Southern Conference D2, Small College Schedules Set
Southern Conference D2, Small College Schedules Set
The Southern Rugby Conference has set its schedule for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Several collegiate conferences are starting to confirm their seasons and that's good news for college rugby in America as we may well see something very close to a normal season.
The Southern Conference will be split into two tiers, with the Premier tier competing in National Collegiate Rugby's D2 competition, and the Challenge tier competing in the NCR's Small College competition.
Ten teams are in the Premier tier, with newly-formed varsity program Belmont Abbey among them. The division will be split into West and East, with each team playing the outher four once before crossing over for playoffs. The Challenge tier was to have eight teams but Duke will not be playing 15s this fall, so it's a competition of seven teams.
Premier Div. | Challenge Div. | |
West | East | Campbell |
App St | Citadel | Charleston |
Belmont Abbey | Coastal Carolina | Elon |
Furman | ECU | UNCG |
Lander | UNC | Wake Forest |
UNCC | UNCW | WCU |
Wingate |
The Premier Division final is November 6, and then after that teams move on to the NCR playoffs later in November.
9/17 | East Carolina | at | UNC Chapel Hill | Southern Prem. |
9/18 | Elon | at | College of Charleston | Southern Challenge |
9/18 | Campbell | at | UNC Greensboro | Southern Challenge |
9/18 | Wingate | at | Wake Forest | Southern Challenge |
9/18 | UNC Charlotte | at | Belmont Abbey | Southern Prem. |
9/18 | Furman | at | Lander | Southern Prem. |
9/18 | Citadel | at | Coastal Carolina | Southern Prem. |
9/25 | Wake Forest | at | Campbell | Southern Challenge |
9/25 | UNC Greensboro | at | Western Carolina | Southern Challenge |
9/25 | College of Charleston | at | Wingate | Southern Challenge |
9/25 | Appalachian State | at | Furman | Southern Prem. |
9/25 | Lander | at | UNC Charlotte | Southern Prem. |
9/25 | Coastal Carolina | at | UNC Chapel Hill | Southern Prem. |
9/26 | UNC Wilmington | at | East Carolina | Southern Prem. |
10/2 | Elon | at | Campbell | Southern Challenge |
10/2 | College of Charleston | at | Western Carolina | Southern Challenge |
10/2 | Lander | at | Appalachian State | Southern Prem. |
10/2 | Furman | at | Belmont Abbey | Southern Prem. |
10/2 | UNC Chapel Hill | at | UNC Wilmington | Southern Prem. |
10/9 | College of Charleston | at | Campbell | Southern Challenge |
10/9 | Western Carolina | at | Elon | Southern Challenge |
10/9 | Belmont Abbey | at | Lander | Southern Prem. |
10/9 | UNC Chapel Hill | at | Citadel | Southern Prem. |
10/16 | Wingate | at | UNC Greensboro | Southern Challenge |
10/16 | Western Carolina | at | Wake Forest | Southern Challenge |
10/16 | Appalachian State | at | UNC Charlotte | Southern Prem. |
10/16 | Coastal Carolina | at | East Carolina | Southern Prem. |
10/16 | Citadel | at | UNC Wilmington | Southern Prem. |
10/23 | Wake Forest | at | College of Charleston | Southern Challenge |
10/23 | Elon | at | UNC Greensboro | Southern Challenge |
10/23 | Campbell | at | Wingate | Southern Challenge |
10/23 | Belmont Abbey | at | Appalachian State | Southern Prem. |
10/23 | UNC Charlotte | at | Furman | Southern Prem. |
10/23 | East Carolina | at | Citadel | Southern Prem. |
10/23 | UNC Wilmington | at | Coastal Carolina | Southern Prem. |
10/29 | UNC Greensboro | at | Wake Forest | Southern Challenge |
10/30 | Wingate | at | Elon | Southern Challenge |
10/30 | Campbell | at | Western Carolina | Southern Challenge |
10/30 | West 4 | at | East 3 | Southern Prem 5th SF |
10/30 | East 4 | at | West 3 | Southern Prem 5th SF |
10/30 | West 5 | at | East 5 | Southern Prem 9th Playoff |
10/30 | West 2 | at | East 1 | Southern Prem SF |
10/30 | East 2 | at | West 1 | Southern Prem SF |
11/6 | UNC Greensboro | at | College of Charleston | Southern Challenge |
11/6 | Wake Forest | at | Elon | Southern Challenge |
11/6 | Western Carolina | at | Wingate | Southern Challenge |
11/6 | Game A Loser | vs | Game B Loser | Southern Prem 3rd |
11/6 | Game C Winner | vs | Game D Winner | Southern Prem 5th |
11/6 | Game C Loser | vs | Game D Loser | Southern Prem 7th |
11/6 | East 5 | at | West 5 | Southern Prem 9th Playoff |
11/6 | Game A Winner | vs | Game B Winner | Southern Prem Final |