2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship Explained
2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship |
Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
Date: | May 30–31, 2015 |
Teams: | 20 |
Attendance: | 24,952[1] |
Venue: | PPL Park, Philadelphia |
Champions: | California |
Count: | 3 |
Runner-Up: | Kutztown |
Website: | usasevenscrc.com |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Previous Tournament: | 2014 Collegiate Rugby Championship |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Next Tournament: | 2016 Collegiate Rugby Championship |
The 2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament held May 30–31 at PPL Park, a soccer stadium in the Chester suburb of Philadelphia, PA. It was the sixth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), and the fifth consecutive year that the tournament was held at PPL Park. The tournament is known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship.
Qualifying
Several of the 2015 CRC teams were invited to play, but three teams reached the 2015 CRC via conference qualifying tournaments and one via the national Las Vegas Invitational qualifying tournament:[2]
- Southeastern conference 7s champion: Alabama
- Big Ten conference 7s champion: Indiana
- Atlantic Coast conference 7s champion: Virginia Tech
- Las Vegas Invitational: Arkansas State
University of California, the defending champion from 2013 and 2014, entered the tournament as the favorite, due to the strength and depth of their squad.[3]
Pool stage
Pool A
align=center | Winner | align=center | Score | align=center | Loser |
California | align=center | 33–5 | Boston College |
Virginia Tech | align=center | 36–19 | Notre Dame |
California | align=center | 39–5 | Notre Dame |
Virginia Tech | align=center | 17–17 | Boston College |
California | align=center | 12–7 | Virginia Tech |
Notre Dame | align=center | 19–15 | Boston College |
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Pool B
align=center | Winner | align=center | Score | align=center | Loser |
Navy | align=center | 12–7 | Temple |
Kutztown | align=center | 24–14 | Air Force |
Navy | align=center | 24–14 | Kutztown |
Air Force | align=center | 24–12 | Temple |
Navy | align=center | 27–12 | Air Force |
Kutztown | align=center | 49–7 | Temple |
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Pool C
align=center | Winner | align=center | Score | align=center | Loser |
Indiana | align=center | 26–12 | Alabama |
Life | align=center | 26–14 | Clemson |
Alabama | align=center | 14–12 | Clemson |
Indiana | align=center | 24–19 | Life |
Life | align=center | 36–0 | Alabama |
Indiana | align=center | 27–5 | Clemson |
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Pool D
align=center | Winner | align=center | Score | align=center | Loser |
Arkansas St. | align=center | 17–5 | Michigan |
UCLA | align=center | 50–0 | Texas |
Arkansas St. | align=center | 22–10 | Texas |
Michigan | align=center | 17–12 | UCLA |
Michigan | align=center | 29–10 | Texas |
Arkansas St. | align=center | 19–0 | UCLA |
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Pool E
align=center | Winner | align=center | Score | align=center | Loser |
Arizona | align=center | 33–10 | Penn State |
Dartmouth | align=center | 31–7 | St. Joseph's |
St. Joseph's | align=center | 12–5 | Arizona |
Dartmouth | align=center | 15–10 | Penn State |
Penn State | align=center | 24–21 | St. Joseph's |
Arizona | align=center | 24–0 | Dartmouth |
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Knockout stage
Cup
Players
Leading scorers
Source:[4]
Rank | Player | Tries | Player | Points |
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1 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | align=center | 4 | Niku Kruger (Kutztown) | align=center | 25 |
2 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | align=center | 4 | Blane Mcllroy (Life) | align=center | 25 |
3 | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | align=center | 4 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | align=center | 20 |
4 | (several players tied) | align=center | 3 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | align=center | 20 |
5 | | align=center | | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | align=center | 20 |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Record Crowds and Broadcast Ratings, Overtime Thriller Highlight Landmark Weekend at 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship . pitch engine . 15 February 2021.
- http://www.rugbytoday.com/7s/penn-mutual-crc-announces-pools "Penn Mutual CRC Announces Pools"
- http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/28/collegiate-rugby-championship-crc-preview-sevens/ "Cal favored to make history at Collegiate Rugby Championship"
- Web site: "Penn Mutual CRC Points Leaders" . 2015-05-31 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032329/http://www.rugbytoday.com/college/penn-mutual-crc-points-leaders . dead .