The American Collegiate Rugby Association (ACRA) will hold its 2021-22 Sevens Championship this Spring on the weekend of April 30-May 1, 2022.

The competition, which handles rugby for several women's DII conferences in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic states, was slated to go to the NCCR 7s run by AEG in Atlanta. However, the cost to these programs is too high. Coming out of the COVID shutdowns, many of these teams were stressed to get numbers and get back on the field. Tony Brown, who runs the Vassar program (which won ACRA) and is on the ACRA Board said dues were kept low, and the who endeavor has been run on a shoestring.

"We would have loved to be in Atlanta," said Brown, "if only for the exposure. But not this year."

In addition, going to Atlanta would entail asking teams from New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to travel far when they could just as easily play a tournament at a more central venue.

Of course, the venue has not been selected yet, but the plan is to have each conference—Tri State, New England Wide, Rugby Northeast, and MARC—to send their top two teams for an eight-team championship either on April 30 or May 1. The plan is for a one-day tournament, with two pools of four producing pool play (three games) and semifinals and finals.

Once the venue has been secured the date will be confirmed. 

Each conference is responsible for handling its own qualification process, and some are working on a series of tournaments, while others will be going a single qualifier route.