GRR: Wheeling University
Wheeling University defeated Southern Nazarene 58-17 Saturday to win the NCR Women's D1 championship.
We will potentially have a new face in the NCR D1 final if Wheeling wins their semifinal this coming weekend, but every other team in the final four—St. Bonaventure, Brown, and Queens—have been in the championship game before.
This year's NCR women's D1 playoffs were a drastic departure from the previous years.
With the addition of a completely new program, the influx of a growing new program, and the appearance of previously-CRAA conferences, the landscape was always going to be different.
The Big Rivers semifinal between Wheeling and Iowa Central was expected to be high-scoring and it didn't disappoint, as two committed, fast rugby teams logged 77 points on the evening in Chicago.
Playing at the excellentChicago Lions for Hope field in the Windy City the teams overcame chilly conditions to put on a show.
In a wild game with a wild result, Davenport University edged Wheeling University in an 85-point classic 43-42.
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