To: All Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference Teams

Date: Friday December 24th, 2021

Dear Tri-State Administrators, Coaches, Players, Referees, Family and Friends,

While the past 18 months have been difficult as we have all had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic you have prevailed!

So at this time of year when we reflect on the events and people in our lives please remember that we have practiced with masks, been socially distanced, returned to play and pieced together a Rugby season. So thank you all for your exceptional efforts and continued involvement.

Please note that in 2022 we will put together a 7s Season for teams like no other in an effort to rebuild our rosters. We will discuss this in great detail at the Zoom AGM that will be scheduled in January 2022, details to follow.

Also mark Sunday February 27th, 2022 on your calendar as we are planning on hosting a Coaching Clinic, a Referee Clinic and a Strength & Conditioning Clinic at SUNY-Maritime College – confirmation and details to follow.

Thank you all again and I hope you have a happy holiday season and all the best for 2022.

Sincerely,

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

Vassar College Rugby

Head Coach  

https://youtu.be/bT9jn7I40OI

Senior Lecturer, Athletics & Physical Education
Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Box 750
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
http://www.vassarathletics.com/

To: All Tri-State Conference Rugby Teams

Re: Fall Season 2021

Date: November 1, 2021

Regular Season

The Fall 2021 regular season has come to a close save for the Men’s Division III who have one more weekend of play. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the administrators, team leaders and players for making their best effort each week to work with other teams and play as much of the schedule as was possible. The small rosters for teams, issues with transportation, Covid restrictions, a small pool of referees and the injuries sustained all contributed to problems yet for the most part we prevailed. Thank you one and all.

Post-season

The Tri-State Conference is now entering the post season and that means a few teams will advance to the Conference finals and regional play. It is important that you get with your school academic registrar and complete the eligibility paperwork. (Blank form attached). I would encourage those involved in the post season to go to the Tri-State Conference website, the ACRA website and the NCR website for pertinent details regarding playoff brackets and venues. ( https:/tristaterugby.org, https://www.acrarugby.org, https://www.ncrugby.org ) {Women’s Division II ACRA brackets

Additional games

It has come to my attention that some teams are wanting to add games to their schedule now that conference play has concluded. However, There is a severe shortage of referees and we need to be considerate of the burden we are putting on these officials. Please do not schedule games independently with another school or club and then seek a referee. You may request that a game be added to the schedule and to do so you will need to e-mail both the Conference and the Referee’s Society ( tobrown@vassar.edu, camille.juzwik@gmail.com ) But please understand that the game may not be played.

Coaches

This Fall has proven particularly challenging for teams with so many rookies on the field and there has been a tendency for coaches to go onto the field of play during games. Though understandable this is not permissible. Coaches need to remain on the touchline and I would ask that all take a few minutes to review the Coaches Code of Conduct that is on the Tri-State website. (The exception to this rule would be a medical emergency where the coach is a trained EMT, paramedic, ATC, physician or their presence is requested by medical personnel to assist an injured player.) Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns and again a big thank you for making this Fall Season possible.

Sincerely,

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

Tri-State Rugby Conference, Inc.
Director
http://www.tristaterugby.com

For Immediate Release

Tri-State Conference Collegiate Rugby

Sunday October 31, 2021

Poughkeepsie, NY

Playoffs

An exciting weekend of rugby in the Tri-State area bore witness to two overtime wins as teams battled to make the Conference Championship games.

Women

In New Jersey on Sunday the Fairfield University Women came from behind to tie the game and then in the second period of overtime scored to finish up 29-24. Fairfield will face the Vassar College Women on Saturday in the final. RPI and MSU will match-up for third and fourth place.

 Men

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men also won in overtime defeating the USMMA, Kings Point Men 22-15. RPI will travel to Marist College and play against the Red Foxes on Sunday.

The regular season for the Division III Women concluded and that means that the number 1 seed is SUNY-Maritime College Women and their opponent will be Fordham University Women on Saturday.

The Men’s Division III round out their regular season with games next Sunday and the team atop the division next Sunday will advance to the playoffs in the Champions Cup as will the second placed team in the Challengers Cup.

