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 Women Div. II Schedules
TS 2019 Men Central NSCRO Schedule
TS 2019 Women Central NSCRO Schedule
Please feel free to contact the Conference with any questions or concerns. E-mail tobrown@vassar.edu or call (845) 380-9052