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October 27th, 2019 Playoff Updates

Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference

Fall 2019 Playoffs

Division II – Women

Quarterfinals

Sunday October 27, 2019

  • SUNY-New Paltz Women 5 at 36 Vassar College Women
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Women 29 at 10 Stony Brook Uni. Women
  • Hofstra University Women 0 at 72 Marist College Women
  • University at Albany Women 14 at 38 Fairfield University Women

Semifinals

Sunday November 3, 2019

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women at Vassar College Women
  • Marist College Women at Fairfield University Women

Women’s Finals

Saturday November 9, 2019

At Siena College, Loudonville, NY                    Top 3 teams advance to USA Rugby

12:30 pm 3rd/4th Place playoff game               National Championship Round of 32

2:00 pm Conference Championship game    on Sat. Nov. 16, 2019 Opponent &

                                                                                    venue TBA.

Ws Playoffs 2019

Division II – Men

First Round

Sunday October 27, 2019

  • Monroe College Men 15 at 18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men
  • Seton Hall University Men 0 at 61 Marist College Men

Semifinals

Sunday November 3, 2019

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men at USMMA, Kings Point Men

Marist College Men at William Paterson University Men

Final

Sunday November 10, 2019

At Higher seed

Semifinal winners             Conference Champion advances to USA Rugby National Championship Playoffs – Sat. Nov. 16, 2019 Opponent & venue TBA.

Ms Playoffs 2019

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Standings & Playoffs as of 10/22/19

Standings & Playoffs

Sunday October 27, 2019

Quarterfinals – Women

SUNY-New Paltz Women at Vassar College Women

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women at Stony Brook University Women

Hofstra University Women at Marist College Women

University at Albany Women at Fairfield University Women

Click on link below to see the complete Women’s playoff picture…

Ws Playoffs 2019

First Round – Men

Monroe College Men at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men

Seton Hall University Men at Marist College Men

Click on link below to see the complete Men’s playoff picture…

Ms Playoffs 2019

Fall 2019 Regular Season Standings

Standings 2019 (2)

Results Fall 2019

Results Fall 2019

 

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Fall 2019 Schedules Published

For Immediate Release

College Rugby

Poughkeepsie, NY

May 16, 2019

Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference Fall 2019 Schedules Published

The Fall 2019 Season is three and a half months away but looking at the Tri-State Conference team schedules it promises to be a real thriller of a Rugby competition. William Paterson University Men will want to repeat in both 15s and 7s while the Vassar College Women are favored to win the 15s given that they are the defending USA Rugby National Fall Division II Champions.

The Men’s Division II is smaller than last fall with the departure of The College of New Jersey to a Pennsylvania conference and the fact that Hofstra University and Molloy College have moved to the Central (NSCRO) Division. However, Monroe College move up and will provide a new challenge for the other Division II teams.

The Women’s Division II teams are divided into a North and South Division and then teams will compete in the post season with a play-in round prior to a quarterfinal round. The return of the University at Albany and Rutger’s University is likely to up the level of competition. In addition Siena College, who have increased their numbers and bolstered the program with a Director of Rugby, as well as Marist College, always a force, make this Conference one of the more competitive Division II entities in the country.

The Men’s Central Division will send one team to post-season in the NSCRO Champions Cup and another to the NSCRO Challenge Cup. Vassar and Bard will hope to field teams this fall but numbers have been low hence this grouping of teams was changed from a 2-division set-up to a single 9 team division. Each team will play 8 games and the final standings will determine the playoff teams.

Click on a link below to see each divisional schedule or review the post-season playoffs

TS 2019 Men’s DII Schedules

TS 2019 Women Div. II Schedules

TS 2019 Men Central NSCRO Schedule

TS 2019 Women Central NSCRO Schedule

TS 2019 Men’s Playoffs

TS 2019 Women Playoffs

Please feel free to contact the Conference with any questions or concerns. E-mail tobrown@vassar.edu or call (845) 380-9052

 

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Vassar College Women Win Conference 7s

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College Rugby

Poughkeepsie, NY

Sunday April 28th, 2019

The Vassar College Women finished the 2018-19 season on a massive high winning the Tri-State Conference 7s.

