For Immediate Release
College Rugby in the Tri-State area (NY-NJ-CT)
Monday July 24th, 2023
This year the Tri-State teams will compete in the National Collegiate Rugby postseason pathways. That means a Division II team as well as a Small College team will advance. There is also the possibility of Tri-State Division II team being granted an At-Large bid to the postseason Round of 16. Competition will no doubt be fierce as traditionally Tri-State teams have fared well in the playoffs. Below is a link to the Fall Schedules and if you want to look at the playoff picture then go to the home page, click on Playoffs in the main menu at the top of the page.
To: All Tri-State Conference Women’s Rugby Teams
Re: Fall 2023 Team Schedules
To all interested parties,
I just wanted to follow up and provide the details regarding possible match-ups this Fall in the event that certain teams are not participating, have low roster numbers or may not be able to fulfil a commitment on a particular weekend due to roster size.
Most probably we will know prior to the start of the season if a team is unable to participate but there is always the hope that good first year student recruitment will enable a team to play their games.
The 2 programs that are most at risk are U. at Albany Women (currently suspended by school) and Maritime College Women (very low number of players). Molloy College Women may also have low numbers but hopes to have at least enough players for 7s.
I realize that the sooner we know the status of these programs the better it is for planning purposes i.e. buses and officials.
Below are the 5 weekend scenarios with alternate match-ups:
Weekend of Sat. 9/23 & Sun 9/24
9/23 Albany at Rutgers – if Albany is suspended Rutgers at RPI vs Vassar B.
9/23 Maritime at Fairfield v SBU B (or Fairfield B).
9/24 Molloy at New Paltz.
Weekend of Sat. 9/30 & Sun 10/1
10/1 Albany hosts Drew – if Albany is suspended Molloy hosts Drew & Vassar.
10/1 Maritime at Molloy with Vassar & Drew.
Weekend of Sat. 10/7 & Sun 10/8
10/7 Albany at Montclair – if Albany is suspended then on 10/8 Montclair at Siena.
10/7 Maritime hosts New Paltz – but if Maritime cannot play then New Paltz to RPI.
10/8 Molloy at Siena with Montclair.
Weekend of Sat. 10/14 & Sun 10/15
10/14 Albany hosts TCNJ – if Albany is suspended TCNJ to Marist.
10/15 Maritime hosts Siena – if Maritime cannot play then Siena to Marist.
10/15 Molloy hosts Hofstra.
Weekend of Sat. 10/21 & Sun 10/22
10/22 Albany at Fordham – if Albany is suspended then Fordham to Hofstra.
10/22 Maritime at Hofstra with Columbia & Fordham.
Again, let me state that we hope to know the status of each team prior to the start of the Fall schedule (the third weekend of September) but I wanted to let teams know of the options.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Tony Brown
(845) 380-9052