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College Rugby

Atlanta, GA

Sat & Sun January 24 & 25, 2026

Tri-State Women All-Stars Win in Atlanta

First time entrants Tri-State Blues, coached by Austin Ryan, Reggie Ferraro and Greg Matthews traveled to Atlanta, GA and defeated all opponents to take the 7s Title.

Read Jackie Finlan’s report inThe Rugby Breakdown – click on the link below…

https://www.ncr.rugby/news/tri-state-more-like-try-state?utm_campaign=35318357-2026%20All%20Stars&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=400228147&utm_content=400228147&utm_source=hs_email

Congratulations to the Tri-State players that competed in the All-Star XVs competition and a huge thank you to NCR Women’s Director Alycia Washington for navigating the logistics with snow and ice disruptions!

Debutante Tri-State Wins NCR All-Star 7s

To: All Tri-State Conference Teams

Re: Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Please be advised that the AGM will take place on Sunday February 1, 2026 at 12:00 noon at Rutgers University.

Every team is required to send a representative.

The Agenda is shown below and if you want an item added please feel free to write to me and it will be included. (tobrown@vassar.edu)

Tri-State Conference Collegiate Rugby

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Sunday February 1st, 2026

at 12:00 pm

Venue: The SONY Werblin Recreation Center Conference Room, 656 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

AGENDA

1.SIGN IN

Members present to sign in providing:

Team, name, cell phone # & email address,

eg:  Marist Women, Suzi Smith, 914-273-8496, ssmith@marist.edu

2.CONTACT INFORMATION

Team representatives are asked to check the team contact details on the conference web site and provide updates and corrections. Name, office, cell phone number and email addresses should be provided. These should reflect the coaching staff and administrators, both school officials and students, for the Spring and Fall of 2026.

3.FALL 2025 REPORT – A brief summation of the Fall 2025 15s Season.

4.SPRING 2025 SCHEDULES

Members will discuss 15s & 7s options and have an opportunity to set up their schedule.

We need to decide on the Tri-State 7s Championships dates and venues

Men Date: ________________ Venue: __________

Women Date: ________________ Venue:___________

5.FALL 2026 CONFERENCE STRUCTURE & SCHEDULES

Proposals for Fall 2026 Division alignments

6.REFEREES

7.CONDUCT ON & OFF THE FIELD – Disciplinary Committee

8.CONFERENCE BUDGET

9.MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS at games

10.EXECUTIVE BOARD – Volunteers required

11.ALL CONFERENCE RECOGNITION & SELECT SIDE PLAY

12.BUDGET REVIEW

13.ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 

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College Rugby (Men & Women)

Sunday November 9, 2025

Tri-State Conference Champions Fall 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY – On Saturday November 8th, 2025 the Vassar College Women defeated Fairfield University Women 88-5 to take the Tri-State Conference Title and #1 seed into the National Collegiate Rugby Postseason. Fairfield advance as well as the Tri-State #2 team and on the back of a solid Fall season Marist University earned an At-Large bid to the Division II playoffs as well. Three Tri-State teams in Division II postseason play. In the Division III NCR postseason pathway Tri-State has Hofstra University and Siena College competing.

On the men’s side the Tri-State Conference Champions in Men’s Division III play are USMMA, Kings Point. The midshipmen defeated Vassar College Men 31-24 and will advance and host Endicott College Men next weekend.

Congratulations to the 2025 Champions, Vassar College Women and USMMA, KingsPoint Men. We wish them and all the teams in postseason the very best of luck and let’s hope that all acquit themselves well representing our Conference.

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Collegiate Rugby – Men & Women

Tri-State Conference Rugby Playoffs

(NY, NJ, CT)

Monday November 3, 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY – Please be advised of the following game results from the Tri-State Conference this past weekend and upcoming games for the weekend of November 8th, 2025.

Sunday November 2, 2025

Men

Tri-State Conference Semifinals

USMMA, Kings Point Men 98 v 21 Seton Hall University Men

Vassar College Men 50 v 28 SUNY-Maritime College Men

Women

Tri-State Conference Semifinals

Vassar College Women 74 v 7 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women

Fairfield University Women 39 v 12 Marist University Women

Consolation brackets

Fordham University Women 7 v 33 Molloy University Women

Hofstra University Women 28 v Montclair State University Women (forfeit)

Siena College Women 28 v 0 The College of New Jersey Women (forfeit)

Columbia University Women 0 v 28 Rutgers University Women  (forfeit)

SUNY-New Paltz Women 28 v 0 Stony Brook University Women (forfeit)

Upcoming Games

​Saturday November 8, 2025

Men

Tri-State Championship Game

# 2 Vassar College Men at # 1 USMMA, Kings Point Men KO 2:00 pm

Women

Tri-State Championship Game

# 2 Fairfield University Women at # 1 Vassar College Women KO 12:00 pm

Third/Fourth Place Playoff Game

# 4 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women at # 3 Marist University Women

Consolation brackets

Rutgers University Women at Siena College Women

Hofstra University Women at Molloy University Women

​N.B. SUNY-New Paltz Women at the Patriot Bowl in Worcester, MA versus Wentworth Institute of Technology Women (Fordham University Women on Standby or at Vassar for a B-side game).

