College Women
(Opinion Column by Alex Goff)—With talk around American rugby about the 15s World Cups and the Olympics, it seems important to view the game, sometimes, in the context of making it a big deal.
Dartmouth No. 8 Idia Ihensekhien is the recipient of the 2021-22 MA Sorensen Award as the top women's college rugby player in the country.
Ihensekhien overcame serious injury to lead the Big Green to a National Intercollegiate Rugby Association D1 championship, beating West Point 28-18.
The American Collegiate Rugby Association (ACRA) 7s saw Coast Guard Academy win its 7s championships
ACRA is a group of mostly Northeast women's D2-level rugby conferences that runs a 15s championship in the fall and 7s in the spring. They have essentially adopted the Rocky Mountain Conference as well, and the entire group maintains membership with USA Rugby.
The women's bracket at the USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate Championship (R7CC) are full and set for May 14-15 at Kennesaw State University's Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
From Food to PT to Where to Chill, the Athlete Experience at R7CCs
Sarah Skinner not only led her US Naval Academy to a national fall D1 championship, she is now a Rhodes Scholar and is set to attend Oxford University in the fall.