The Championship went off like clockwork although the weather was cold and wet. The outstanding RRSNY officials did a wonderful job moving the games along. The tournament consisted of 4 groups of 4 and the top 2 in each group advanced to the single elimination playoffs with quarterfinals, semis and the final.

In Group A the Montclair State University Women defeated the defending champions Marist College and topped the group. Marist had a slew of injuries that really hampered their defense but they advanced as the second team from A.

In Group B Vassar and SUNY-New Paltz Women went through with the Hawks getting past Fordham and Siena B.

In Group C it was Fairfield that looked particularly strong with plenty of pace and the surprise was that the Vassar Women B-side squeezed into second place and a quarterfinal slot.

In group D Stony Brook University Women emerged as the top team with Siena College the runner-up.

Quarterfinal match-ups saw Montclair State v SUNY-New Paltz; Vassar v Marist; Fairfield v Siena; Stony Brook v Vassar B.

Stony Brook took care of Vassar B; Marist fell to Vassar A; Montclair defeated New Paltz and Siena beat Fairfield.

In the semifinals Vassar faced a very quick Montclair team and at the same time Stony Brook took on Siena.

The final pitted Vassar against the Stony Brook University Women and in difficult conditions, more akin to November than April, Vassar ran in 6 tries and kept a clean sheet.

See all the results here:

W 7s 2019-1

See the Standings after round-robin play here:

W 7s Standings 2019

Congratulations to all the teams for a good day of 7s.

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William Paterson University Threepeat as Conference 7s Champions

For Immediate Release
 
College Rugby – Men
 
Poughkeepsie, NY
Sunday April 7, 2019
William Paterson University Threepeat!
William Paterson University Men ran away with the Tri-State 7s title in style and the New Jersey school collected their third consecutive conference 7s crown. Not only did WPU win the championship but their ferocious defense held all attackers at bay as they did not concede any points over their 3 pool games games, the quarterfinal, semifinal and final! Three championships now and this one with 6 shutouts. Hats off to the Pioneers on a very special weekend.
Pool Play
Group A
William Paterson quickly dispatched Marist College B in the tournament opener 35-0 and rattled through SUNY-Oneonta 49-0 and Seton Hall 33-0. So the fight was for second place and it was the Hall that emerged as runner-up by virtue of a 10-5 win over Oneonta.
Group B
Hofstra University had reached the last 8 the previous year but they faced Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) who have been highly competitive recently in 15s. But the Hofstra Pride squeaked past the Engineers 12-5 and both advanced to the quarters.
Group C
This was the most competitive group as Marist jumped ahead 2-0 but the game with Drew University was close 24-21. The Monroe College Mustangs were well beaten in their first game but had arrived late to the field and with little warm-up time Drew put them away 28-7. Monroe surprised Marist upsetting last year’s finalist 15-14 but the bonus point Marist earned saw them and Drew advance.
 
Group D
SUNY_New Paltz and Molloy College went through from this group but there were close fought games that might have gone the other way. Vassar lost a must win game against New Paltz 10-12 and missed the conversion at the end from right in front of the posts that would have earned them a tie. The deserved winner Molloy as they went undefeated in this group.
The entire day was officiated by the Rugby Referees Society of New York (RRSNY) and a host of Vassar volunteers, with most of them being members of the USA Rugby National Championship winning team. Thanks are due to all these young women and the cadre of referees.
Championship results below
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All-Conference Players – Fall 2018

Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference

All-Conference Teams – Fall 2018

Men

Name                        Year              School                     Position

Rob Eder                  Senior            Vassar College        Number 8

Evan Roberts           Junior             Vassar College        Scrumhalf

John Guerriero         Sophomore   William Paterson      Number 8

Ian Barret                  Junior             William Paterson      Fly Half

Dillion Fazliu             Junior             William Paterson      Inside Center

