GRR: Stony Brook
The Empire Conference kicks off league play this weekend with the top teams of recent years having been stung somewhat.
Syracuse was shut out by Buffalo a couple of weeks ago, albeit in a game where the Hammerheads had a good amount of possession and good field position. Syracuse will host Fordham on Sunday.
The West Point men defeated Stony Brook 49-3 Friday at Army's Anderson Rugby Complex.
West Point is looking for a Rugby East championship, and Stony Brook is looking for an Empire Conference, and both will start that journey on Friday.
Dartmouth won the Ariel Re Bermuda 7s Saturday, surprising Kutztown in the semifinals and defeating Stony Brook in the final.
Stony Brook also had a good tournament, losing only to Dartmouth (twice - in pool play and in the final).
For Dartmouth, the big result was the semifinal 12-10 victory over Kutztown, a result that not everyone would have predicted.
Two conference champions were crowned on Sunday in men's DI college rugby in dramatic fashion, as Syracuse won the Empire and Bowling Green won the MAC in games that went down to the wire.
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