College Women
More friendlies await for Central Washington, but this weekend is arguably the most exciting for the Wildcats this fall. The Ellensburg team is on the east coast, and will play Norwich and Quinnipiac in an all-varsity double-header.
Welcome to our first-ever NSCRO Women’s Top 20. Well, it’s half ours. We leaned on the expertise of NSCRO women’s commissioner Byrn Chivers to get the rankings started, but we’ll be tracking the leagues and adjusting the order as playoffs get underway, beginning this weekend.
For those college teams that compete in spring leagues, the fall is often filled with recruitment, 7s, and tournaments. But some student-athletes have been intensifying these friendly seasons and taking advantage of higher-level women’s clubs in the area.
The USA Rugby Women's College Competitions Committee (WCCC), with the help of a few ACRA members, have finalized the Women's DII College Fall Championship brackets (click here). While the regional and championship sites won't be announced until Oct.
Bowdoin is 3-0 in the New England Small College (NESC) conference, and there’s little doubt that the Polar Bears will repeat as league champion again this fall. Bowdoin’s most recent win came against Amherst, which forfeited due to numbers and combined with the Brunswick, Maine, side for a friendly.