Men's College 7s News
Notre Dame College hosts a qualifier for the USA Rugby College 7s Championships, with eight men’s college teams vying for a spot in the big tournament in Denver.
It’s a competitive field of teams, with Notre Dame College among the top seeds. The Falcons showed very well in the Las Vegas Invitational in February, and brings a straightforward, hard-nosed approach to their 7s.
It’s the third tournament in the Altantic Coast Rugby League’s 7s series leading up to next week’s final in Knoxville, Tenn.
This week it’s Tupelo, Miss. that hosts the event, with a nine-team bracket that includes the two teams that have contested the final each of the last two tournaments - South Carolina and Tennessee.
While the college 15s playoffs overwhelm the sound waves this weekend, Northeast and Midwest regions are launching into the 7s qualifier season. A good group of teams will be out on the pitch this weekend, either fighting for a berth to the May 23-24 national championship or looking for a conference title.
Air Force Academy and Colorado State headline the Rocky Mountain 7s tournament this weekend in Fort Collins, Colo.
This is a qualifier for the USA Rugby College 7s Championships, and could be the site of several upsets.
Having cut something of a swath through the first Big Ten Universities tournament, scoring less than 50 points only once, a 43-0 shutout of Ohio State’s 2nd team.
IU was unstoppable, slamming Illinois 54-10 in the final, and overall scoring 253 points in five games and allowing 34.
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