Mount St. Mary's Men's Rugby Team Wins National Championship
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EMMITSBURG, Md., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mount St. Mary's University men's rugby team won its second-ever national championship April 30 as the team defeated Indiana University 19-5 in the title match of the Premier Division of the Collegiate Rugby Championships (CRC) 7's National Tournament at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, Maryland.
Key Points:
- EMMITSBURG, Md., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mount St. Mary's University men's rugby team won its second-ever national championship April 30 as the team defeated Indiana University 19-5 in the title match of the Premier Division of the Collegiate Rugby Championships (CRC) 7's National Tournament at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, Maryland.
- The Mount last won a national championship in 2016 in the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) tournament.
- Following that win, the team moved to the highest level of competition, D1-AA, and competed in the Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference (CCRC) for several years.
- Head Coach Jay Myles credits the national championship to the "incredible bond and brotherhood" that the team has developed this year.