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Dartmouth advances to the Northeast Semi‐Finals
Dartmouth and Harvard represented the Ivies today in the quarterfinals of the NRU D1 championships. Dartmouth defeated Boston College 50-8 while Harvard fell to Syracuse 19-36. Dartmouth advances to the semis.
The Northeast Rugby Union College Playoffs began today November 7th with quarterfinal matches in Men's D1 competition. Quarterfinal winners advance to the Championship Round of 4 the weekend of November 14-15.
Brown Women advance to the NRU Semis
Four of six Ivy League women's teams qualified for the Northeast playoffs. Penn and Princeton women play in the Mid-Atlantic region. It was a great Ivy showing, Brown advances in D1 with a 34-11 win over UConn and Radcliffe moves on with a 46-5 beating of SUNY Geneseo.
Harvard University 19 @ Syracuse University 36
Harvard, after finishing second to Dartmouth in the Ivies, travels to Syracuse NY for the first round of the NRU D1 Collegiate playoffs. The Ivy II seed was given a tough task going on the road in round one of the NRUs.
A last second try versus Brown gave Harvard the second seed with a 25-24 victory in the first-ever playoff to determine the top four seeds in the Ivies. Now Harvard heads upstate to play the Upstate NY champion the Syracuse Hammerheads.
Dartmouth and Harvard to Represent the Ivy League
Dartmouth and Harvard advance to the first round of the Northeast playoffs. Second seed Harvard heads upstate to Syracuse, while Dartmouth hosts Boston College at Brophy Field.
Northeast College D1 Playoffs are set
Ivy II representative Dartmouth and Ivy II second place finisher Harvard move on to the NRU round of eight teams playoffs this weekend.
After much discussion, the inclusion of the newly formed Ivy League Rugby Conference has changed the playoff structure in 2009. The top seeds go to the first place finisher in each of the four conferences. Dartmouth College will play host to the New England runner-up Boston College, while Harvard University will travel to Syracuse to play the Hammerheads.
Dartmouth Wins the Ivy League with a 53-6 Victory over Yale
Dartmouth College closed the regular season with a 7‐0 Ivy League record. Yale, who lost to Harvard last Saturday 26-7, finished as the the fourth seed in the Ivies.
Brown Playoff Bid Spoiled by Crimson 24-25
After a lopsided 69-10 loss to Harvard in Round 3 of the Ivy League Championship Series, Brown showed tremendous improvement taking Harvard to the final whistle before losing a heart breaker. Harvard's last second try gives Harvard a 25-24 victory over Brown.
Cornell 21 - Columbia 5
Cornell finally got the victory it has been working hard for all season with a convincing win over Columbia. Cornell came out fired and determined to put on a good show. A good show it was indeed.
Dartmouth College 1st XV 36 @ Brown University 15 1st XV
In a season that has seen Dartmouth only rarely not in complete control of a match, the nationally‐ranked Big Green were put to the test by a physical and well‐coached Brown side to finish out the Ivy League play. Trailing Dartmouth by 12-5 in the first half, Brown was unable to upset the undefeated Dartmouth.
Columbia University 5 @ Cornell University 21
Cornell defeats visiting Columbia 21-5 in round 7 of the Ivy League Rugby Championship Series on homecoming weekend in Ithaca. Cornell, previously the only winless team in the Ivies gets a tally in the win column.
Posted: 10/17/2009