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FALL 2025 SCHEDULES & PLAYOFF BRACKETS

To: All Tri-State Teams
Re: Fall 2025 Schedules
Date: 5-27-25
 
Please review the schedules and playoff brackets using the links below.
 
As of 5-27-25 there have been a few changes so please read these carefully.
 
On the Men’s Schedules the Conference semifinal playoff date has been moved to the Saturday.
 
The Women’s Division III has switched the Hofstra and Moilloy schedules which does impact all the DIII teams but only with regard to the opponent not the travel.
 
Check out the links below:
 
 
 
 
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Marist University 7s CRC Run

For Immediate Release

College Rugby

Wednesday May 7, 2025

Marist Women Excel at CRC 7s

Poughkeepsie, NY – The Marist University Women earned an At-Large bid to the CRC 7s this past month and more than justified their being included. The Red Foxes defeated Syracuse University in round 1 and then New Mexico State advancing to the semifinal stage to take on Roger Williams University. The result didn’t go their way as they fell 19-24 but the team showed real class in the 3rd/4th game playoff defeating Towson 24-19 and not only did that give them third place but sophomore Sydney Weiss was selected to the All-Tournament Division II team. Congratulations to the Marist players and coaching staff for representing the Tri-State Conference so well.

CRC Division II 2025

The US Coast Guard Academy won the Division II title defeating Roger Williams in the final.

https://www.collegiaterugbychampionship.com/news/coastguard-gets-their-gold

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All-Conference Selections Announced (Women’s Teams)

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College Rugby
 
All Conference Selections for the Tri-State are announced
 
Stony Brook, NY – Women’s Conference representative Reggie Ferraro announced the All-Conference Selections for the Tri-State Collegiate Rugby teams. 
 
The teams in the Tri-State Division II have been highly competitive over the years with Vassar College, Fairfield University and Marist University (formerly Marist College) all reaching the latter stages of the National Fall Championship in the past 10 years. Last year Vassar won the NCR Division II title and Fairfield made the last 8 defeating the number 1 team from Rugby North East.
 
The Tri-State Conference has selected the following players as All-Conference standouts. The criteria is that each student must be in good academic standing with their school; the student must have been a starter on the A-side with a strong skill set and game knowledge; and not have had any disciplinary issues.
 
The link below includes details of each player including home, year position and comments but here are the names of each rugby player:
 
 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Anna Champ
Briana Franco
DREW UNIVERSITY
Claire Driscoll
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Hannah Bershefsky
Kayla Fox
Grace Eberl
Serena Koshy
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Kari Smith
Elena Stoddard
MARIST UNIVERSITY
Megan Chang
Syd Weiss
MOLLOY UNIVERSITY
Jenna Flynn
Kelly McCarthy
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
Mia Pedalino
Crystal Aguero
SUNY-NEW PALTZ
Liam Gorlin
Danalee Gutierrez
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Theresa Olson
Aidan Hoover
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Julia Lindner
Kristen Hutz
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Kira Rubian
Kaylee Rose Ofstead
VASSAR COLLEGE
Sabine Weil
Sophia Bailey
 
For information on the Tri-State Conference please go to
tristaterugby.com
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MARIST WOMEN 7s TAKE TITLE

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College Rugby

Sunday April 6th, 2025

MARIST UNIVERSITY WOMEN WIN TRI-STATE CONFERENCE 7s TITLE

&

HOST TEAM SIENA COLLEGE WOMEN TAKE DIVISION III TITLE

Loudonville, NY – On the beautiful Siena College campus in Loudonville, NY the Marist University Women went undefeated, going 6-0, and ran away with the Tri-State Conference 7s Championship 2025. Hosts Siena went 4-0 in their pool and then defeated Drew University in the final.

The Red Foxes were the dominant team throughout the afternoon that bore witness to 34 games of Rugby 7s. The weather was cold and made worse by the gusts of wind that blew throughout the day. It made for difficult handling and there were certainly plenty of dropped passes but the enthusiasm and intent to play was there from all teams.

In  Pool A The College of New Jersey had a bright start dispatching Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 32-10 and then knocking off Vassar College 17-14. But Vassar responded with a win over Columbia and another 2 victories to take the top spot in Pool A. Columbia also finished with a 3-1 record but only collected a single bonus point so finished runner-up.

In Pool B Marist didn’t take a backward step and swept aside all opponents. Fairfield University, the runner-up these past two years to Columbia University, went through as the second placed team.

In the semifinals Fairfield managed to defeat Vassar 10-5 while Marist was on a roll and defeated the defending champions 34-12.

The Championship game was all Marist and a 41-0 score meant that the title went to the Poughkeepsie based school. Congratulations to the Marist University team and a huge, huge thank you to the referees for the day and Siena College for hosting the championship.

Full results and Standings attached below.

