GRR: AIC
In two superbly dramatic, well-played, and close games, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association crowned their champions Saturday.
These are the women's NCAA varsity teams, and the two finals were barnburners.
In the meeting between the top two teams in the NCR D1 Liberty Conference, Brown encountered one of their toughest opponents, but was still able to pull out a 24-15 win.
AIC has been very good at making life difficult for their opposition and came into the game unbeaten in-conference, as did Brown. Now they slip to 5-1.
LIberty's NCR D1 league continues to be an intriguing conference as some teams found out this week.
Rivalry ClashIona were defeated by nearby rivals Fairfield 23-13 in what Fairfield DOR Austin Ryan called "an absolute dog fight against a bitter rival."
Both teams have suffered from injuries but that didn't mean they would be hesitant to get stuck in.
Here's a look at some of the D1A, NCR D1, and D1AA games around the country.
Tennessee Plays TwoThomas More defeated Tennessee 27-20 on Friday.
TMU Head Coach John Fox said he was able to get a couple of players back on the field after an injury layoff. Lorenzo Lelli was able to give 20 quality minutes, and
The Liberty D1 season got going this weekend with four games: Brown vs Siena, Dartmouth vs Syracuse, AIC vs Fairfield, and Iona vs Fordham.
All four games were competitive, or even extremely close.
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