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The DeGroot Trophy: Honoring an Olympic Icon

The ACRC Bowl Series championship trophy is named in honor of Dudley DeGroot, a legendary coach, athlete and early ambassador of U.S. rugby overseas. 

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American Collegiate Rugby Championships
ACRC Bowl Series Brings the Best in Collegiate Rugby to Charlotte

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — High-level collegiate rugby competition comes to Charlotte, N.C. Nov. 21-22, 2014 with the inaugural American Collegiate Rugby Championships Bowl Series. This series of matches in traditional bowl format brings the very best college rugby teams from around the country to Charlotte’s Rugby Athletic Center, a sports and events venue located just three miles from downtown.

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Western Michigan is In | MAC Wrap-Up

The ACRC Bowl Series welcomes Western Michigan to the line-up of great teams taking the field at the Rugby Athletic Center in Charlotte on Nov. 21-22.  

WMU posted a 4-2 record in 15s play this fall and was the runner-up in the 2014 Mid-American Conference playoffs, losing to conference champs Bowling Green on Nov. 9 but earning a bid to Charlotte, where they will play the runner-up from the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference.

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Win a Free T-Shirt!

Buy any ticket for the ACRC Bowl Series by 6pm on November 12, 2014 and you are automatically entered to win a free long-sleeved custom T-shirt. These high-quality shirts are only available to Bowl Series attendees and will not be on sale after the event!  

One- and two-day General Admission and VIP tickets are available online on the ACRC Bowl Series Website. Tickets will be sold at the door but are discounted online, plus if you order by noon tomorrow, you could win a shirt!

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The Facts of Life

Casual observers of the college rugby scene might wonder about the program currently sitting at #3 on the Goff Rugby Report D1 college rankings: Life University. What conference are they in? Do they play a fall 15s schedule? Where is Life University, anyway? 

Life University, located in Marietta, Ga. (near Atlanta), specializes in health science education (including sports health science) and chiropractic. The school hosts both club and varsity undergraduate rugby teams. The undergraduate program, founded in 1980 and made a varsity sport in 2010, is led by Dan Payne, a former coach for the USA Eagles national team. 

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Stony Brook Wins the Empire

The Empire Champion Stony Brook University is set to play the Keystone Champion West Virginia University at 2:45pm on Saturday Nov. 22nd.

Conference champions and runner-ups will travel to Charlotte for the ACRC Bowl Series.  

The ACRC Bowl Series Schedule

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2014 ACRC Bowl Series Matches: ALL SET

With Army defeating Wheeling 34-29 today, the ACRC Bowl Series has fallen into place. The schedule is set with a few more conference championships to go. In other action North Carolina State defeated arch rival UNC 43-11,  Stony Brook sealed the Empire deal over Binghamton 50-15, Tennessee defeated South Carolina 25-19, West Virginia defeated St.

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Matt Hampson Runs Coaching Session at Iona College

Matt Hampson of Leicester Tigers and England U-21 and more recently of Matt Hampson Foundation took time out on his birthday vacation in NYC to coach the Iona College pack in scrums and lineout drives.

Though Matt was paralyzed in a scrum, his motto is "Get busy living". He knows that safe scrums are tight, cohesive, and aggressive scrums. He used his expertise to make minor adjustments in the Iona approach that paid major dividends in one session. He also gave fantastic adjustments to players in lineout drives and changing strike points.

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SCRC Conference Update

The top four Southeastern Conference contenders are set for the league championships in Columbia, SC on Nov 15-16. A week later, the conference champion and runner-up will travel to Charlotte for the ACRC Bowl Series.

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Empire Conference Title on the Line this Saturday

Undefeated Stony Brook (#1) hosts Binghamton (#3) on Saturday for the final match to decided the Champion of the Empire Rugby Conference

Stony Brook defeated Fordham 54-8 on Oct. 25 to finish the Fall season at 6-0. The men of USMMA King's Point, whe finished second in the league at 5-1, had to ship out—literally—to fulfill their duty with the U.S. Merchant Marine. 

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