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What Can Brown Do For Us?
If you were wondering who is the best women's team in the Ivies, wonder no more. Brown annihilated all in their path Saturday outscoring their opponents 145-0. They only played three matches!
The Cornell Women, expected to be tough for Brown, were the only team to make a game of it. But the lady bears from Cornell were unable to put points on the board, as the Brown shut them down and out, 15-nil.
Posted: 04/13/2008
Women’s Ivies a One-day Affair
In this year's women's competition, Brown is the odds on favorite to repeat last year's victory over Yale and is ranked number four in the country. Cornell, after a disappointing sixth place finish last year is the other nationally ranked team in this year's event.
Posted: 04/12/2008
Columbia Rugby President’s Note
It has been one year since I have assumed the position of president of CURFC and what a year it has been. Last year’s team, a team full of potential, size, athletic ability, and desire, accomplished many things (including the first Met NY win in over 2 years, a winning regular season record, and two Ivy wins over Cornell) but in the end, failed to reach all of the goals that we had set out for ourselves.
Posted: 04/03/2008
Old Blue's Columbia University Origins
Old Blue Rugby Football Club was founded by Columbia alumni William Smith, John Wellington, Pat Moran, Bill Campbell (elected first formal captain), Dick Donelli and Paul Zimmerman.
Posted: 04/02/2008
Dash to Dublin - Princeton Returns from a Successful Spring Break
Following the very successful nine day long, 24 hours a day “Dash to Dublin” winter fundraiser, the club raised the money to take 36 students and one rugby coach for a 7 day rugby tour of Ireland.
Posted: 03/24/2008
Nor'easter Can't Shut Down the 2007 Ivy Finals
The weather was the first big story today as Day 2 of the 2007 Royall Lyme Ivy League Championships at Glen Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island took shape.
Posted: 04/15/2007Yale traveled north to play Dartmouth
This Saturday marked the opening game of the fall season for the Yale team, who traveled north to Dartmouth to take on a squad that had beaten them 91-0 on their beautiful pitch less than a year ago. However, many things had changed for the Dartmouth squad, which graduated 24 seniors last season, 12 of which were starters.
Dartmouth 29 - Yale 17
This Saturday marked the opening game of the fall season for the Yale team, who traveled north to Dartmouth to take on a squad that had beaten them 91-0 on their beautiful pitch less than a year ago. However, many things had changed for the Dartmouth squad, which graduated 24 seniors last season, 12 of which were starters.
Dartmouth Rugby: 2006 Ivy League Champs
The Dartmouth Rugby Football Club won their second Ivy League title in as many years this past weekend, fighting their way to a 52 – 16 victory over Harvard in the title match. A bright Sunday in New Haven overcame the driving rain that slowed the pace of play in Saturday’s first-round matches.
Dartmouth Defeats Cornell in 2005 Ivy Championship
Conshohocken, PA -- Philadelphia-Whitemarsh, the Penn Rugby and our title sponsor Royall Lyme couldn’t have picked a better day for rugby yesterday as the Royall Lyme 2005 Rugby Ivy League Championship got under way at A.A. Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken, PA. The weather was warm and sunny with a little breeze. Perfect rugby weather for the players and 500 fans.