GRR: College Men
Columbia, SC - University of South Carolina Student Life announced today a significant gift from the Smolka Family to the men’s rugby program. The gift fully endows a men’s rugby scholarship fund in the name of former player and current Carolina Rugby Foundation board member Jeffrey Smolka, contributing to men’s rugby program and recruitment enhancement.
The USA 7s CRC invitational has confirmed its pools for the May 29-31 tournament to be held at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.
Defending champs Cal joins Pool A with Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, and Boston College.
Here are the full pools:
Pool A
Cal
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
Boston College
It’s been a weird season for Grand Canyon University, but things may be looking up as the Lopes look ahead to next year.
Head Coach Ryan Kelly had to find games where he could as GCU wasn’t in a conference, and unfortunately that meant that in the middle of the spring season, teams weren’t available, and some that were available backed out.
USA Rugby has named the teams for the Men’s DI and DII College 7s Championships to be held May 23 and 24 at the University of Denver.
North Texas won the round robin SWC 7s tournament Saturday, beating Texas A&M in what amounted to the championship game, and earning a spot in the USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate 7s Championships.
Led by MVP performances from Jon Hiller, Michael Bliss, and Hame Havili, UNT defeated Texas A&M 31-28 to secure the tournament.