GRR: College Men
It was shutout weekend in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League (ACRL).
West Point held off Penn State 19-15 Saturday at the Anderson Rugby Complex to start their Rugby East conference season 1-0.
In a game that saw both teams lead at various points in the match, Army did enough.
Defending Keystone Conference champions open their season at West Chester, a the Keystone gets going for another year.
Temple is as Millersville, Shippensburg is at Rutgers, and St. Joseph’s is at Pitt. While WVU are the defending champs, St. Joe’s and Shippensburg both boasted 5-1 records last year, as well.
In NCAA varsity sports it’s called the Southeastern Conference, or the SEC, but in non-varsity rugby it’s the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference, or SCRC.
But a rivalry by any other name smells as sweet, and among the schools of the SEC, a game between their in-conference foes in any sport matters … a lot.
The Mid-America Conference has officially confirmed that it is part of the ACRC, and the teams in the MAC will be eligible for the ACRC rankings next week.