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2015 Looks Competitive for SIRC

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SIRC, DIAA

2015 Looks Competitive for SIRC

MTSU opens up against one of their biggest competitors.
08.10.2015 - Alex Goff

The South Independent Rugby Conference's two Men's DIAA divisions get going in September, with two-time national champion and 2014-15 runner up Central Florida leading the field once again.

UCF won the DIAA championships in the spring of 2013 and 2014, and were edged by UC Davis 18-15 in the 2015 final, part of a remarkable run for the Knights. As usual, there is a long list of teams gunning for the knights, including Florida International, which defeated UCF in the opening game of the season last year. FIU faded late, but had a strong 7s summer and could well be a team to watch in the South Division once more.

Middle Tennessee State returns as the defending SIRC North champion, but it's worth noting that no team was undefeated in league play last year, and MTSU has to be concerned about how Kennesaw State has been improving.

The season opens with MTSU visiting KSU, a very early test of where those teams are. The teams in the South and North divisions play each other twice, and then the top two from each division face off in the semis on November 21, with the final a day later.

Florida Atlantic, 2-6 last year and last in the South division, does not return for the fall of 2015.

 

Fall 2015 SIRC Schedule 

 

9/12/2015 MTSU at KSU SIRC North
9/19/2015 FSU at FIU SIRC South
9/19/2015 UCF at USF SIRC South
9/19/2015 KSU at Georgia Tech SIRC North
9/19/2015 MTSU at Memphis SIRC North
9/25/2015 Georgia Tech at Georgia Southern SIRC North
9/26/2015 FIU at USF SIRC South
9/26/2015 UCF at FSU SIRC South
9/26/2015 Memphis at KSU SIRC North
10/3/2015 USF at FSU SIRC South
10/3/2015 Georgia Southern at Memphis SIRC North
10/3/2015 Georgia Tech at MTSU SIRC North
10/10/2015 UCF at FIU SIRC South
10/17/2015 USF at UCF SIRC South
10/17/2015 Georgia Tech at Memphis SIRC North
10/17/2015 KSU at MTSU SIRC North
10/24/2015 FIU at FSU SIRC South
10/24/2015 KSU at Georgia Southern SIRC North
10/31/2015 USF at FIU SIRC South
10/31/2015 FSU at UCF SIRC South
10/31/2015 Memphis at Georgia Southern SIRC North
10/31/2015 MTSU at Georgia Tech SIRC North
11/7/2015 FIU at UCF SIRC South
11/7/2015 FSU at USF SIRC South
11/7/2015 Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech SIRC North
11/7/2015 KSU at Memphis SIRC North
11/14/2015 Georgia Southern at MTSU SIRC North
11/21/2015 SIRC Semis      
11/22/2015 SIRC Final      

 

 

SIRC, DIAA