1994 National Collegiate Rugby Championship
| 1994 National Collegiate Rugby Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Date | May 7 – 8, 1994 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Final | |
| Venue | Washington, D.C. |
| Champions | UC Berkeley (11th title) |
| Runners-up | Navy |
The 1994 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the fifteenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The Men's tournament took place at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from May 7–8.[1][2] UC Berkeley won their eleventh title with a victory over Navy.[3][4]
Venue
| Washington D.C. | ||
|---|---|---|
| DuFour Stadium |
  Catholic University | |
| Washington, D.C. | ||
| Capacity: 3500 | ||
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Participants
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 4–5 at the WildeWood Polo fields in Columbia, SC.[5]
- Navy W-L Army
- Navy 35-8 Connecticut
Record- 27–0
Coach- Mike Flanagan
Captain-
Roster:
Matthew Armas, Lee Baird, Barry Bassel, Todd Bruemer, Mike Bruneau, Brian Campell, Dan Deciechi, Pete Dumont, Scott Gleason, James Gilson, Josh Hall, Graham Hamill, Brad Hanner, Jason Hedburg, Jeff Hoaglund, Bill Mallory, Kurt Mole, James Patterson, Dave Pettersen, Adam Piepkoen, Bart Randall, William Raybun, William Reed, James Righter, Eric Schuette, Owen Voelker, Scott Young, Kyle Miller, Chris Hayle.
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on November 6–7 in Bowling Green, OH.[6]
- Penn State 27–12 Miami (OH)
- Penn State 38–16 Notre Dame
- Penn State 34-8 Wisconsin
Record- 15–
Coaches- Fraser Grigor, Terry Ryland
Captain-
Roster:
Timothy Armagast (Flyhalf), Brian Anson (Wing), Brian Baker (Lock), Troy Bartley (Flanker), Greg Brandwene (Lock), Dan Brown (Wing), James Dailey (Hooker), Rob DeLuca (Flanker), Steve Dick (Prop), Ed Dressler (Prop), Mike Elgin (Wing), Sam Fallon (Center), Tim Finnerty (Flanker), Mike Feightner (#8), Frank Ike (Hooker), Bill King (Flyhalf), Jay Kolb (Prop), Jeff Lockhart (#8), Jeremy Madaras (Prop), Ed Mehlig (Center), Todd Metcalf (Lock), Ryan Nagle (Scrumhalf), Jon Nichols (Flanker), Neil Phillips (#8), Matt O'Leary (Center), Jesse Schlegel (Center), Derek Sferro (Wing), Kurt Shuman (Wing), Bill Spencer (Scrumhalf), Jeff Thompson (Fullback).
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship at Rice University from April 16–17 in Houston, TX.[7]
- Air Force 23–7 New Mexico Highlands
- Air Force 30-0 Sam Houston State
- Air Force 43-12 NE Missouri State
Colors– Blue/Silver
Record- 15–1
Coaches- Floyd Finley, Chuck Milligan, Mike Junk
Captains- Chris Eden (Flyhalf), Michael S. Traw (Prop)
Roster:
V. Scott Arbogast (Outside Center), Rex Michael Bellinger (Lock), Gregory Bender (Hooker), T. Jay Bice (Wing), Kyle Edward Carpenter (Wing), John Chastain (Wing), Mark Dostal (Apeman), Todd Foster (Scrumhalf), Christopher Woodley Gantt (Lock), John Gerst (Hooker), Eric C. Grace (Fullback), Matt Keiper (Lock), Daniel Marine (Prop), M.J. Marque III (Flanker), Brian T. Musselman (Prop), John Nemecek (Flanker), Brian Schafer (Flanker), Charles Thompson (Fullback), Kevin Turek (Flanker), Clinton Warner (Center/Wing), Jim Winner (2nd Row/Prop).
