For Immediate Release

Tri-State Conference Rugby

Poughkeepsie, NY

Tuesday November 22, 2022

Collegiate Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Women’s Division II Championship

The Fairfield University Women traveled to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and won their first round CRAA Playoff game defeating the number 1 team from the Rugby Northeast Conference, Providence College 29-10. The previous weekend Fairfield had defeated the number 2 team from the Mid-Atlantic region, Kutztown University, to earn the right to continue in the playoffs. The next day Fairfield faced Temple University, the Mid-Atlantic number 1 team and fell 22-10 but the team and coaching staff can be very proud of an outstanding season with notable wins, including an emphatic regular season victory over Vassar College to accompany those wins over other conference top teams.

The Vassar College Women will now face Temple University at then Final 4 in the semifinal of the CRAA Championship on Saturday December 3, 2022 at 10:00 am. On the other side of the draw the Colorado School of Mines face the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at 12:00 noon. The Championship game will be on Sunday December 4, 2022 in the stadium at the Mecklenburg Sportsplex Park in Matthews, NC with the kick-off at 12:00 noon.