New York is alone on top of the MetNY DI men’s club league after Monmouth was shocked by White Plains 22-17 Saturday.

Led by a Man of the Match performance by flanker Patrick Holman, New York defeated Morris 17-0 to move to 3-0. No. 8 Trevor Cassidy, prop John O'Brien, and wing Maurice Diong all scored for NYRC, and flyhalf Badger Denehy added one conversion. New York tried to get the fourth try for the bonus point but Morris defended doggedly and held them off.

Meanwhile, White Plains beat a previously undefeated Monmouth club that was favored.

“I don't know how we lost it,” said Monmouth Head Coach pat Moroney. “We dad all the possession and territory for the first 15 and did not score.”

Monmouth was a little anxious and snatched at passes, Moroney said, and while the pack was strong in the scrum, White Plains handled it well enough to still get the ball out to their backs.

“Our focus was poor after the break and we let in a couple of soft tries, including one where we let their full back run a 22 dropout back down the touchline,” added Moroney. “Following that try we struggled to play at the tempo required and unlike last week we were conceding the contact area to the opposition. It was not until the last 15 that we really found a rhythm and stretched White Plains.”

Penalties hit both teams and White Plains got two yellow cards, and then a red, and finished the game off with only 12 players on the park at the end of the game.

New York now leads the league with a 3-0 record, but they are only a point ahead of Monmouth as the New Yorkers have not recorded a bonus point yet, and Monmouth has three. White Plains improved to 2-1, with Old Blue, who won’t advance to the playoffs, at 2-0.

Four weeks remain in the league schedule, and October 15’s clash between Monmouth and New York is looking like the game of the fall in MetNY

Glendale has officially clinched the top CR2 seed to nationals after defeating Black Ice 99-0 in yesterday’s women’s DI club match. Over the last two Saturdays, the Denver team has surrendered 186 points.

Glendale is currently 5-0 with 25 points, and has scored 296 points while only allowing 32.

Four impact players - Jill Potter, Kitt Wagner, Sara Edwards and Bethany Zick Wilson – did not play, due to some much needed rest after a physical Detroit match last weekend.

“We pulled up some of our DII players for the match,” Glendale coach Lisa Rosen said. “Managing two teams in league play is very challenging, and developing the necessary depth for nationals involves a lot of careful roster management, as the new eligibility guidelines are extensive.”

The Raptors ran in 15 tries and converted all but three during 80 minutes of play. Bethany Humphrey and Hannah Stolba each recorded hat tricks; Tyra McGrady and Andrea Prusinski ran in a brace of tries; and Jen Montoya, Carol Fabrizio, Gabe Fidelman, Heidi Bauer and Tonya Ansel each dotted down once.

Stolba was Rosen’s pick for MVP, as the flyhalf added 11 conversions for a team-leading 37 points. Samantha Miller also added a conversion.

Next weekend, Glendale will host Chicago, which is one of three teams at 2-2, in the team’s final league game. While Chicago is expected to give Glendale a good game, it seems that the Raptors are running at full tilt. The talented roster was buoyed by new additions like Stolba, Wagner, Potter and McGrady this season, but as the team chemistry continues the gel, the points-for has been rising proportionately.

As the top seed out of CR2, Glendale will take the #3 seed over at the Elite 8 and play CR1’s #3 seed in the first round. The CR1 won’t know until the season’s end which team will snag the final seed. ORSU and Seattle are expected to take #1 and #2 respectively, so Glendale will likely face the Mudhens or Belmont Shore at nationals.

*St. Louis forfeited a match earlier in the season and is therefore ineligible to advance to the playoffs.