GRR: College Men
Dustin Steedman is stepping down at Head Coach of Davenport University's men's rugby program.
Steedman is moving to Texas to take up a new business opportunity outside of rugby, and while he said he hopes to be involved in the game in the Houston area, he will be working full-time in commercial real estate.
We're down to four teams in Men's D2 college rugby as Sunday saw the NCR D2 quarterfinals.
GRR's #1-ranked IUP won their closest game of the year, edging a tenacious UNC-Wilmington 29-24 to advance to the semifinals in Houston in three weeks.
NCR Men D1 and D1AA Scores and Notes:
NCR D1Brown 23 Walsh 15
Wheeling 58 Notre Dame 24
Queens 37 AIC 19
St. Bonaventure 30- Thomas More 24
This sets up the semifinals in two weeks:
Wheeling vs Queens
St. Bonaventure vs Brown
The GRR NCR D1 Rankings have Queens at #1, Wheeling at #3, St. Bonaventure at #4, and Brown at #2.
Expectations were largely met in the NCR Men’s D2 college playoffs.
A ThrillerPerhaps the most exciting Round of 16 game was Georgetown vs RPI. The Hoyas edged the Engineers 21-20 in a wild one.
Friday and Sunday produces our first two rounds of the NCR Men’s D2 playoffs and we do have some big question-mark games on the slate.
Defending champs IUP are back with what is largely the same lineup that won it all last year. Last year’s runners-up Memphis are back and they have a very talented side in which the biggest question is, have they been challenged.
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