Posted in Alumni, Championships, D1, ECRC, Events, Information for Players, Match Previews, Media, New Players, Parents, Supporters, Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2013
The MCRC is pleased to announce the match schedule for the Fall 2013 season.
Sunday, September 8: Granite Cup (@ Dartmouth – 2 50-minute games)
Saturday, September 14: UMASS
Saturday, September 21: AIC
Saturday, September 28: @ Northeastern
Saturday, October 5: BYE
Saturday, October 12: UCONN (Fall Family Weekend)
Saturday, October 19: @ UAlbany
Saturday, October 26: @ Boston College (Homecoming)
November 2 & 9 Make-up dates (if necessary)
November 16 NATIONAL QUARTERFINAL
November 23 NATIONAL SEMIFINAL
December 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Posted in Alumni, Articles, Championships, D1, Events, Information for Players, Match Previews, Media, Parents, Sevens, Supporters on Nov 20th, 2012
Middlebury has been invited to participate in the USA Rugby 7′s National Championship next week in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M. The MCRC will begin the competition on Friday, November 30 in pool play against Cal, Arkansas State, and NC State. You can watch the live match webcast at usarugby.org and of course follow our in-game twitter updates @themcrc.
GO BLUE!!!!
Posted in Alumni, Articles, Championships, D1, ECRC, Events, Information for Players, Match Previews, Media, Parents, Supporters on Nov 8th, 2012
This Saturday’s match-up between The MCRC and Southern Connecticut has been moved to AIC who have graciously offered the use of their facilities.
The address is 125 Cortland Street, Springfield, MA and kick-off will be at 2 or 2:30pm.
Stay tuned for further updates and we hope to see you there as the Boys in Blue look to win the team’s first ever D-IAA Conference Championship!
Posted in Alumni, Articles, D1, ECRC, Events, Information for Players, Match Previews, New Players, Parents, Supporters on Oct 18th, 2012
Due to heavy rainfall over the past few weeks the Middlebury pitch is unplayable. This Saturday’s matches against the University of Albany will be held in Burlington at the Tree Farm.
Both A & B matches will kick-off at 10:15am.
Click here for directions: http://www.treefarmsports.com/
Posted in Alumni, Championships, D1, ECRC, Events, Information for Players, Match Previews, Parents, Sevens, Supporters, Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2012
This Saturday, October 6, Middlebury will compete in the ECRC 7s tournament at Amesbury Sports Park, 12 South Hunt Rd., Amesbury, MA. Please come out and support the boys in blue. Click here for directions.
Middlebury will be in Pool B with Southern Connecticut, Albany and AIC. Pool A will consist of Defending Champs BC, Northeastern and UMass-Amherst, and UConn. 4 points for a win, 2 points for a tie, 0 for a loss. The winners and runners-up of each pool will advance to the semi-finals and the winners of those games will meet in the final. The winner of this tournament will advance to the USA Rugby Collegiate 7s National Championship.
Schedule
10 AM: MCRC vs. Albany
12 PM: MCRC vs. Southern CT
1:20 PM: MCRC vs. AIC
3:20 PM:Semi-Final #1
3:40 PM: Semi-Final #2
4:20 PM: FINAL
This Saturday, November 5, Middlebury will compete in the ECRC 7s tournament at Amesbury Sports Park, 12 South Hunt Rd., Amesbury, MA. Please come out and support the boys in blue. Click here for directions.
Middlebury will be in Pool A with Southern Connecticut, Northeastern A and UConn. Pool B will consist of UAlbany, BC, Northeastern B and UMass-Amherst. 4 points for a win, 2 points for a tie, 0 for a loss. The winners and runners-up of each pool will advance to the semi-finals and the winners of those games will meet in the final. The winner of this tournament will advance to the first ever USA Rugby Collegiate 7s National Championship.
The MCRC Team: Laird “Gojira” Silsby ’15, John “Scooter” Hawley ’14, Sam “Fireman” Murray ’13, Devin “The Firm” Risinger ’14, Sebastian “Anglo” Damberg-Ott ’12.5, Madison “Madman” Stebbins ’14.5, Don “Shoes” Song ’13, Jack “on Jacks on Jacks” Maher ’12, Adam “The Boot” Schreiber ’14, Alec “Heavyweight” Mackenzie ’15, Sander “Hotstepper” Mora ’15, Emile Landers “Sanders” Carnal ’12
Schedule
10 AM: MCRC vs. Southern Conn
11 AM: MCRC vs. Northeastern
12:40 PM: MCRC vs. UConn
2:40 PM: Pool A winner vs. Pool B runner-up
3 PM: Pool B winner vs. Pool A runner-up
3:40 PM: FINAL
Posted in Championships, Match Previews, Media on Apr 29th, 2011
Middlebury takes on Salisbury in the DII National Championship semi-final at Founders Field in Pittsburgh, PA. These two teams met in the corresponding fixture in 2007 in Sanford, FL. Middlebury, eventual national champions, beat Salisbury in that game 49 – 14. Four years on and anyone who played in that game has now moved on.
All of the DII men’s and women’s semi-final and final games will be streamed online at http://www.ustream.tv/usarugby.
Kick-off for the Middlebury semi-final is at 3:15 PM.
Posted in Championships, Match Previews on Apr 13th, 2011
Tomorrow The MCRC gets on a plane to sunny Florida to take on St. Joe’s in the National Championship Round of 16. The game is at 2 PM this Saturday, April 16 at the Austin Tindall Regional Park (click here for directions.) Game is on Field 6. This is the first meeting between these two teams.
Saturday’s winner will go on to the Sunday quarterfinal game where they will meet the winner of the Bentley vs. University of Southern Florida game (1 PM kick-off at the same venue.)
Posted in Match Previews on Mar 30th, 2011
Middlebury takes on Yale in their final warm-up game of the spring. 1 PM kick-off for the 1st team, 3 PM kick-off for the 2nd team. Last year the Bulldogs got the better of the Blue in what has become an annual event.
Directions to the field: http://www.yale.edu/rugby/newSite/field.shtml
Posted in Match Previews on Mar 25th, 2011
Our sincere apologies for this very late notice but we have had to change the venue and time of our game against Northeastern to 5 PM on Madison Park in Boston, MA.
Click here for directions
Div II New England Champions Middlebury take on Div I New England Champions team Northeastern in their second warm up game.
