NCR D1, D1AA Quarterfinals Now Set
NCR D1, D1AA Quarterfinals Now Set
[Updated]-The NCR Men's D1 college quarterfinals are close to being confirmed after Saturday's results.
NCR D1
Thomas More plays Fairfield, which edged Siena to make the final eight.
Indiana hosts St. Bonaventure, which is taking the #2 seed from the Rugby East.
Brown hosts Wheeling after Wheeling beat Belmont Abbey.
Belmont Abbey led 3-0 early but Clarouly Meca crashed over to five the Cardinals the lead. Up 7-3 with the conversion, Wheeling saw Abbey once again get a penalty goal, and once again answered with a try. This time it was Aaron Juma going over and Ayoub Jalli getting his second conversion.
It remained a close game through mmuch of the second half before Krishna Kwenda finally scored to make it more comfortable 19-6 lead. Belmont Abbey scored late but it wasn't enough.
And finally Queens will play AIC after Queens won their final Rugby East game.
NCR D1AA
In the D1AA bracket there were several matchups to finalize.
Tennessee won the SCRC over South Carolina despite a tough buildup week—they were missing several starters and in warmups starting hooker Greg Giangiulio went down. USC led 22-17 late before two tries put Tennessee through 27-22.
So thar put Tennessee against Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals.
South Carolina, meanwhile, faces the winner of Bowling Green vs Louisville, which is Louisville.
Binghamton lost their Liberty D1AA final to Boston College, but BC is not playing in the playoffs so Binghamton was through regardless. They take on James Madison..
St. Joe's beat James Madison on Saturday to win the MARC. Wing Matt Kelly scored two tries and prop Connor Hohman, center Tommy O'Connnell, and flyhalf Will Woods all notched tries. Flanker Tom DeRosa converted three.
That put St. Joseph's in the quarterfinal matchup with UMass. Sunday the Minutemen defeated Stony Brook 31-12 behind 16 points from Max Colgan. A perefect-4-four-4 on conversions and with a try and a penalty goal, Colgan made sure his side kept Stony Brook at arm's length. Pedro Ribeiro, Mike Troiano, and Arthur Dahareng also touched down for UMass.