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(Georgia Tech won Georgia. Picture courtesy Fotashoot)
By Alex Goff
The best DII rugby team not ranked may well be Davenport University. THe new varsity program won two over the weekend. The big news? They gave up their first points in their history as they beat Ferris State 87-7 and Michigan State 27-5.
Davenport coach Justin Hickey said it took a while for MSU and Davenport to get anything moving because of the wet conditions.
"It proved difficult to either team to put much running rugby together," Hickey said. "With a dry ball v. Ferris State things really clicked for us. We moved some guys around in the backline and it went very well."
Erin Hillary and Fray Hatfield both scored three against Ferris and one against Michigan State.
Other Midwest scores:
Loyola University 48-0 University of Chicago
Southern Illinois 34-0 Illinois State
Miami University (#1) 27-5 University of Cincinnati
Ohio University 24-7 Xavier University
Fairmont State University 5-10 University of Pittsburgh
Ninth-ranked West Virginia beat Slippery Rock 31-17 in a match delayed by traffic. The massive delay held up WVU and the ref, but all worked out in the end.
In the South, Georgia Tech won a challenging Georgia state title. Their toughest game was the semi against hosts Georgia Southern, won by Tech 8-5. But the final wasn't a cakewalk, with Tech downing Georgia 10-6.
In Met New York, Stony Brook (#18) won a thriller over Marist 47-34. With the score tied 24-24 at halftime, the Seawolves exploded to take the lead. Jasper Wilson took advantage of some gaps in the Marist defense, and sophomores Greg Smith and Alex Michele also notched tries. The cushion was just enogh as Marist tried a comeback.
Vassar 3-30 Iona
SoConn 41-7 Sacred Heart
Marist 34-47 Stony Brook (#18)
Fairfield 27-21 Seton Hall
EPRU and PRU Scores:
York 12-35 Bloomsburg (#20)
Temple 29-0 Villanova
Catholic 20-12 American
Georgetown 31-13 Loyola
Frostburg 13-11 Johns Hopkins
Salisbury (#19) 48-0 Mt. St. Marys
George Mason 106-5 Carroll CC 5
UMBC 22-0 Navy C 0
Towson 30-3 St. Mary's 3
Eighth-ranked Radford tied ranked DI team North Carolina 29-29.
In New England, #2 Middlebury rolled and unranked Vermont crushed #17 Norwich.
Maine 19-13 BU
Bentley 20-3 UNH
Middlebury (#2) 66-0 St. Michaels
UMass 11-26 Coast Guard
UVM 55-0 Norwich
And ranked teams won in NY State.
Oswego 67-8 Union
Hamilton (#24) 29-0 Siena
Colgate 12-25 RPI
Fredonia 50-7 Canisius
Buffalo State (#25) 17-5 Niagara
Further west, #12 Utah Valley University defeated a greatly improved Boise State University 22-14. HUmboldt State (#23) lost to DI team Oregon State 25-8.
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