College Women
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.
The undefeateds remain undefeated in the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference, and the top four are starting to come into focus.
In the Pennsylvania Division, Bloomsburg improved to 4-0 after a 118-17 win over Lock Haven (0-4). The team has scored 49 tries this season, and 18 were dotted down on Saturday.
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