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 22–24 in Santa Cruz, CA.[8]
- UC Berkeley 12-6 Washington
- UC Berkeley 20-0 Oregon State
- UC Berkeley 59-17 Stanford
Record- 14–4
Coaches- Jack Clark
Captains-
Roster:
Tyler Applegate (Wing), Jeff Arreguy (Lock), Victor Arvizu (Hooker), John Ball (Center), Brad Bowers (Lock), Ovie Brume (Wing), Jonah Cave (Flanker), Ron Chisenhall (Hooker), Peter Codevilla (Lock), Kevin Dalzell (Scrumhalf), Byron Deeter (Prop), Marshall Foran (Prop), Brian Frantz (Prop), Ray Green (Center), Eric Harmon (Fullback), Mark Hildebrand (Flanker), Derek Hitchcock (Flanker), Ben Juricek (Prop), Marc Launey (Flanker), Pete Morales (Flanker), Joe Motes (Flyhalf), Andrew Nolan (Wing), Henry Okwo (Center), Shap Roder (Flanker), George Romweber (Flanker), Jason Schwarz (Center), James Shaughnessy (Scrumhalf), Scott Snyder (Hooker), Rob Swanbeck (Center), Ian Tong (Fullback), Todd Williams (Scrumhalf), Kester Wise (Flyhalf).
Bracket
| Regional Semifinal | Regional Final | National Semifinal | National Final | |||||||||||
| April 23 - Santa Cruz, CA | ||||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 20 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Santa Cruz, CA | ||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 59 | |||||||||||||
| April 23 - Santa Cruz, CA | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford | 17 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Washington D.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly SLO | 3 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley (Pacific) | 42 | |||||||||||||
| April 16 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Air Force (West) | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Air Force | 30 | |||||||||||||
| April 17 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Air Force | 43 | |||||||||||||
| April 16 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| NE Missouri State | 12 | |||||||||||||
| NE Missouri State | 26 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Washington D.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 20 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 27 | |||||||||||||
| December 5 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| Navy | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Navy | W | |||||||||||||
| December 6 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| Army | L | |||||||||||||
| Navy | 35 | |||||||||||||
| December 5 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 20 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Washington D.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Navy (East) | 35 | |||||||||||||
| November 6 - Bowling Green, OH | ||||||||||||||
| Penn State (Midwest) | 10 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | W | |||||||||||||
| November 7 - Bowling Green, OH | May 8 – Washington D.C. | |||||||||||||
| Ohio State | L | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 34 | Air Force | 24 | |||||||||||
| November 6 - Bowling Green, OH | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 8 | Penn State | 14 | |||||||||||
| Penn State | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 16 | |||||||||||||
Semifinals
| 7 May 1994 1:00PM |
| Navy | 35–10 | Penn State |
| Try: 3' c 10' 22' 57' 75' Con: (2) Pen: 27', 44' | [9] | Try: 63' c Con: 1 Pen: 38' |
| Washington D.C. |
| 7 May 1994 2:30PM |
| UC Berkeley | 42–21 | Air Force |
| Try: 10' 34' 49' 72' Con: Chris Eden (2) Pen: Chris Eden 8', 16', 39', 71', 72' | [9] | Pen: 10', 23', 28', 32', 38', 41', 44' |
| Washington D.C. |
Third place
| 8 May 1994 10:00 AM |
| Air Force | 24–14 | Penn State |
