Team News
Liberty D1AA Wrap: First Weekend of New-Look Conference
It's the first weekend of competition in the Liberty Conference D1AA and we've got six winning teams to talk about.
Iona, Buffalo, Northeastern, Harvard, Connecticut, and Columbia all came away winners.
Two of those games were very close, with UConn edging UMass 19-14, while Columbia got by Rhode Island 25-20.
Liberty Opens D1AA Season as Contenders Put Hands Up
Five games kicked off the Liberty D1AA season with some clear favorites putting their hands up.
In perhaps what was expected to be the most competitive matchup, Babson defeated UMass 34-29. This was a good showing for a Babson side that saw their Head Coach, Carrick Pell, move on to take the position at Norwich. In his place is former AIC Head Coach T. Fletcher.
Iona Shocks Siena in Liberty Nailbiter
In a somewhat surprising result Iona logged their first conference victory of the season, holding off Siena 30-29 on Alumni Weekend at Iona.
The day was also the day for announcing inductions into the Iona Rugby Hall of Fame, and that was a big event in and of itself. However, Iona still came into the game underdogs.
Siena Defeats Iona in High-Scoring Midweek Matchup
Siena defeated Iona Wednesday night in a make-up of a game that was canceled due to lightning back in September.
Iona went into the game 3-1 with Siena at 4-0.
Siena's offense was firing and they ran out to a 41-21 lead at halftime.
The team teams each scored two tries in the second half to cap it off, but in the end Siena won in a big-scoring game 55-33.
