EWU Undefeated, WWU Gains Pride in Loss
Eastern Washington capped off an undefeated run in the Cascade Collegiate Women’s Rugby Conference with a 36-27 defeat of Western Washington Saturday.
The win put EWU at 5-0, and dropped WWU to 3-2 and out of contention for the championship game, which will be between EWU and Western Oregon. Those two teams battled to a 7-0 EWU win last fall, and so the final should be a good one.
Influential Coach, Mentor Murra Dies Suddenly
Longtime University of Northern Iowa women's coach Steve Murra died Saturday, Feb. 20, he was 47.
Murra coached at UNI for 21 years, winning two national championships and multiple Midwest titles, before stepping down at the end of last season to spend more time with his family. At the time of his stepping down, Murra said in a Facebook post:
Cascade Conference Down to Final Weekend
Who gets into the Cascade Collegiate Women's Rugby Conference comes down to the final weekend of conference play.
Kennesaw Powers on, N. Georgia Moves on to Lee
Kennesaw State has been pretty much guaranteed a spot in the playoffs after defeating North Georgia, 36-10 this past weekend.
The Owls still need to make it past MTSU in order to claim the achievement of an undefeated season; however, MTSU has forfeited every game thus far and is expected to do so again.
Coastal Carolina Women Start from Ground Up
After playing rugby for eight years, an injury forced Brandon Scott to the sidelines, and that, in a really positive sense, is where he has been since then.
Scott has remained in the game as a coach, and in just a few weeks has helped form a women’s rugby program at Coastal Carolina.
