GRR: NIRA Women
Perhaps the biggest upstart program in women's collegiate rugby this year was Sacred Heart.
Lindenwood University's women's rugby team is joining NIRA, the NCAA varsity competition.
The College Rugby Association of America is hosting a women's 7s championship during CRAA's championship weekend in Houston May 3-5.
Two brackets will be in action: a Women's Premier which is composed of 10 D1 Elite and NIRA teams; and a Club-level bracket consisting of teams not in those two leagues.
Here are the pools:
NIRA has selected its all-NIRA teams in each division.
The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association is the competition for NCAA-varsity women's college teams.
Long Island University has announced that it has hired Dee Nash as the new Head Coach for the women's rugby program.
This comes after LIU parted ways with Joe Rasmus in December.
Nash is a former Women's Premier League champion with the Colorado Gray Wolves and also has coached at Northeastern University and University of Denver.