Hope the holidays are treating you well. I wanted to check in regarding the spring 7s calendar and qualification pathways to the Collegiate Rugby Championship, April 26-28, 2024 at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, MD. All of this will eventually be on the website after our team gets through the 15s championships. But I know there are lots of teams planning now, and you all need to be planning your 7s conference championships if you haven’t been already, so I wanted to arm you with the information to do that. Apologies for the cumbersome email.  

 

We have a couple of significant changes this year, one being the men will play Friday and Saturday ONLY, and the women will play Saturday and Sunday ONLY. Another big change is streamlining the size and nature of our divisions. The Men’s Premier Cup will remain 32 teams, and every other division will now be a 16-team bracket, a la the Women’s Premier Cup. We think this aligned competitive structure will make for a better overall experience for everyone and be much easier to follow.

 

As announced earlier this month, the qualification pathways are set. Below is the list of each conference with an AQ bid by division. Please plan to crown your conference champion by no later than Sunday April 14, 2024, as that is the deadline. Please submit your conference championship information to this form by Friday January 12th. 

 

That form is also where ALL tournaments should be submitted to get onto the NCR Master Schedule. When it comes down to deciding those at-large bids, the selection committee will ONLY consider tournaments on the NCR Master Schedule. So please share this link with your teams so they can make sure all their results count.  

 

Please do not hesitate to hit me with any questions or clarifications whatsoever.  

 

Women’s Premier Cup AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Big Ten
Midwest
SARC
Rugby Northeast

Women’s D1AA AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Allegheny/Upstate
Big Ten
Lonestar
Midwest
SARC

Women’s D2 AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Allegheny
Great Lakes
Great Waters/Northern Lights
Lonestar
MARC
Mid-America
NEWCRC
Ohio Valley
High Peaks
Rugby Northeast
SARC
Tri-State
Upstate New York

Women’s Small College AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Allegheny
Colonial Coast
EPRU
Great Lakes
Great Waters/Northern Lights
MARC
Mid-America
NEWCRC
Ohio Valley
Prairie States
Rugby Northeast
SARC
Tri-State
Upstate New York

 

Big Rivers
Big Ten

Rugby East
Liberty
SCRC

 

Sunshine 7s	February 24	Confirmed	Men’s	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	drbuschman@gmail.com
Frostbite 7s	March 2	Confirmed	Men’s	Hempfield High School	Lancaster, PA	https://www.paclassics.org/frostbite-rugby-tournament
Crimson Storm Classic	March 2	Confirmed	Men’s	Southern Nazarene University	Bethany, OK	agilliland@mail.snu.edu
Terrapins 7s	March 9	Confirmed	Men’s	University of Maryland	College Park, MD	jsoeken@comcast.net
Kansas City Collegiate Invitational	March 16	Confirmed	Men’s	KC Current Training Facility	Kansas City, MO	sevens@ncr.rugby
Fighting Irish Invitational	March 23	Confirmed	Men’s	Stinson Rugby Field	Notre Dame, IN	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWVKfZdseaGKYa0-KyGpp9h8AxmvhbNfg4u7MZJuJ7LJej3w/viewform
Monumental 7s	April 6	Confirmed	Men’s	Veterans Memorial Stadium	Quincy, MA	https://freejacks.com/product/2024-monumental-7s-registration/
Cherry Blossom	April 13	Confirmed	Men’s	Liberty Sports Park	Washington, D.C.	http://www.washingtonrugbyclub.org/pages/CherryBlossomTournament

 

Men’s D1AA AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Liberty
MARC
Southern
Big Ten
SCRC
MAC

 

Men’s D2 AQ Conferences (All other bids are at-large)
Allegheny
Cardinals
Deep South
Gateway
Great Lakes
Great Midwest
High Peaks
Liberty
MARC
New England Wide
Northern Lights
SCRC
Southern
Tri-State

 

Men’s Small College AQ Conferences 
MARC
Allegheny
NERFU
Colonial Coast
Cardinals

Men’s Small College Open Qualifiers

Northwest Small College National Qualifier	March 23	Confirmed	Men’s	Western Oregon University	Monmouth, OR	https://forms.gle/m3Quvb1p9ubZJk1DA
Calfornia Small College National Qualifier	April 6	Confirmed	Men’s	Cal Maritime	Vallejo, CA	https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSce2LstXVEpR9_vQX7Y1zdzsDixplSokj4PUgSBQI8bzx8Eaw/viewform
Rockies Small College National Qualifier	TBC	Proposed	Men’s	TBC	TBC	TBC
Midwest-North Small College National Qualifier	April 13	Confirmed	Men’s	Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex	Cottage Grove, WI	https://form.jotform.com/233064635543051
Midwest-East Small College National Qualifier	March 23	Confirmed	Men’s	Fortress Obetz	Obetz, OH	seth.r.erwin@gmail.com
Mid-Atlantic Small College National Qualifier	April 6	Confirmed	Men’s	TBC	Pittsburgh, PA	seth.r.erwin@gmail.com
Southeast Small College National Qualifier	April 13	Confirmed	Men’s	East Carolina University	Greenville, N.C.	jwiseman003@gmail.com
New York Small College National Qualifier	April 7	Confirmed	Men’s	Niagara University	Buffalo, NY	https://forms.gle/Y3E4tRaEaSJUdcC39
New England Small College National Qualifier	April 6	Confirmed	Men’s	TBC	Boston, MA	dale.russell@maine.edu

Thank you,

 

Pat Clifton

NCR 7s Director
816.506.4904