Conference Champions BACK TO BACK

Your Screaming Minks once again were crowned the Cardinal Conference Champions after overwhelming vicotories this past weekend at the conference tournament.  Saturday in the first semi-final W&L easily posted 82 points against a Hampden Sydney side.  W&L 82 – HSC 10.  Sunday’s championship match had W&L outpacing CNU 37-10.  Next stop, East Coast Regionals at Mt St Mary’s Univerisity in Emmitsburg PA on Dec 5-6.

CCRC Tournament Schedule – This Weekend

W&L received the #1 seed for this weekend’s conferenece tournement.  All matches will be played at VMI on thier North Post drill fields, located on thier back campus down by their tennis courts and baseball stadium.  Parking will be at a premium, so consider parking at W&L across from the Law School and walk the Chessie Trail to the pitches.

SCHEDULE OF GAMES:

Saturday, Nov 7, 2015

Time	Pitch	Game	Teams	Length
0900	Turf	Plate play-in	Christendom v Madison	60 min
1000	Grass	NChall-1	W&L v HSC	80 min
1015	Turf	NChamp-1	UofR v Duke	60 min
1130	Turf	CP-1	Heat v LFCC	80 min
1130	Grass	D2-1	VMI v VCU	80 min
1300	Turf	Dev	EHC v Lynchburg	80 min
1300	Grass	D2-2	ODU v UMW	80 min
1430	Grass	NChall-2	CNU v Roanoke	80 min
1430	Turf	CP-2	Griffins v winner Plate play-in	60 min
1600	Turf	NChamp-2	W&M v UofR	60 min

 

Sunday, Nov 8, 2015

Time	Field	Game	Teams	Time
1000	Turf	NChall-3 (3rd/4th)	Loser NChall-1 v Loser NChall-2	80 min
1000	Grass	D2-3 (3rd/4th)	Loser D2 1 v Loser D2-2	80 min
1130	Turf	CP-3 (3rd/4th)	Loser CP-1 v Loser CP-2	80 min
1130	Grass	NChall-4 (1st/2nd)	Winner NChall-1 v NChall-2	80 min
1300	Turf	CP-4 (1st/2nd)	Winner CP-1 v Winner CP-2	80 min
1300	Grass	NChamp-3	W&M v Duke	80 min
1430	Grass	D2-4 (1st/2nd)	Winner D2-1 v Winner D2-2	80 min

Another season starts today

IToday under gray sky’s the Minks travel up I-81 to face Lord Fairfax CC.  The first game of the season kicks off at 1pm. Swing by if you’re in the area.

Minks Claim National Third Place

A great season has concluded with the Minks claiming a National Third Place title for NSCRO.   Tournament match reports forthcoming.

Semi-Final: W&L 15, University of Northern Colorado 32

Third Place: W&L 44, Indiana Purdue Ft. Wayne 5

Couldn’t be more proud of our players for their heart & soul and for their dertmination throughout the season up through the final match.   All Scremaing Minks, current and former,  should be standing tall and smiling on how the club has performed.  Thanks to all players (especially our seniors), all the families and fans who came out for the matches (especially) in Pittsburgh, all our rugby alumni, and to the coaches who continue to give their time.

I’ts a good time to be a Screaming Mink!

Watch Live ~ National Championship

To watch live – go to either the NSCRO home page at www.nscro.org on the day of the event or….

Vimeo On Demand Download and Pre-order:
Link:  https://vimeo.com/124566128

Purchase DVDs and Blu-rays, Livestream, On Demand, Watch again
Link: http://www.streampittsburgh.com/video/nscro/

Any questions / issues regarding the above links, please contact Jordan McMillen at jordan@cutnrunstudios.com.

Saturday April 18 – Times shown are Eastern Time Zone
12pm – Washington & Lee University (East Coast Region Champion) vs. University of Northern Colorado (West Region Champion)
2pm – Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne (Central Region Champion) vs University of the Pacific (Pacific Coast Champion)

Sunday April 19
11AM – 3rd Place
1PM – Final followed by the NSCRO Awards Ceremony

Final Four Teams set and Live Streaming

Saturday, April 18
12 noon: W&L v Northern Colorado
2pm: Indiana Purdue Ft Wayne v Univeristy of the Pacific

Sunday, April 19
11am – 3rd place match
1pm – Finals immeditalty followed by NSCRO Awards Cermemony

All matches will be streamed LIVE and FREE through http://www.nscro.org

Season Kick-Off Brings Victory

Match recap: Saturday, February 28:
Geoge Washington University vs. Screaming Minks

{{Lexington, VA}}  The Minks kicked the season off surrounded by 8′ of piled up snow on Wilson field today. With this being the last weekend of W&L Feb. break, we were a little short handed missing about 10-15 players. Our young players stepped-up and lots of players played out of position and did a great job. The opening ten minutes looked like we hadn’t missed a step since last season going up 12-0. After that poor scrums and a lot of penalties keep GWU in the match. It was back and forth through out the match as both teams traded the lead several times. Final score Minks 31 GWU 30. A hardly fought match against a strong Div. II team so good way to start the season. Next a long travel to VMI on March 7. Hopefully the snow wll melt and we can get into a normal practice schedule. Go Minks!!

Added page for National Championship

Look above at the National Championship Button.  We’ll try to keep all the pertinent info you need to know about the tournament listed here.

Season Standings, Playoff Picture, & Hotels

W&L will play Hampden Sydney on Saturday, November 16th at 2pm.
LFCC plays CNU at 11am.   This game is right before the W&L game.

#1 Seed: Hampden Sydney College
#2 Seed: Lord Fairfax Community College
#3 Seed Christopher Newport Universitiy
#4 Seed W&L Screaming Minks.

Tournament hotels:
1. Best Western Plus Virginia Beach.  $59 per night.  757-428-5370
2. Quality Inn Suites and Oceanfront.  $60 per night.  757-428-8935

Tell the hotel you are with the Cardinals Collegiate Rugby Conference Tournament.

Thursday Practice at VMI

4pm on November 7 on the VMI Rugby pitch on their “North Post”.