2012 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

The 2012 Men's Division III Rugby Tournament is a tournament which involves approximately 140 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NSCRO Division III college rugby as a culmination of the 2011–12 college rugby season. It began in the fall 2011 season in the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic, and picks up again in the spring 2012 season for the southern teams, and concludes with the final four-style semifinals and championship games on April 29-30, 2012 in Glendale, CO. The final four are determined by regional tournaments. Salve Regina University of Newport, RI won the largest region - Region 1 (New England & New York) by topping its 46 rugby programs; Franciscan University of Steubenville of Steubenville, OH won Region 3 (Central US) by besting 45 rugby programs. The finalists from Regions 2 University of North Florida and 4 Cal-Maritime were determined in the spring rugby season. Of some note is the fact that Regions 2 and 4 have just over one-half the rugby programs within Regions 1 and 3. Region 2 appears to have only 24 rugby programs, but there is hope that 10 teams can be added from the remnants of the former USA Rugby South Division 3 college rugby program. Region 4 claims to have 31 rugby programs, however, at least four appear to be large state universities with well developed rugby programs (e.g., University of Nevada, Las Vegas which has 28,000 undergraduates - approximately 26,000 more students than Salve Regina or Franciscan). This regional participation disparity between conferences is attributable to two things: 1) efforts to place teams within geographical regions according to traditional season (spring vs. fall); and 2) conference re-alignment as encouraged by USA Rugby. All final four matches are expected to be broadcast live on Livestream. Participating Programs Region 1 = New England & New York => 42 NSCRO eligible clubs New England North - Maine (4) Bates Bowdoin Colby UMaine Farmington New England North - Boston (4) Babson Tufts Worcester Poly Wentworth New England South (8) Central Conn State Eastern Conn State Hartford New Haven U23 Springfield Trinity Western Conn State Western New England New England Central (6) Salve Regina Roger Williams UMass-Dartmouth Mass Maritime Academy Wheaton Bryant New England West (6) Plymouth State Keene State Amherst Williams Holy Cross Castleton State New York State East (4) Clarkson Paul Smiths Potsdam Rochester Inst. of Tech Syracuse C (1) New York State West (4) Alfred Brockport C (1) Canisius Rochester St John Fisher Met New York (6) Bard Drew Molloy Montclair State SUNY Maritime Fairleigh Dickinson Rutgers C (1) Stony Brook C (1) Region 2 = SouthAtlantic=> 24 NSCRO eligible clubs Virginia (7) Christopher Newport Hampden-Sydney Lynchburg Roanoke Virginia Commonwealth Washington and Lee William and Mary Potomac (4) American Frostburg Montgomery CC Washington East Penn East (6) Delaware C (1) LaSalle Lehigh Rowan Swarthmore Ursinus Widener East Penn West (7) Albright Bucknell F&M Gettysburg Lock Haven PSU Berks Susquehanna Former USARS (10) - Possible Addition Loyola Spring Hill Western Carolina Eckerd Florida Gulf Coast Armstrong Atlantic State North Florida Charleston Southern North Georgia Georgia College & State Region 3 = Central => 42 NSCRO eligible clubs Minnesota North (5) Bemidji State Bethel Moorhead Morris North Dakota Minnesota Central (5) Carleton Macalester St. Olaf St. Thomas Wisconsin-River Falls Minnesota South (5) Gustavus Luther Southwest State St. Mary's Viterbo Wisconsin (4) Michigan Tech Milwaukee School of Engrg UW Eau Claire UW Madison C (1) UW Parkside Indiana (8) Anderson DePauw Grace Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne Indiana State 9300 ug Indiana Wesleyan Southern Indiana Wabash Allegheny North (6) Allegheny Clarion Duquesne Geneva Grove City Penn State-Behrend Allegheny South (6) Fairmont State Franciscan Juniata Pittsburgh-Johnstown Robert Morris Washington & Jefferson West Virginia C (1) Chicago Area (3) Elmhurst College Lewis University University of Chicago Region 4 = PacWest => 31 NSCRO eligible clubs Eastern Rockies (4) Colorado College Denver 5400 ug Regis Western State Great Plains (5) Doane Nebraska Kearney South Dakota South Dakota State Wayne State Heart of America (4) Benedictine Emporia State John Brown Pittsburg State Texas (6) Lamar Midwestern State Southern Methodist Texas at Dallas 11k Texas at San Antonio 26k students Tyler JC Pacific Northwest (6) Gonzaga Oregon Institute of Technology Puget Sound Seattle Whitman Willamette Southern California (4) Cal Lutheran Concordia UNLV - 28,000 students? Westmont Northern California (7) California Maritime Academy Sacramento City College/ Sonoma State University/ San Francisco State/ University Of San Francisco/ University Of Pacific/ Monterey Bay State/ St. Marys C's Final 4 Salve Regina 29 vs Franciscan University 20 University of North Florida 26 vs Cal Maritime 31 Third-place game Franciscan 29 vs North Florida 5 Final Game Salve Regina University 22 vs Cal Maritime 15 Notes This was Salve Regina's first ever National Championship victory in school history. References www.nscro.org 2012 Category:2012 in American rugby union Category:2012 rugby union tournaments for clubs