DIAA College Rugby News
Here's a look at some of the D1AA standouts of the past couple of weeks.
Corinthian Cormier, Sam Houston StateThe 8x8 Sports D1A player of the week, the No. 8 and sometime lock was a try-scoring force for the BearKats as they won the Lonestar playoffs.
Since we were late in previewing this weekend in D1AA, we will be looking at the weekend in terms of hindsight.
FloridaCentral Florida beat Florida 38-26 to improve to 3-2. Scrumhalf Jaxson Patterson and wing James White each scored two tries for the Knights, while captain and inside center Jack Puchalski and his center partner William Boundy each added one.
Sam Houston State won the Lonestar Conference championship over the weekend, and did so in somewhat dominant fashion.
The Lonestar decides its conference champion this week.
We take a close look at that weekend here: Bearkats, Sooners Lead Lonestar Playoff Field
The Lonestar D1AA Conference decides its champion this week with an eight-team playoff.
Unlike many conferences, that go through their playoffs either with a semifinal and final over a weekend, or split their playoffs over multiple weeks. Not the Lonestar—they have shortened quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday, and the final on Sunday.