College Women
Stanford, Western Washington, Cal, andClaremont Colleges all advanced to Sunday’s CRAA Women’s D1 semifinals with victories Friday in what was a very entertaining day of rugby.
This is a huge weekend in women’s D1 rugby as the eight teams make the playoffs.
As much as everyone likes to avoid two-game weekend, this will be … a two-game weekend. Friday will be the quarterfinals and Sunday will see the semifinals—everything held in Tempe, Ariz.
Iowa Central CC beat Wheeling 21-17 to win the Fighting Irish Invitational 7s at Notre Dame this weekend.
Just to shake things up, Lindenwood pulled off a road victory over Life University in Women's D1A action.
The D1A semifinals loom and it looks as though Life will be the #1 seed regardless, but the result was still important as both teams target another meeting in the Women's D1A (formerly D1 Elite) final.
Sixteen women collegiate rugby players have been nominated for the 2024-25 MA Sorensen Award.
This is the 10th year of the Sorensen Award, given annually to the top women's collegiate rugby player in the USA. The Award is presented by the Washington Athletic Club of Seattle, Wash., at a gala event in June, although the awardee is named before then.