ACRC Bowl Series
American Collegiate Rugby Championship (ACRC) Bowl Series is an annual college rugby competition featuring top national teams playing fifteen-a-side rugby. The inaugural event was held in Charlotte, N.C. on Nov. 21-22, 2014. This 20-team bowl competition occurred at Charlotte’s Rugby Athletic Center, a sports and events venue located three miles from downtown.
History
The 2014 ACRC Bowl Series included nine collegiate bowl games with 18 teams (including nine conference champions) over two days. Participating conference champions were Clemson, American International College, Stony Brook, Bowling Green, Life University, West Virginia, Army, South Carolina and North Texas. The AIC-Bowling Green game was named the 2014 College Game of the Year by Goff Rugby Report.[1]
2015 American Collegiate Rugby Championship (ACRC) Bowl Series
The 2015 ACRC Bowl Series took place Nov 20-21. The line-up of teams included the then-#1 and #2 ranked college rugby teams in the U.S., American International College and Indiana University, and five of the then-current Top 10.[2]
Nine of the 10 matches took place at the Rugby Athletic Center in Charlotte. The tenth, dubbed the Quinn For the Win Ice Bucket Challenge, took place at Iona College in New York. The game between Iona College and the University of Delaware raised money for former rugby player and Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder Pat Quinn's Quinn For the Win foundation, which raises money for ALS research.
2015 Southeast Collegiate Rugby Conference Championship
The 2015 Bowl Series was the site of the SCRC championship game between Tennessee and South Carolina. Tennessee won the game with a dramatic last-minute try to secure the 23-22 victory.[3]
2015 Bowl Matches
- University of Massachusetts vs NC State University
- Syracuse vs Notre Dame College
2015 ACRC Bowl Series: Indiana vs Kutztown - Boston College vs University of Alabama
- St. Bonaventure University vs Western Michigan University
- Iona College vs University of Delaware
- University of North Texas vs Rutgers University
- Stony Brook University vs University of Cincinnati
- American International College vs Clemson University
- University of Tennessee vs University of South Carolina
- Kutztown University vs Indiana University
2014 participating ACRC conferences and teams
- Atlantic Coast Rugby League (Clemson, North Carolina State)
2014 ACRC: Life University vs Army - Big Ten (Michigan)
- East Coast Rugby Conference (American International College, Boston College, UMass)
- Empire Rugby Conference (Stony Brook)
- Mid American Conference (Bowling Green, Western Michigan)
- Mid South Conference (Life University)
- Keystone Rugby Conference (West Virginia)
- Rugby East Conference (Kutztown, Army, Iona)
- Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference (South Carolina)
- Southwest Collegiate Rugby Conference (North Texas, Texas State)
References
- ↑ "2014 College Game of the Year," Goff Rugby Report http://www.goffrugbyreport.com/2014-college-game-year
- ↑ "Fall Men D1 College Rankings Week 10," Goff Rugby Report 11/16/15 http://www.goffrugbyreport.com/news/fall-men-di-college-rankings-week-10
- ↑ SCRC conference website http://www.southeasternrugby.org/news_article/show/587401?referrer_id=1850056
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