Here Comes Mary Washington
Mary Washington took a huge step forward this week in the Rugby East with a 31-26 defeat of Mount St. Mary's.
In the past few years UMW has sort of been chasing the Mount. But the tables have turned someone.
Coming off a humbling loss to Navy, Mary Washington had perhaps seen where they need to be.
Big Rivers Shaken Up After Aquinas-Indiana Tech Match
After winning two conference games, Indiana Tech was barely pipped by Aquinas Saturday to shake up things in the Big Rivers.
IT almost executed a comeback, scoring a try to turned a 32-22 deficit to 32-29, but they couldn't get that last try.
Aquinas was coming off having lost to Davenport in a comeback and were determined to close out this game. They managed that.
Kentucky Impresses in Win Over Clemson
Kentucky made something of a statement this weekend with an emphatic win over Clemson.
South Carolin won comfortably over Alabama and that was to be expected, although maybe the shutout wasn't.
We're still early in the SCRC Tier 1 season, and Tennessee is yet to play a conference game, but Kentucky's two conference wins are still notceable.
Navy Holds Off Tenacious Army
Navy had to work for it, but they came away with a crucial Rugby East win Saturday and also sealed the Commander-in-Chief Trophy with a 26-14 defeat of Army West Point in Annapolis.
Army actually opened the game pressuring Navy and pinning the hosts in their own 22.
Two More Razor-Thin Games in the ARC
It's all drama in the Atlantic Rugby Conference in NCR's D1, as both games went down to the wire and were decided by the smallest of margins.
Wheeling and Kutztown went back and forth Saturday with Wheeling going up by two tries, only to see the Bears storm back and take the lead.