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

 

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

tristaterugby.com

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College Rugby

Tri-State Conference – Men

October 30, 2025 – Final Regular Season game determines playoff seedings

SUNY-Maritime College defeated Hofstra University 48-17 and finished the regular season in third place which means that the semifinalist are #1 USMMA, Kings Point, Vassar College, SUNY-Maritime College and Seton Hall University.

The Men’s Final Regular Season Standings are shown below and the playoff semifinals see USMMA host Seton Hall University on Saturday November 1st, 2025 at %;30 pm, while on Sunday Vassar College host SUNY-Maritime College with a 2:00 pm kick-off time. Click on the link below.

TS Final Standings Fall 2025

TS Men Playoffs Fall 2025

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Collegiate Rugby

Sunday October 26th, 2025

Tri-State Conference Men’s Playoff Picture Still Murky!

Poughkeepsie, NY – Playoff matters are only a little clearer in the Tri-State Conference as of Sunday evening October 26th, 2025.

We now know that USMMA and Vassar will host semifinal games.

This weekend USMMA, Kings Point clobbered Hofstra University 89-0 to close out their regular season play. The cadets are 6-1 tied and with Fairfield University Men atop the table. Although Fairfield finish first based on the tie-breaker of head-to-head competition, the Stags are ineligible for post season play in the Tri-State. So USMMA are the number 1 seed. The Vassar College Men has now had back-to-back wins over Hofstra and Seton Hall and that takes their points tally to 22 and a second place finish behind USMMA.

Currently, Seton Hall is in the third position with 17 points. Right behind in 4th is Maritime with 16 points and then Hofstra with 15 points. The big win this weekend was SUNY-New Paltz defeating Maritime 46-17. 

There is one game left to play on account of a weather postponement and that is Hofstra v Maritime. It has implications for 3 teams in the running for a semifinal berth.

HOFSTRA v MARITIME

If Hofstra was to win with or without scoring a bonus point for 4 tries, then they would have 19 or 20 points. If Hofstra was to lose, they are toast!

If Hofstra was to tie and score 4 tries, they would have 18 points. 17 points would also work since in a tie with Seton Hall they hold the regular season win.

A tie for Maritime with or without a bonus point would ensure they make the playoffs.

If Maritime win with or without a bonus point, they are the number 3 seed.

If Maritime lose but score 4 tries that would give them 17 points however, a tie with Seton Hall in the standings doesn’t help them as the Hall go through on head-to head play.

	MEN as of 10-27-25
	Division III	W	L	T	Pts For	Pts Agnst	Pts Diff	Bonus Points	Total
	Fairfield University Men	6	1	0	278	84	194	8	32
1	USMMA, Kings Point Men	6	1	0	457	46	411	8	32
2	Vassar College Men	4	3	0	299	185	114	6	22
3	Seton Hall University Men	3	4	0	215	357	-142	5	17
4	SUNY-Maritime College Men	3	3	0	154	224	-70	4	16
5	Hofstra University Men	3	3	0	226	201	25	3	15
6	SUNY-New Paltz Men	1	6	0	95	310	-215	1	5
7	Montclair State University Men	0	7	0	44	264	-220	1	1

 

Men’s Results – Fall 2025

10/25/25                                                                 

MSU Men 0 at 28 Fairfield Men

10/26/25                                                                 

Maritime Men 17 at 46 New Paltz Men

Seton Hall Men 24 at 41 Vassar Men

Hofstra Men 0 at 89 USMMA Men

Bard Men 28 at 0 Union Men

Oneonta Men 28 at 0 Molloy Men

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Collegiate Rugby

Tri-State Conference

(NY-NJ-CT)

Sunday October 26, 2025

Tri-State Top Teams Advance

Poughkeepsie, NY – The Tri-State Conference completed the first round of their Conference postseason play and the top four seeds all advanced to the semifinals. Vassar College and Fairfield University essentially had byes as their opponents forfeited. Meanwhile Marist University defeated Columbia University convincingly 67-0 and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute had a battle with Siena College but prevailed 29-5. 