Results 10/30 & 10/31, 2021

Saturday October 30, 2021

Women’s Division II Conference Playoffs

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women 0 at Vassar College Women 47

Sunday October 31, 2021

Women’s Division II Conference Playoffs

Fairfield University Women 29 at Montclair State University Women 24 (OT)

Men’s Division II Conference Playoffs

Seton Hall University Men 10 at Marist College Men 61

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men 22 at USMMA, Kings Point Men 15 (OT)

Men’s Division III Regular season

Drew University Men 22 at Montclair State University Men 17

SUNY-Oneonta Men at SUNY-New Paltz Men – postponed

Women’s Division III Regular season

Drew University Women 17 at Fordham University Women 24

Molloy College Women 5 at SUNY-Maritime Women 15

Next weekend

Next weekend competition continues with the Tri-State Conference Division II Finals for Men and Women as well as the Division III Women’s title game.

 Saturday November 6, 2021

Tri-State Conference Women’s Division II Championship Game

at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

12:00 pm Fairfield University Women versus Vassar College Women

2:00 pm Third/Fourth place playoff Montclair State University Women versus Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women

Tri-State Conference Women’s Division III Championship Game

Fordham University Women at SUNY-Maritime College Women

Sunday November 7, 2021

Tri-State Conference Men’s Division II Championship Game

1:00 pm Marist College Men versus Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men

Regular Season Games

Men’s Division III

Sunday November 7, 2021

SUNY-Maritime College Men – bye

Montclair State University Men at Hofstra University Men

Drew University Men at Vassar College Men

SUNY-Oneonta Men at SUNY-New Paltz Men

For more information please check the Tri-State Rugby web site at tristaterugby.com

Sincerely,

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

Tri-State Rugby Conference, Inc.
Director
http://www.tristaterugby.com

For Immediate Release

College Rugby

Tri-State Conference Results

Results for the weekend of 10/16 & 17, 2021 and the Women’s Division II Playoff Quarterfinalists – games to be played on Sunday October 24, 2021

First things first, congratulations to the Women’s Division II teams that have qualified for the Conference Quarterfinals – see the brackets below. Montclair State University Women finished atop of the South Division and will take on Marist College Women. The North number 1 seed is Vassar College Women who will host Rutgers University Women. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women make the short trip across town to take on Siena College Women and Fairfield University Women will host new Tri-State Conference team Columbia University Women.

Sunday October 24, 2021     

Women’s DII Conference Quarterfinals       

S4 Rutgers University Women at N1 Vassar College Women

N3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Women at S2 Siena College Women

S3 Columbia University Women at N2 Fairfield University Women

N4 Marist College Women at S1 Montclair State University Women

Results for 10/16 & 17, 2021

Saturday October 16, 2021

New Haven Women 0 at Fordham Women 28 – Forfeit

Columbia Women 0 at Siena Women 28 – Forfeit

Sunday October 17, 2021     

Marist Women 41 at Stony Brook Women 10

Rensselaer Women 22 at Fairfield Women 24

SUNY-New Paltz Women 0 at Montclair Women 121

Hofstra Women 0 at Rutgers Women 28 – Forfeit

Seton Hall 10 at USMMA 38

Oneonta 0 at Hofstra 28 – Forfeit

New Paltz 16 at Montclair 34

Vassar 0 at Maritime 46

Drew Women 28 at Molloy Women 0 – Forfeit

For Immediate Release

College Rugby

Tri-State Conference

Poughkeepsie, NY

Sunday October 3, 2021

Many Tri-State teams are still getting their rosters filled and are being allowed to participate by their school. Thank you to the Club Sport Directors and student administrators for working to make this season happen for the rugby players.

This past weekend saw the Fairfield University Women bounce back with a convincing win at U. at Albany. Stony Brook University Women proved much more competitive in their match up with an ever improving Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Engineers won 53-10.

In a close one at SUNY-New Paltz the hosts, New Paltz Women, may have gone down but in the process they earned 2 bonus points, one for losing by less than 7 and one for scoring 4 tries – Hofstra University Women 25 at SUNY-New Paltz Women 20.

Another close game was the RPI Men edging to victory over Seton Hall University Men. With WPU out of the picture and there only being the 4 teams in Division II results in the regular season will determine the seeding for the Conference Championship and all 4 teams advance. (N1 v N4 and N2 v N3).

In the Central Division, Hofstra Men finished with a 10 point margin over SUNY-Maritime College 34-24 while Vassar defeated SUNY-New Paltz 58-10. Oneonta Men had to forfeit against Drew and Montclair State had a bye and will be better prepared for next week.

In all twelve (12) games were played this weekend with 4 forfeits. Of those forfeits Columbia Women did play versus Rutgers Women scoring 50 points and Siena Women tied 10-10 with Montclair Women but then didn’t have enough players to finish the game.