Zach Bonstein          Senior            William Paterson      Wing

Andrew Massefski   Senior            William Paterson      Hooker

Samuel Wilkins        Sophomore   Bard College            Prop

JM Knoetgen            Junior             Bard College            Fly Half

Thomas Jones         Junior             Marist                         Inside Center

Rhys Henry               Senior            Marist                         Number 8

Owen Diaz                Senior            Maris                          Flyhalf

Conner Louro           Junior             Marist                         Fullback

Joe DePalma           Senior            Oneonta State          Scrumhalf

Dillon Hughes          Senior            Oneonta State          Number 8

Matt Leto                   Senior            Seton Hall Uni.         Lock

Chris Aube                Sophomore   Seton Hall Uni.         Full Back

Casey Lewis             Freshman      TCNJ                          Fullback

Ryan Parker              Senior            TCNJ                          Wing

Michael Roura          Senior            TCNJ                          Wing

Will Kitson                 Junior             TCNJ                          Flyhalf

Russell Abernathy   Junior             TCNJ                          Flanker

Alex Rigdwell           Junior             TCNJ                          Lock

Kyle Novak               Senior            Hofstra                       Flanker

Raymond Brown      Sophomore   Hofstra                       Inside Center

Angad Singh             Junior             Drew University        Flyhalf/Center

Gage Wheeler          Senior            Drew University        Lock/Flanker

Owen Serbent          Senior            Maritime                    Number 8

Jonathon D’Angelo Senior            Maritime                    Inside Center

Kevin Kane               Senior            Maritime                    Tighthead Prop

McCale Butto            Senior            Maritime                    Fullback

Conner Louro           Junior             Marist                         Fullback

Thomas Jones          Junior             Marist                         Inside Center

Rhys Henry               Senior            Marist                         Number 8

Owen Diaz                Senior            Marist                         Flyhalf

Women

Name                        Year              School                     Position

Aleasia Brown          Senior            Montclair State         Wing

Sabreen Huzien       Sophomore   Montclair State         Number 8

Victoria Davis           Senior            Rensselaer               Utility Player

Caitlyn Moustouka   Sophomore   Rensselaer               Fullback

Jennie To                  Senior            Vassar                       Scrumhalf

Oshana Reich          Senior            Vassar                       Number 8

Amalia Downer        Senior            Fordham                    Number 8

Maye Yassin             Senior            Fordham                    Fullback

Victoria Santiago     Senior            Drew                          Flanker

Genesis Guedes      Junior             Drew                          Hooker

Ellie Lockhart            Senior            Siena                         Flyhalf

Maria Brown             Junior             Siena                         Number 8

Jill Nixon                    Senior            Marist                         Flyhalf

Rachel Lee               Senior            Marist                         Flanker

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Agenda for AGM

Please feel free to send agenda items to me for inclusion this Saturday (Feb. 2nd, 2019).

Below is the agenda

Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference

Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 2nd, 2019

at

Maritime College, Bronx, NY

Conference web site at http://www.tristaterugby.com

2:00 pm Women     3:00 pm Men

AGENDA

  1. Team representatives sign-in – Name, school, cell # and e-mail address.

 

  1. Contact Information – Team representatives are asked to check the team contact details on the conference web site and provide updates and corrections on the sheet provided at the AGM. These should reflect the coaching staff and administrators, both school officials and students, that will be responsible for the team in the Spring and Fall of 2019.

 

  1. 7s Championship dates ALL MEN (& WOMEN NSCRO) Sunday March 7th, 2019 venue TBD; WOMEN DII – Sunday April 28th, 2019 venue TBD

 

  1. Spring Schedules – Teams will discuss spring schedule dates and can schedule games. All teams must enter their Spring Schedules on the RRSNY or NYRRS website no later than February 15th, 2019.