These results mean that Vassar College will host Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Fairfield University will host Marist University next weekend on Sunday November 2, 2025. The latter of these games will be something of a decider given that in regular season play the match ended 26-26.

There are also games scheduled for teams that did not win this weekend as the Tri-State set up consolation brackets. A look at the attachment will help every team understand the bracket they are to play in. Siena College will host The College of New Jersey while Columbia University will host Rutgers University in the Challenger bracket.

Fordham University will host Molloy University and Montclair State University will host Hofstra University in the Plate bracket.

SUNY-New Paltz would have traveled to Stony Brook to decide the Bowl bracket but the Stony Brook University team has been struck by injuries and with a small roster is not able to play this game.

Sunday November 2, 2025

Division II Championship – semifinals

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Vassar College

Marist University at Fairfield University

Challenger bracket – semifinals

The College of New Jersey at Siena College

Rutgers University at Columbia University

Plate bracket – semifinals

Molloy University at Fordham University

Hofstra University at Montclair State University

Bowl bracket

SUNY-New Paltz at Stony Brook University (forfeit to New Paltz)

Please feel free to visit the Tri-State Conference website for news, general information and results.

Go to:  tristaterugby.com

TS WOMEN PLAYOFFS as of 10-27-25

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Collegiate Rugby – Men

Thursday October 23, 2025

Tri-State Men’s Division II Goes Down to the Wire

Poughkeepsie, NY – The final weekend of regular season play sees a number of teams still in contention for the 4 semi​-final postseason spots. However, the waters are muddied on account of a game that was not played earlier this fall and the fact that the Fairfield University Men’s Developmental team does not advance to Conference postseason competition. The Stags have acquitted themselves admirably and look likely to finish either first or second but because the Fairfield program has a team in the Liberty Conference these players have a postseason pathway already in place.

If it is possible​, the Stags might be able to play against the Tri-State Champion if and when they are knocked out of the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) postseason. This is not a certainty but the option will be entertained.

So​, here is the picture for the 4 semifinal slots – USMMA, Kings Point will finish first or second and are assured of a home semifinal. The Academy play​s Hofstra University this weekend, 10/26/25, and even a loss doesn’t hurt their semifinal slot. Kings Point ha​s 27 points from 6 games. Fairfield also ha​s 27 points from 6 games.

Hofstra University and SUNY-Maritime had to postpone their regular season game on account of bad weather. It is hoped that the game can be played next week but that may not be necessary if the mathematics dictate that it won’t change the standings. The game should be set up so that in the event that it needs to be played it can be.

If Hofstra lose to USMMA this Sunday and do not earn any bonus points then they will finish the season with 15 points and if they were to defeat Maritime and score a bonus point the maximum number of points the school could earn would be 20 points.

Maritime has 16 points after 5 games and this weekend plays SUNY-New Paltz. If the Privateers win and get maximum points they will have 21 points. A win over Hofstra could mean earning 4 or 5 more points to give them a total of 26 or 27 points. This would elevate them to second place in the Conference and a semifinal slot. (Remember Fairfield do​es not advance.)

Vassar College has 17 points after 6 games and the Brewers face Seton Hall who have 16 points. If the Vassar Men win and collect a bonus point then they will finish the season with 22 points. If Seton Hall win​s with a bonus point they will finish with 21 points. Of course, either team could win and not earn a bonus point giving Vassar 21 points or Seton Hall 20 points.

Confused? Don’t be because there is more to consider!

If Hofstra was to beat USMMA and earn either 4 or 5 points then the game against Maritime becomes a major factor. Hofstra would have 19 or 20 points and a win over Maritime would give them 23 or 24 points. 

If Maritime slip​s up against New Paltz and ​either lose or ​t​ie, the Privateers would have 16, 17 or 18 points with just the Hofstra game to play. A win over Hofstra would give them 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 or 23 points.

Just to spice matters up a tad more there is the home field issue as the top 2 are scheduled to be at home as long as their field is championship standard.

All pretty clear huh? I guess that’s why we play sports!

Sunday night will see USMMA, Fairfield, Vassar, Seton Hall, New Paltz and Montclair State with final regular season totals. The question that will then be asked is, does the Hofstra v Maritime game even need to be played?

Sincerely,

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

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College Rugby

Tri-State Conference Playoffs Fall 2025

Monday October 20th, 2025

Poughkeepsie, NY – Please see the link below to view the Fall 2025 playoff brackets now that the regular season has concluded.

Remember to zoom in to read more easily!

Ws Playoff brackets 10-20-25