GRR: Arkansas State
One of the more intense rivalries in college rugby is back Saturday as Lindenwood faces Arkansas State.
After a year when ASU played as an independent, the Red Wolves and the Lions are back in the same conference as Arkansas State is now part of the two-year-old Midwest Conference. So this is also a conference game.
Adrian held Arkansas State to a 17-17 tie Friday night in a non-conference DIA matchup.
Navy torched a very good Arkansas State team 57-5 to advance to the 2023-24 D1A semifinals.
Played at Navy's venue in Annapolis, Md., the game could well have been very close—there were many reasons to believe it could be. But in the end, it wasn't.
Here's the latest from the D1A playoffs in the Eastern bracket.
Navy scored early, gave up a try on a chargedown, and then kept the pressure in winning 41-7 over Mary Washington.
In a result that was a bit of an upset, Davenport defeated Arkansas State 17-16 in Jonesboro Saturday.
These two teams had played a deceptively close game in Grand Rapids in the fall—ASU eventually won 30 but it was a 17-8 game as late as 65 minutes in.
This time, Davenport was determined not to allow a late-game points surge.
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