Month: November 2016

Updates on the Northeast Conference Playoffs

Results from all Saturday (11/5) Northeast Conference Playoff games:

Day 1 – Saturday, 11/5/16
Home Away
Game 1 Northeastern (#3) – 20 Boston University (#6) – 12
Game 2 UMass (#4) – 26 URI (#5) – 5
Game 3 Boston College (#2) – 52 Northeastern (#3) – 12
Game 4 UConn (#1) – 34 UMass (#4) – 19

Schedule for Sunday (11/6):

Day 2 – Sunday, 11/6/16
Time Home Away
Game 5 11 a.m. URI (#5) Boston University (#6)
Game 6 12:30 p.m. Northeastern (#3) UMass (#4)
Game 7 2 p.m. UConn (#1) Boston College (#2)

Hosting Northeast Conference Playoffs

This Fall 2016 season, UCWRFC will be hosting the USA Rugby DI Northeast Conference Playoffs on their home turf of Storrs, CT (Depot Campus field). The teams who will be participating include UConn, the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), the University of Rhode Island, Northeastern University, Boston University and Boston College. Below is the schedule for the weekend:

Day 1 – Saturday 11/5/16
Time Home Away
Game 1 9:30 a.m. Northeastern (#3) Boston University (#6)
Game 2 11:00 a.m. UMass (#4) URI (#5)
Game 3 12:30 p.m. Boston College (#2) Winner of Game 1
Game 4 2 p.m. UConn (#1) Winner of Game 2
Day 2 – Sunday 11/6/16
Time Home Away
Game 5 11:00 a.m. Loser of Game 1 Loser of Game 2
Game 6 12:00 p.m. Loser of Game 3 Loser of Game 4
Game 7 2:00 p.m. Winner of Game 4 Winner of Game 3

UConn Dining Service’s food truck, Food For Thought, will be present at the field from around 10:30-2:30 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. A full list of the food offered can be found at the following website: http://dining.uconn.edu/foodforthought/.

There are also designated parking areas for both cars and team buses which can be shown in the following image:

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The field’s address is 45 Weaver Road, Storrs, Mansfield, CT 06269. Please note that all spectators must stay outside of the fenced field when watching the games as well. We are super excited to be hosting this tournament, good luck to all the teams participating!