GRR: ECRC
With AIC's 45-20 defeat of Middlebury, the ECRC conference season is complete. AIC finishes 1st, while Middlebury, which had a shot at 1st, slips to 4th.
Middlebury ended the season 4-2, but so did BC and UMass. Both teams ended the season with big victories, and thus get past the Panthers on points difference.
Earlier this season Middlebury College Head Coach John Phillips offered a very muted assessment of his team, warning that the Panthers were young, inexperienced, and up against it with AIC and Boston College in the ECRC.
Well AIC is still on the docket, but BC is not anymore, as Middlebury upset the Eagles 23-18 on Saturday.
American International College put their stamp on the ECRC with a 30-17 defeat of Boston College, the only other undefeated team in the conference.
After weeks of posting impressive scores against fellow ECRC opponents, AIC and Boston College get to meet each other.
And they get to this meeting traveling two different paths.
AIC and Boston College remain the top two in the East Coast Rugby Conference after both won convincingly Saturday.
Meanwhile, UConn notched their first league win of the season, edging Northeastern 15-14.