 

  1. Fall 2018 Report – see addendum
  2. Number of Teams, B-sides, & result reporting.
  3. Thanks to the Referee Societies
  4. Congratulations to Tri-State Rugby Conference Champions Fall 2018
  5. Administration
  6. Division II & NSCRO
  7. Men – Fall 2019 Conference Structure & Schedule
  8. Women – Fall 2019 Conference Structure & Schedule
  9. Referees/Officials
  10. Uniforms and conduct on and off the field
  11. Budget Review
  12. Medical requirements mandatory at games
  13. Hosting a Tri-State 15s Championship in Fall 2019
  14. Spring 2019 Sevens & Hosting a 7s Tournament
  15. Certified coaches for each program
  16. All-Conference Team & All-Star Team
  17. Sponsorship & Trophies
  18. Any other business
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Conference AGM on Sat. Feb. 2, 2019

Conference AGM on Sat. Feb. 2, 2019

All teams are required to send a representative to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) that will take place on Saturday February 2, 2019 at SUNY-Maritime College in the Bronx, New York.

The Women’s Teams will meet at 2:00 p.m and the Men’s Teams will meet at 3:00 p.m.

The specific room details and the agenda will be furnished the week of the meeting.

Please feel free to send agenda items to: tobrown@vassar.edu

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Vassar Women Take DII National Title

For Immediate Release

College Rugby

Matthews, NC

December 1 & 2, 2018

Vassar Women One Better than Previous Year

The Vassar Women finished the Fall at 15-0 and defeated Winona State University 50-13 in the Championship game. It’s a first for the Brewers who lost a heart-breaker the year before, 38-36, against the same opponent also in the Division II Championship game! FloRugby streamed the game live and a full report is available at The Rugby Breakdown (TRB) the on-line publication that is second to none for Women’s Rugby in the USA. Just go to https://www.therugbybreakdown.com/single-post/2018/12/02/Vassar-Gets-its-DI-Fall-Title

In addition FloRugby has a report and video available – https://www.florugby.com/articles/6276879-vassar-grinds-out-brilliant-title-run

This senior class finished 4th as freshmen, 3rd as sophomores, second as juniors and first as seniors to round out a stellar collegiate rugby career.

Congratulations to the Vassar College Women on their first and the school’s first ever team championship.

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Tri-State’s Vassar Women Into Final 4

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College Rugby – Women

Poughkeepsie, NY

Saturday & Sunday November 17 & 18, 2018

All four of the Women’s Division II semifinalists from 2017 returned to the playoffs this year and all four of them will be returning once again in 2018. Cincinnati will play Winona State, and Vassar will take on the Coast Guard in the semifinals. The teams and the match-ups have stayed the same and time will tell if the results will remain the same too.

Saturday saw its fair share of lop-sided fixtures. The closest match played in the Round of 16 was Bryant’s, 40-12, win over Kutztown. In the other fixtures Cincinnati took care of Illinois State, 48-5; Vassar was too strong for Maine, 46-12; Indiana University of Pennsylvania blew by Bowling Green State, 61-15; last year’s champion Winona State looked capable of reaching those heights once again, as they took down Colorado School of Mines, 57-17; Bloomsburg were impressive against Buffalo State, 67-15; Coast Guard wasn’t challenged by Fairfield, 61-5; and Colorado Mesa moved by University of Wisconsin-OshKosh, 59-22.

Sunday was not a lot closer, as only one game was decided by single digits. That was Winona State who almost saw an eighteen-point lead with fifteen minutes remaining disappear against the Colorado Mesa. The defending champions managed to hold on for a nail biting win, 37-33. In the other games the wins were more decisive. Cincinnati was able to book their spot in the last four after doubling Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s score, 34-17. Vassar set themselves up for a shot at redemption with a 41-24 win over Bryant and Coast Guard were just too strong for Bloomsburg, recording a, 65-7, win.

Playoff brackets

Fall 2018 Final 4 DII Women

Read more at https://www.usarugby.org/2018/11/teams-advance-through-to-fall-college-championship-weekend/?bsR0HqT71ytBX6bA.99