Non-Ivy League Play Allows Yale to Grow
Yale invited UMass, Columbia, Siena College, Endicott College, and Northeastern to the Yale 7s Tournament this past weekend in order to gain more experience against non-Ivy League and non-varsity teams. Although Yale did this to develop their young team for their current 7s season, all teams that attended found the tournament to be just as beneficial.
Four Brackets at Winona State's Fool's Fest
Winona State in Minnesota is hosting the Fool's Fest tournament, a four-bracket college 7s tournament, this weekend, with two being national qualifiers.
The tournament will be held in Rochester, Minn.
SCRC 7s Finals Set
The SCRC Conference 7s final tournament lineup has been set.
Despite winning the 2nd of the two buildup tournaments, Kentucky won't be there, because the Wildcats missed the first tournament, and 15 points for winning one wasn't enough to get to the top eight.
Here are the teams, with their combined points earned in parentheses and their seed:
Houston Leading in SWC 7s
The University of Houston goes into the Southwest Rugby Conference 7s championships as the #1 seed after going 10-1 in the previous two tournaments.
In the opening tournament April 2, Houston defeated Texas State 38-0, Texas Tech 12-7, North Texas 31-7, North Texas Bs 31-12, and Sam Houston 24-12 in going 5-0.
College 7s Latest
Here's the latest on College 7s Tournaments around the country.
Purdue defeated Iowa 31-28 an exciting Cup Final in the 2nd tournament of the Big Ten 7s Series. Wisconsin, which won the initial tournament over Ohio State, took 3rd with a 47-0 win over Michigan State. Illinois took 5th.
