GRR: College Men
The Men's DIA college rugby playoffs are almost confirmed, as we head to the last couple of weeks of action.
Here's how it's looking:
Colorado State won again, but didn't win by enough to unseat Air Force, and the Zoomies are West DIA winners. They will join Life, St. Mary's, and Army as the highest-ranked conference winners, and all will get a bye into the quarterfinals.
Kutztown University hosted their second annual KU Rugby 7s Tournament Saturday, coming away with the championship over a tough AIC team.
The event consisted of 13 teams divided into a Premier Division and Open Division.
The surprise of the DIAA playoff picture has to be Yale University, which came into the Ivy League play-ins as the lowest seed - so low, in fact, that they only made the cut because Columbia didn’t want to play in it.
And yet, Yale upset favorites Cornell 34-5 on Saturday, and then defeated Brown 18-13 to take the final Sunday.
The University of Central Florida defeated Middle Tennessee State University 48-10 Sunday in the final of the South Independent Rugby Conference, securing a DIAA quarterfinal spot for the Knights.
Playing on the wide fields of Atlanta Old White, the teams had plenty of space to work with, and to guard, and it was defense that saw UCF through.
Western Washington University and the University of Washington will meet next week to decide who represents the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference in the national DIAA playoffs.