Men DII College News
RPI laid down ... maybe not a marker, but a warning this past weekend in a close loss to Marist.
The Engineers fell short 12-10 to the Red Foxes, leaving Marist undefeated, but with the conference playoffs looming, RPI could shake things up.
Bumped over to D2 from Small College by NCR, the University of Maine wasn't sure about where they would fit in the NEWCRC order.
Marist moved to 4-0 in the Liberty Conference Men's DII with a very difficult 12-10 win over RPI.
Marist went into the game ranked #7 by GRR and RPI was #36, but the Engineers battled hard and almost pulled it out.
"Credit to RPI, who played a physical brand of rugby," said Marist Head Coach James Kimberley.
Top-ranked DII team IUP defeated GRR #22 Kent State on a chilly Saturday at Kent State University's football stadium, Dix Stadium.
With over 30 games in DII conferences or non-conference games, we do have a few that carry significant rankings or conference ramifications.
Bloomsburg at Scranton and Georgetown at Towson. All four of these teams are undefeated in MARC conference play, with three of them at 3-0 and Georgetown at 2-0.