 

TS Ws 7s 2025 Results – Final

Sincerely,

 

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

tristaterugby.com

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Tri-State 7s Champions 2025 – Men

For Immediate Release
 
College Rugby – Men
 
Tri-State Conference 7s Championship 2025
(NY-NJ-CT)
 
Sunday March 30th, 2025
 
New Paltz, NY – The Mid-Hudson Valley based school, SUNY-New Paltz, played host to the Tri-State Conference 2025 Men’s 7s Championship. On a cloudy and gray day but with no rain, two fields were in constant use with referees from the Rugby Referees Society of New York in action and when all was said and done the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point had emerged worthy winners.
 
Every score and the standings are included in the link below  but after pool play the semifinalists were USMMA, SUNY-Maritime, Vassar College and Hofstra University.
 
 
In the first semifinal it went down to the wire and the Privateers of SUNY-Maritime prevailed 17-14 over the Vassar College Brewers. On the other side of the draw USMMA defeated Hofstra University 27-17 and that set up the final between the two nautical institutions that are based on Long Island and are fierce rivals. USMMA managed to control the final and only conceded 1 try while running up 26 points to take the title.
 
A huge thank you is owed to the referees from RRSNY Luke Fortuna, Casey Draskovich, Dana Wasserman, Cody Kuxmann and Brad Lawrence as everything went smoothly and they worked hard to cover all the matches. Also thanks is due to the host team SUNY-New Paltz for setting up the fields and being good hosts.
For information about the Tri-State Conference please go to the website tristaterugby.com
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REFEREE REMINDERS

Reminders on how to notify the Rugby Referee Society of New York (RRSNY) about upcoming matches.

All clubs MUST add their home matches into MatchFacts in order to have a referee assigned to your match.

MatchFacts: https://www.matchfacts.app/

Q: How do I add Match to MatchFacts?

A: – Register to MatchFacts with your club/team/organization – Add Match within dashboard, ensure the appropriate information is include for RRSNY to approve

Best Practice: Add all team’s known matches at the beginning of the season.

For further, in depth steps visit our website with the following link (see step 3). https://rrsny.org/?page_id=3134

Q: Do I have to add tournaments to MatchFacts?

A: YES, in addition it is imperative to note the amount of games that will be expected to be in the tournament so it can be scheduled appropriately. Always include the type of tournament (15s, 7s) and the number of fields.

Q: I already have a MatchFacts account, how do I link to another organization

A: Contact secretary@rrsny.org requesting to be added to organization. Title subject “MatchFacts – [Organization Name]” to ensure message is seen. If there are any questions or issues in registering to Match Facts or adding Matches please reply directly to secretary@rrsny.org and cc helmandollaa@gmail.com.

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TRI-STATE FALL 2025 SCHEDULES & PLAYOFFS PUBLISHED

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College Rugby

February 24th, 2025 – updated 3/20/25

Poughkeepsie, NY

TRI-STATE CONFERENCE FALL 2025 SCHEDULES & PLAYOFF BRACKETS RELEASED

The Fall of 2025 may seem a long way off but the Tri-State Conference has published the team schedules and conference playoff brackets (click on the  links below for all the details).
 
On the men’s side all the teams will play each other in Division III and there will be a separate Developmental Division, for those programs that are still building their roster numbers after the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
In Fall 2024 the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) were Conference Champions and Hofstra University the runner-up. Those teams will be joined by the other 2 semifinalists Montclair State University and Vassar College  as well as SUNY-New Paltz, SUNY-Maritime College, Seton Hall University and the Fairfield University Developmental XV. The Developmental Division will include Drew University, Molloy College, Bard College, SUNY-Oneonta and hopefully Union College.
 
The Tri-State Women’s Divisions will be tiered as has been the norm over the years with 11 teams in Division II divided into a tier 1 of 5 teams and a tier 2 of 6 teams. The remaining 5 teams will from the Division III group.
 
Division II will no doubt be as competitive as ever with Vassar College, Fairfield University, Marist University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leading the way in the North (Tier 1) and they will be joined by Fordha University who are keen to get both A and B-side games. Strong challenges are to be expected from Columbia University, Montclair State University, Rutgers University, Stony Brook University, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and newcomers Siena College all in the South Division (Tier 2). The Division III teams are Molloy College, Hofstra University, SUNY-New Paltz, Drew University and USMMA. (USMMA is a new team that will need to recruit heavily to participate fully.)
 
The Conference Playoff seedings are allocated in accordance with strength of schedule. The North gets seeds 1,2,3 & 4 and the South 5,6,7 & 8. However, at the AGM, Fairfield University proposed an all conference participation event so that teams could keep playing even if they lost their first round playoff games. So the Conference has put together 4 competitions for the Conference postseason and all the teams will play right the way through to Saturday November 8th, 2025. The intention is to have a Finals Day with all teams playing at the same venue if possible.
 
The Fall 2025 Schedules and the Playoff Brackets for this exciting proposal are shown below:
 
 
 
 
 
N.B. The Women’s Division III group are hopeful that Hofstra University can participate in the Fall and that USMMA will manage to get a squad large enough for a 15s team. In the event that neither of these teams is functional the B-sides of other teams may have to fill those open games.
 
