The quarterfinals in the WIIL are set after the last weekend of regular season games.
UW-Whitewater already had sewn up the #1 seed from the North, and Lindenwood-Belleville had already done the same for the South. But there were some things to decide.
Northern Michigan clinched the #2 seed in the North with a 33-5 defeat of UW-PLatteville. Meanwhile, UW-Lacrosse played UW-Milwaukee, with the winner avoiding Lindenwood-Belleville in the 1st round. Lacrosse won to take 3rd.
In the South, Northern Iowa and Illinois State faced off with the winning team taking the #2 seed. UNI won 45-16. Depaul and Loyola faced off with the winner getting a playoff spot. Depaul won, getting the dubious honor of facing Whitewater next weekend.
Unofficial (and slightly incomplete) standings:
| WIIL Rugby Conference-North | |||||||||
| W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | BT | BL | Pts | |
| UW-Whitewater | 6 | 0 | 0 | 416 | 35 | 381 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Northern Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 135 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| UW-Lacrosse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 94 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| UW-Milwaukee | 3 | 3 | 0 | 153 | 119 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| UW-Stout | 2 | 4 | 0 | 106 | 233 | -127 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| UW-Platteville | 1 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 236 | -154 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Marquette | 0 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 270 | -199 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIIL Rugby Conference-South | |||||||||
| W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | BT | BL | Pts | |
| Lindenwood-Belleville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 91 | 156 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Northern Iowa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 69 | 184 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| Illinois State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 98 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| DePaul | 3 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 141 | -56 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Loyola | 1 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 162 | -103 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 221 | -162 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| UIC | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 162 | -135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
So that sets up the quarterfinal matchips for next week. They are:
Lindenwood-Belleville (S1) vs. UW-Milwaukee (N4)
UW-Whitewater (N1) vs. DePaul (S4)
Northern Iowa (S2) vs. UW-Lacrosse (N3)
Northern Michigan (N2) vs. Illinois State (S3)
The teams that win this weekend go to a two-game final four weekend in Cottage Grove, Wisc.
