For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother
Posted in Championships, Match Reports, NRU on Nov 15th, 2009
In the Northeast final Middlebury lost to UVM by 4 points. Middlebury comes back from 3 – 14 to lead by 1 point with 20 minutes left. With 10 minutes left UVM scores a good try spreading the ball wide from a turnover midfield just inside the Middlebury half.
Both teams had played tough games the [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Previews, NRU on Nov 15th, 2009
One of the two UMass-Amherst’s field is unplayable so kick-off is being delayed till 1:30 PM (after the DI women’s collegiate Northeast final).
The 3rd installment in the Vermont teams’ rugby saga: once again Middlebury will play their northern neighbors UVM in this 2009 – 2010 DII men’s collegiate rugby calendar. Middlebury has won both of [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Reports, New Englands on Nov 1st, 2009
In the New England Championship Final Middlebury lost to UMass by 34 points to 3.
UMass scores early in the first half and shows absolute dominance in the scrum, which continued throughout the game – the Midd pack were only able to win 1 or 2 of their own scrums let alone compete on UMass’ scrums. [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Previews, New Englands on Oct 29th, 2009
This weekend Middlebury will host Boston University, UMass-Amherst & UVM in the New England Rugby Division II Collegiate Men’s Championship. On Saturday Middlebury takes on UVM at 11 AM followed by #2 seed BU against the #3 seed UMass at 1 PM – both games will be held at the Middlebury College Rugby Field and [...]
Posted in Championships on May 12th, 2009
Unfortunately, we were misinformed. The highlights show was only for DI men’s and women’s – not DII. Oh well.
Posted in Championships on Apr 23rd, 2009
Friday, May 1 at 1 PM The MCRC takes on Georgetown in the Division II National Championship Semi-Final. The winner will go on to play either Wisconsin or Miami of Ohio (the other semi-finalists) on Saturday at 3 PM. All games will be played at Stanford University’s Steuber Stadium in Palo Alto, CA.
Posted in Championships, Match Reports on Apr 21st, 2009
Check out the eRugbyNews article highlighting Middlebury’s qualification for the Div II men’s final four. Dynamic winger, Ed Cahill ‘09 is pictured (and yes tackling players in the air is illegal, though this hit on Eddie was called a “50-50″ ball). Comments from an interview with forwards captain Trey Stewart ‘09 are also included – [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Reports on Apr 21st, 2009
The MCRC is going to California for the Division II National Championship final four!!
We overcame a talented USF team 32 – 17 – again the scoreline makes this very close game look a lot easier than it was. The halftime score was 12 – 3 to Middlebury and soon after the half USF cut the [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Reports on Apr 19th, 2009
Sunday, April 19 at 11:30 AM, the #3 seed MCRC takes on #6 seed University of South Floridain the Division II National Championship Quarterfinal.
Captain Max Levine ‘09 returns to the starting line-up as does hooker Chris Mutty ‘09.5; freshman Rowan Kelner is back in the fray (on the bench for this game) after a shoulder [...]
Posted in Championships, Match Reports on Apr 18th, 2009
The scoreline makes the game look a lot easier than it was. Middlebury overcame a big, hard hitting Humboldt State 37 to 13 earlier today and thus qualify for the quarterfinal tomorrow against University of South Florida.
Middlebury led from start to finish but Humboldt always threatened…this was easily the hardest team we have played all [...]
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For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother
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