and to have Kings Point beat them by 45 points is a bit of a head-turner.
Now 2nd in the Tri-State North is Marist, which beat RPI in a battle of contenders. Marist got two tries each from Thomas Jones and John Schneider, while Dave Slade and Shane Phillip added one each.
Schneider, the Marist loosehead prop, had a massive game not only in scoring but in making gains as a ballcarrier, and in dominating the scrum.
In the Tri-State Central, which is an NSCRO division, Vassar is undefeated it 3-0, but there are two more teams, Drew and SUNY-Maritime, at 2-0.
Drew and Maritime play each other next week; Vassar plays Maritime a week later, and then Drew and Vassar face off in November.
| Tri- State North | ||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| USMMA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 57 | 36 | 3 | 15 |
| Marist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 54 | 66 | 3 | 11 |
| William Paterson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 98 | -18 | 2 | 10 |
| RPI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 7 |
| Seton Hall | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 105 | -90 | 0 | 4 |
| Monroe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 85 | -41 | 1 | 1 |
| Tri-State Central | ||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| Vassar College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 36 | 110 | 3 | 15 |
| SUNY-Maritime College | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 10 |
| Drew University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 10 |
| Molloy College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Hofstra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 5 |
| Montclair State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| SUNY-New Paltz | 1 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 147 | -92 | 1 | 5 |
| SUNY-Oneonta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 97 | -59 | 2 | 2 |
| Bard College | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 111 | -106 | 0 | 0 |
