Men's College 7s News
Last Saturday, five DI varsity programs convened in Providence, R.I., for the inaugural Varsity 7s tournament. Norwich was forecasted to win, and it did, but the Cadets did not cruise to the title.
Stonehill College is heading to the ACRA 7s Championship, having won the Rugby Northeast 7s title last weekend. The tournament host went 6-0 on the day, outscoring opponents 149-47. Stonehill can now turn its attention to returning to the DII ACRA 7s final.
USA Rugby’s attempt to field a DII Men’s College 7s championships was been quite successful so far this year, with 11 tournaments providing teams and seven automatic qualifiers having won tournaments so far.
AIC has qualified for USA Rugby’s College 7s Championships as the Yellow Jackets won the Armory 7s Sunday in Springfield, Mass.
AIC blew through the competition, giving up only 26 points in six games, and beating Boston College 41-7 in the final.
The Air Force Academy won the Rocky Mountain 7s, jetting by everyone they played as the Zoomies went 5-0 and outscored opponents 223-27.
"We had to scrape off a bit of rust in the early going," said Air Force Coach Joe Muehlbauer. "We'd just come from playing 15s. But once we got going, we did well. Our defense was very good all day, and we did a good job of building possession."
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