GRR: Louisville
Virginia Tech defeated the University of Louisville 24-22 to claim their second straight NCR D1AA championship and putting an emphatic stamp on the value of a difficult schedule in honing good rugby players.
Louisville and Virginia Tech will face off in the final of the NCR D1AA playoffs after both won their semifinals over the weekend.
Goalkicking and momentum shifts were hugely influential on this day.
And we're down to four teams in NCR's D1AA championship after this weekend's quarterfinals.
In most cases the higher-seeded or higher-ranked team won, but not always.
Bowling Green will face University of Louisville in the final of the Mid-American Conference after both won semifinals in the snow on Saturday.
Three second-half tries bolstered by some significant impact from their impact subs saw Louisville defeat Bowling Green in a meeting of the top two teams from Mid-American Conference.