Men DII College News
With one big weekend in the bag we have several changes in the GRR Men's DII College Rankings.
With #4 Furman, #6 UW-Stout, #7 Vermont, and #11 Illinois State all losing, those teams all drop down and others move up. Expect plenty more drastic changes as teams make their moves. We expect this each year as DII teams are likely to undergo player turnover that affects them more deeply.
The Rugby Northeast Men’s DII conference season kicked off with two-time defending champion Bentley just escaping a tough Bryant College team.
The two teams were tied 5-5 late in the game and Bryant had the ball and were on the attack.
Cortland State moved to 2-0 in the Upstate NY Men’s DII college conference with a 26-7 defeat of Ithaca College Saturday.
Also moving to 2-0 was Buffalo State, which held off Geneseo 14-7, and Niagara, which beat league newcomers RIT 31-3.
It was all about the close games in the New England Collegiate Rugby Conference, as all three games in the opening weekend of conference play were tight.
One week in and already things are shaken up in the Southern Rugby Conference in men’s DII college competition.
GRR’s #4 team from last year, Furman, went down to Coastal Carolina 29-8 Saturday in something of an upset and a nice birthday present for Coastal’s coach, Tom Barnett.
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