The South Atlantic Rugby Conference (SARC) has announced this it is joining National Collegiate Rugby.

The women's D2 conference will be playing 15s in the fall and 7s in the spring in the NCR Open Division.

Steering the conference are Chris Martin (Lee University, Tenn.), Marty Sarkees (Clemson University, SC), Alley Mitchell (Elon University, NC), and Buck Billings (Lander University, SC).

The SARC is looking for more teams to join.

SARC founding teams:

University of Alabama Birmingham (AL)

University of North Carolina – Greensboro (NC)

Elon University, (NC)

University of South Carolina (SC) 

The Citadel (SC)

Clemson University, (SC) 

Lander University, (SC)

Lee University (TN)

University of Tennessee- Chattanooga (TN)

University of Tennessee – Knoxville (TN)

Roanoke College (VA)