GRR: Belmont Abbey
Walsh University logged the program’s first ever conference win Friday night, beating Belmont Abbey 25-10 on a rainy night in North Canton, Ohio.
The game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Belmont caused Walsh all sorts of trouble in the breakdowns and threatened constantly to overhaul the Cavaliers.
We’ve got a rundown of the results from Week 1 in the Rugby East.
Here are the results (home team listed second, GRR rankings included):
Mary Washington (D1A #14) 17 Army (D1A #7) 27
Navy (D1A #2) 41 St. Bonaventure (NCR #3) 23
Penn State (D1A #18) 22 Mount St. Mary’s (D1A #15) 26
Southern Virginia 14 Belmont Abbey (NCR #9) 31
Mary Washington defeated Belmont Abbey 36-11 Saturday in a non-conference early-season warmup for both.
The Southern Conference's new D1AA league is now four games in and Belmont Abbey is looking strong.
The Crusaders backed up last week's 48-17 defeat of The Citadel with an impressive 34-0 shutout of UNC Chapel Hill. This league, which is designed for school-supported teams or big schools with a D1-level talent pool, looks to be leaning toward this small school with school backing.
Belmont Abbey defeated UNC Charlotte 10-7 Saturday in an emotional Friday night for the new varsity program.
Last weekend Belmont Abbey player CJ Hopper died. CJ/s mother Cynthia and his twin brother Chris were on hand for the game and in a pregame ceremony they were presented with CJ's jersey.
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