Sunday October 3, 2021       

WOMEN

Marist College Women 0 at Vassar College Women 62

Fairfield University Women 64 at University at Albany Women 5

Stony Brook University Women 10 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women 53

Hofstra University Women 25 at SUNY-New Paltz Women 20

Siena College Women 0 at Montclair State University Women 28 – Forfeit

Rutgers University Women 0 at Columbia University Women 28 – Forfeit

Fordham University Women 28 at Molloy College Women 0 – Forfeit

SUNY-Maritime College Women 36 at 5 University of New Haven Women

MEN

Seton Hall University Men 3 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Men 13

Vassar College Men 58 at SUNY-New Paltz Men10

Hofstra University Men 34 at SUNY-Maritime College Men 24

SUNY-Oneonta Men 0 at Drew University Men 28 – Forfeit

STANDINGS – click on link below…

Standings 2021 as of 10-3-21

For Immediate Release

Collegiate Rugby

Saturday September 4, 2021

Poughkeepsie, NY

TRI-STATE CONFERENCE FALL 2021 UPDATES

Schedule changes and Covid regulations

The Tri-State Collegiate Rugby Conference has announced a revised Fall 2021 Schedule and released details for teams regarding Covid-19.

Following a Zoom Meeting on September 2nd, 2021 with team representatives of all divisions and both genders, it was determined that some changes would be in the best interests of students, referees and administrators.

Covid-19

Teams need to inform opponents and the assigned referee of the Covid regulations on their campus and full compliance is expected of the visiting team. This information must include vaccination policy, testing policy, masking policy, and spectator policy for visitors and participants. The Conference has adopted as a minimum the NCAA Covid guidelines and this was distributed to all teams last week.

Fall 2021 Schedule

A very productive discussion took place regarding the Fall Schedule and thanks is due to the Club Sports Directors on the call who made valuable contributions. It should be noted that in future years every effort will be made to have the Conference Schedule start on the third week of September as this will help allow time for recruitment of players and team preparation.

Women Division II (ACRA & USA Rugby)

The games originally scheduled for September 12th, 2021 have been moved to October 17th, 2021. As a consequence the playoff structure has been modified and thus the top 4 teams in each division will qualify for the Conference quarterfinals.

Women Division III (ACRA & USA Rugby)

The games scheduled for September 19th, 2021 have been moved to October 24th, 2021. The games scheduled for September 26th, 2021 have been moved to October 31st, 2021. The playoff opportunity will be Bowl Games in the Northeast with neighboring Conferences. Bard College Women are prepared to travel and play B-side games (7s or perhaps 10s) and have all dates open at present. Please contact the coach Garrett Montgomery.

Men Division II (NCR)

The fact that Monroe College Men is not fielding a team this Fall means a bye weekend. Therefore the playoff structure has been modified but all teams will be seeded and have a playoff opportunity.

Men Division III (NSCRO)

The fact that Molloy College Men and WCSU are not fielding a team this Fall means bye weekends. SUNY-Oneonta are not allowed to host teams so their schedule is all away games. The Conference will assist the Oneonta men with travel costs. Consequently some changes have been made to the venues on the schedule however, all teams have 4 home games and 3 away games.

Please click on the link below to see the Fall Schedule with all the changes and feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Tony Brown

tobrown@vassar.edu

(845) 380-9052

Tri-State Rugby Conference, Inc.
Director
http://www.tristaterugby.com

TS Fall 2021 M&W Schedules 9-4-21

For Immediate Release

September 1st, 2021

College Rugby

In the effort to have teams play safely this fall with Covid-19 still a factor in the general public, the Tri-State Conference is publishing a list of university and college administrators who oversee the Rugby teams at their respective schools. Together with a list of the head coaches it is hoped that quick and efficient communication can take place so that teams may compete.

A number of scenarios could emerge that need the leaders and decision makers to act swiftly.

At one end of the scale it may be that a game time or location has to be switched; in the event of a cancellation by an opponent it may be possible to have another fill in; the referees may need confirmation at late notice of the game being on; or at the other end of the spectrum it could be a Covid-19 issue that requires all participants being informed of a possible exposure.

Please click on the links below to access the contact information:

TS Men Club Sport Directors & Coaches Fall 2021

TS Women Club Sport Directors & Coaches Fall 2021

The student leadership of each team, in conjunction with the school administrator and head coach, is expected to be very proactive and make the effort to physically talk with their competition to confirm details and resolve issues. Despite the convenience of email often it is not retrieved in a timely manner whereas a conversation solves that problem.

Please feel free to contact the Tri-State Director, Tony Brown, if you are unable to get in contact with another team when it is a time sensitive matter. (Tony Brown 845-380-9052).