| Try: 37' 56' 65' Pen: 8', 14', 47' | [9] | Try: 60', 72' Con: 2 |
| Washington D.C. |
Final
| 8 May 1994 2:00PM |
| UC Berkeley | 27–13 | Navy |
| Try: Ovie Brume 28' Rob Swanbeck 63' c Kevin Dalzell 73' c George Romweber 76' Con: Rob Swanbeck (2) Pen: Rob Swanbeck 4' | [9] | Try: Dan Dedechi 5' 80' Pen: 36' |
| Washington D.C. |
Women's College Championship
The 1994 Women's Collegiate Championship took place on Peavy Field at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR from May 7–8.[10] Boston College qualified by winning the East Coast Territorial championship.[11] Penn State was the winner at the Midwest Territorial,[12] Air Force qualified from the Western Regional.[13] Oregon State represented the Pacific Coast. Air Force was the champion of this fourth edition.[14] Air Force Wing Tracy Hubbard was named MVP of the tournament.[15]
Semifinals
| 7 May 1994 10:00AM |
| Oregon State | 21–26 | Air Force |
| Try: Lora Barr 22' c, 67' c Con: Jennifer Fox | [16] | Try: Tracy Hubbard 18' Rashelle Brown 55' |
| Corvallis, OR |
Third place
Final
| 8 May 1994 12:00PM |
| Air Force | 7–3 | Boston College |
| Try: Tracy Hubbard 15' c Con: Virginia Weldon | [16] | Pen: Shelly Curran 55' |
| Corvallis, OR |
Champions: Air Force
Staff: Craig Baltz (Coach), Terri Katein–Taylor, Pete Smith
Captains: Tracy Smith, Yvonne Spencer
Roster: Andrea Kerman, Nicole Raney, Melissa Davidson, Stacey Georgilas, Tracy Hubbard, Joyce Gange, Heidi Wahlman, Patty Rodriguez–Rey, Virginia Weldon, Rashelle Brown, Carol Forner, Kandace Henry, Megan Monaghan, Cindy Green, Kerry Ellis, Melissa Baumann, Jennifer Hammerstead, Mary Hartman, April Drew, Elizabeth Templeton.
College All–Stars
The 1994 National Collegiate All–Star Championship took place at Long Beach, CA from June 10–12.[17] Similar to the All–Star Tournaments for club teams, the college competition is divided into geographic unions and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams. The teams placed as follows: 1st Pacific Coast, 2nd Eastern RU, 3rd Midwest, 4th West.[18]
References
- ^ "Cal Plays Air Force In Rugby Semifinal". (May 5, 1994). San Francisco Chronicle, p.B10 col.6
- ^ Fachet, Robert (May 3, 1994). "Rugby". Washington Post, p.E2 col.2
- ^ Davenport, J. Christian (May 9, 1994). "California Beats Navy For Title". Washington Post, p.C10 col.5
- ^ Burger, David (May 10, 1994). "Cal Stretches Sweet Rugby Reign". The Daily Californian, p.24 col.1–3
- ^ Andriesse, Jeff (December 9, 1993). "Navy Loss Ends Fruitful Year". The Daily Campus, p.18 col.3–5
- ^ Gorman, Kevin (November 9, 1993). "Ruggers Win Trio At Championships". The Daily Collegian, p.#
- ^ "Air Force Rugby Team Ends Bearkats' Dreams". (April 17, 1994). Houston Post, p.B–12 col.2
- ^ "Cal Beats Stanford For Pacific Rugby Title". (April 25, 1994). San Francisco Chronicle, p.CD3 col.1
- ^ a b c d Howe, John (May 1994). "Navy Sunk By Cal". Rugby Union, p.18–21
- ^ "Sport Shorts". (May 6, 1994). The Daily Barometer, p.10 col.2
- ^ "Women's Rugby Heads To Nationals". (April 19, 1994). The Heights, p.22 col.1
- ^ Gorman, Kevin (November 5, 1993). "Ruggers Have A Tough Road To The Final Four". The Daily Collegian
- ^ Elliott, Steve (April 1994). "Women's Rugby Sweeps Regional". Falcon Flyer
- ^ Henderson, Dan (May 10, 1994). "Four Beavers Earn AA Rugby Honors". The Daily Barometer, p.7 col.1–2
- ^ Elliott, Steve (May 1994). "Women's Rugby Team Wins National Title". Falcon Flyer
- ^ a b c d Casatelli, Christine (May 1994). "Air Force Soars Past Boston College Eagles". Rugby Union, p.30–31
- ^ Hagerty, Ed (October 18, 1993). "Rugby Calendar". Rugby. Vol. 19, no. 9. p. 28.
- ^ Hagerty, Ed (July 18, 1994). "U.S. National Champions". Rugby. Vol. 20, no. 6. p. 21.
