Team News
Improving Penn State Takes on Wary Lindenwood
One of the interesting things about the Next Phase Rugby all-freshman group published late last fall was how many Penn State players were on there.
Still-new Head Coach Zac Mizell is very active on the app, but that’s only part of it. The freshmen matriculating to Penn State are playing, as Mizell changes the team’s fortunes.
Lindenwood, Arizona See Huge Value in Early Cross-Conference Clash
Early-season cross-border games are becoming more and more of a desired thing within D1A.
What’s perhaps interesting about it is that while in some areas those crossover games are played in order to bolster a team’s ranking, these early games are much more about player development.
D1A Quarterfinal Latest
Lindenwood beat Navy 10-3.
Scholz Award Nominee Duncan Krige blocked a kick and chased it down to score the only try of the game. Both teams had other chances but Lindenwood’s ability to stop Navy’s maul was the difference.
D1A East Bracket: Who Made it Through?
The home teams held on to advance in the Eastern Bracket of the D1A playoffs and defense was part of the story.
Winning teams held their opponents to a total of five tries. That doesn't mean the games weren't competitive. One was a major runaway, but for the most part the lower seeds provided a tough challenge.