 
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Annual General Meeting – Sunday Jan. 26, 2025

For Immediate Release

Tri-State Conference Collegiate Rugby

Fall 2024 Wrap-up & our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Sunday Jan. 26, 2025 at Fairfield University

The Fall of 2024 brought some outstanding weather for playing rugby and the Tri-State Conference teams did not disappoint.

On the men’s side the dominant team was the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point. They defeated a very much resurgent Montclair State University Men’s team in the semifinal before facing a Hofstra University team that had avenged their previous season final loss to Vassar College. In the final USMMA prevailed over the Pride and advanced to the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Division III playoffs where they faced last year’s DIII Champions Babson College who proved a very solid team. Meanwhile Hofstra University Men played in the NCR Challenger Bowl series and traveled to Widner College where they too fell in a close fought contest. Kudos to both USMMA and Hofstra for representing the Conference and having good seasons.

The Tri-State Conference Women’s teams continue to be strong on the national scene and in Conference play Vassar College Women faced Fairfield University Women in the Championship game. Vassar had been pushed to the limit against Poughkeepsie rivals Marist College Women squeezing out a 39-33 win while Fairfield had dispatched Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute comfortably to advance. Both teams thus qualified for the NCR National Championship round of 16. Fairfield traveled to the East Regional where they beat Roger Williams University the #1 Rugby NE Conference team but then fell in a tight game against the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in the quarterfinal game. Vassar headed to the South Regional and defeated the University of New Hampshire in the Round of 16 and then the College of William and Mary 40-0 in the quarterfinal. Marist College would have been a very worthy At-Large bid and highly competitive team but bids had to be submitted by the end of October and the Red Foxes didn’t really know where they stood at that point. So Vassar went to the Final 4 in Houston, TX and played the USCGA, whom they have now faced 9 times in the last 10 years and the Brewers won a tough match up 39-27 and it set up a rematch with the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, the team that had beaten Vassar 32-29 in 2023 to take the title. This time the Tri-State team would never relinquish the lead and a good defensive effort led to a 24-5 victory and the 2024 NCR National Division II Championship. Well done to the Vassar Women.

Annual General Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Sunday Jan. 26, 2025 at Fairfield University starting at 1:00 pm.

As always all members are encouraged to send in agenda items and each school is expected to send a representative. Topics include divisional alignment for the Fall of 2025, the playoff structure, a review of Fall 2024, the annual dues, referees and officiating and it is an opportunity to finalize SPRING 2025 SCHEDULES. Time is set aside for teams to set up their spring schedule whether it be 15s or 7s. Please mark our calendar for Sun. Jan. 26 at Fairfield University, 1:00 pm.

An overdue note of thanks goes to the RRSNY and the NYRRS for covering our games this past fall and to all the students who work on behalf of their teammates and schools. I look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

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Postseason Latest Information

For Immediate Release

Tri-State Conference Collegiate Rugby

Friday November 8, 2024

It’s the business end of the season and here is where we stand with the Tri-State teams.

Fall 2024 regular season play finished 3 weeks ago and since then we have had quarterfinals and semifinals so this weekend, on Sunday November 10th, 2024 it’s Finals day.

MEN

The Tri-State Men came down to 4 teams as Hofstra University swept aside Vassar College 67-19 to avenge their Conference Final loss of last year. The Pride will take on the only unbeaten team left – USMMA, Kings Point.  USMMA disposed of a revitalized Montclair State University team 56-15. The final will take place at USMMA with kick-off at 12:00 noon.

National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) Postseason
The winner of the Final advances to the NCR Division III Champions Cup postseason and will host either Babson College or the College of the Holy Cross on Saturday November 16, 2024.
In the event that USMMA, Kings Point wins on Sunday they will host either Babson College or the College of the Holy Cross on Saturday November 16, 2024 and Hofstra University will advance to the NCR Challenge Competition and host either Nichols College or Bentley University for the opportunity to compete in the NCR Bowl.
 
If Hofstra wins on Sunday they will host either Babson College or the College of the Holy Cross on Saturday November 16, 2024 and Montclair State University will advance to the NCR Challenge Competition and host either Nichols College or Bentley University for the opportunity to compete in the NCR Bowl.
 
WOMEN
The semifinalists in the Women’s Division II were Vassar College, Marist College, Fairfield University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Marist ran Vassar right down to the wire falling by just 6 points 33-39 meanwhile Fairfield had no trouble with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute winning 68-0. So the final will take place at Vassar on Sunday at 12 pm with the hosts taking on Fairfield for the third time this year. Both Vassar and Fairfgield advance to the NCR Round of 16 with the winner going to the South Region in Culpeper, VA and the runner-up traveling to Canton, MA.
 
In Division III play SUNY-New Paltz upset Montclair State 40-38 before being well beaten by Siena College 64-5.
 
Siena will represent the Tri-State in the NCR Division III Championship.
 
We wish all the Tri-State teams the very best of luck in their NCR match-ups/
 
Click on the links below to see the full Tri-State Playoff picture including the quarterfinals and for details of the National Collegiate Rugby postseason go to ncr.rugby
 
TS Women Playoffs
 
TS Men Playoffs