For Immediate Release

Tri-State Conference College Rugby

Saturday November 12, 2022

New York, New Jersey & Connecticut Collegiate Rugby

POSTSEASON SUCCESSES FOR TRI-STATE TEAMS

The Fall of 2022 is turning out to be a good one for the Tri-State Conference teams. The regular season having been wrapped up the top teams have advanced to post season play.

The Marist College Men remain unbeaten and yesterday defeated the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Men in a thriller 32-31. The Red Foxes now travel to Reading, PA and will face Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The Division II National Collegiate Rugby Championship is highly competitive but the Marist men have taken the first step on the ladder.

The Vassar College Women advance to the Final 4 of the Collegiate Rugby Association of America (CRAA) National Championship in Matthews, NC and may well be joined there by the Fairfield University Women who yesterday defeated the Mid-Atlantic (MARC) second seeded team, Kutztown University Women, 53-21. Fairfield will play next weekend in Annapolis, MD against Providence College and if they win they will face either Temple University Women or the Colorado Mesa University Women for a slot in the Final 4. The other side of the draw pits the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Women against the Colorado School of Mines.

The Hofstra University Men, winners of the Tri-State Conference Central Division, advanced to the next NCR National playoff round with a victory over Springfield College Men 26-15 yesterday. The runner-up in the Tri-State Central Conference, SUNY-Maritime College Men will play in the NCR Bowl Series

In the Tri-State Conference Women’s Bowl game Stony Brook University Women defeated Rutgers University Women in a close match, winning 25-21.

Congratulations to all the Tri-State teams for representing the Conference and winning through to the next round of the postseason.