1993 National Collegiate Rugby Championship
| 1993 National Collegiate Rugby Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Date | May 1 – 2, 1993 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 4 |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Final | |
| Venue | Houston, TX |
| Champions | UC Berkeley (10th title) |
| Runners-up | Air Force |
The 1993 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the fourteenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. Both the Men's and Women's tournaments took place at Rice University in Houston, TX from May 1–2.[1][2] UC Berkeley won their tenth title with a victory over Air Force.[3][4] UC Berkeley scrum half Andre Bachelet was named MVP of the tournament.[5]
Venue
| Texas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rice University |
Rice University | |
| Houston, Texas | ||
| Capacity: | ||
Participants
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 5–6 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, SC.[6]
- Harvard 55-8 LSU
- Harvard 19-6 Navy
Record- 11–1
Coach- Al Baker
Captain- John Hoffman
Roster:
Peccei, Geary, Eric Biland, Jim Kauffman, Frickel, Monte Geise, Stephens, Kiki Ssenyamantono, Gordon, Mark Puckett, Rob Santos, Howard, Jason Luzak, Andrew Pinkerton, Marks, Siever, Julio DePietro, Andrew Preware, Parmet, Kozek, Froeschel.
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on November 7–8 in Bowling Green, OH.[7]
- Wisconsin 20–12 Notre Dame
- Wisconsin 42-0 Purdue[8]
Record- 15–2
Coach- Stu Pippel
Captain- Jim Thill
Roster:
Wahlstrom, Curtin, Seidl, Doersch, Koehler, Black, Daly, Henschel, Hickey, Reidy, McKelvey, Drugan, Imes, Sperling.
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 10–11 in Houston, TX.[9]
- Air Force 69–5 New Mexico State
- Air Force 54-0 John Brown University
- Air Force 41-0 Kansas University
Colors– Blue/Silver
Record- 12–0
Coaches- Mike Cartney, David Oldfield, Danny Miller, Mark Knofczynski
Captains- Dave Adams, Casey Hackathorn
Roster:
Jay Marque, Trent Tuthill, Mike Traw, Matt Keiper, Rex Ballinger, Eric Bulger, Sean Cavan, Matt Benivegna, Chris Eden, Noah Hardie, Lance Teel, Bill Speros, Robert Harris, Berman.
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 16–18 in Corvallis, OR.[10]
- UC Berkeley 28-0 Oregon State[11]
- UC Berkeley 33-0 University of Washington
- UC Berkeley 44-0 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Record- 18–2–1 (8–0)
Coaches- Jack Clark, Dan Porter, Rick Bailey, Higgins, Hanley (Trainer), Jerry Figone (Manager), Schram (Manager),
Captains-Ray Lehner (Prop), Andre Bachelet (Scrumhalf)
Roster:
Jeff Arreguy (Lock), John Ball (Center), Rowan Belchers (Flanker), Jim Bell (Center), Kelly Bellue (Prop), Robin Belle (Hooker), Ovie Brume (Wing), Chris Carrigg (Center), Jonah Cave (Flanker), Tom Chapman (Lock), Jeff Chenu (Flanker), Peter Codevilla (Lock), Kevin Dalzell (Scrumhalf), Brian Frantz (Prop), Ray Green (Center), Eric Harmon (Fullback), Derek Hitchcock (Flanker), Ben Juricek (Prop), Min Kim (Wing), Joe Motes (Flyhalf), Shap Roder (Lock), Scott Snyder (Hooker), Ray Lehner (Prop), Rob Swanbeck (Center), Rob Lumkong (Flanker), Josh Martin (Flanker), Ian Tong (Fullback), Scott Painter (Wing), Matt Palamountain (Wing), Kester Wise (Flyhalf).
Bracket
| Regional Semifinal | Regional Final | National Semifinal | National Final | |||||||||||
| April 17 - Corvallis, OR | ||||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 33 | |||||||||||||
| April 18 - Corvallis, OR | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 44 | |||||||||||||
| April 17 - Corvallis, OR | ||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly SLO | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cal Poly SLO | 5 | |||||||||||||
| May 1 – Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley (Pacific) | 17 | |||||||||||||
| December 5 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| Harvard (East) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 55 | |||||||||||||
| December 6 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| LSU | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Harvard | 19 | |||||||||||||
| December 5 - Columbia, SC | ||||||||||||||
| Navy | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Navy | 27 | |||||||||||||
| May 2 – Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 9 | |||||||||||||
| UC Berkeley | 36 | |||||||||||||
| April 10 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Air Force | 54 | |||||||||||||
| April 11 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| John Brown | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Air Force | 41 | |||||||||||||
| April 10 - Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Kansas University | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rice University | 8 | |||||||||||||
| May 1 – Houston, TX | ||||||||||||||
| Kansas University | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Air Force (West) | 44 | |||||||||||||
| November 8 - Bowling Green, OH | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin (Midwest) | 10 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 20 | |||||||||||||
| November 8 - Bowling Green, OH | May 2 – Houston, TX | |||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 42 | Harvard | 44 | |||||||||||
| November 8 - Bowling Green, OH | ||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||
| Purdue | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 5 | |||||||||||||
Semifinals
| 1 May 1993 1:00PM |
| UC Berkeley | 17–6 | Harvard |
| Try: Ovie Brume 57' c Andre Bachelet 2H' Con: Rob Swanbeck (2) Pen: Andre Bachelet 77' | [12] | Pen: Andrew Pinkerton 29', 60' |
| Houston, TX Referee: Dave Head (USA) |
| 1 May 1993 3:00PM |
| Air Force | 44–10 | Wisconsin |
| Try: Eric Bulger 13' David Adams 30' Lawrence Teel 38', 68' Noah Hardie 58' Mike Traw 62' Con: Chris Eden (2) Pen: Chris Eden 57' | [13] | Try: 2H' c Con: (1) Pen: Brendan Daly |
| Houston, TX Referee: Mark Binning (USA) |
Third place
| 2 May 1993 10:00 AM |
| Harvard | 44–0 | Wisconsin |
| Try: Eric Biland Mark Puckett John Hoffman Andrew Preware Julio DePietro (2) Siever Rob Santos | [13] |
| Houston, TX Referee: A. Owens (Texas) |
Final
| 2 May 1993 2:00PM |
| UC Berkeley | 36–6 | Air Force |
| Try: Matt Palamountain 4' c Rob Lumkong 47' c Eric Harmon 62' c Eric Harmon 75' Con: Andre Bachelet (2) Pen: Rob Swanbeck 12', 30', 2H' Andre Bachelet 78' | [14] | Pen: Chris Eden 8', 39' |
| Houston, TX Referee: Mark Binning (USA) |
Women's College Championship
The 1993 Women's Collegiate Championship took place at the Rice University in Houston, TX from May 1–2. The University of Connecticut qualified by winning the East Coast Territorial championship. Penn State was the winner at the Midwest Territorial,[15] Air Force represented the West and Stanford the Pacific Coast.[16] University of Connecticut was the champion of this third edition.[17][3] University of Connecticut center Kimberly Cyganik was named MVP of the tournament.[18]
Semifinals
| 1 May 1993 9:00AM |
| Connecticut | 47–0 | Stanford |
| Try: Pam Vartelas 5' c, 47', 56' Kim Cyganik 18' Jennifer Michnowicz Leslie Body Jeanine Bertolini Kristen Chudzik 42' Daria Stasiuk 73' Con: Kim Cyganik | [19] |
| Houston, TX Referee: J. Turner (West) |
| 1 May 1993 11:00AM |
| Air Force | 34–0 | Penn State |
| Try: Yvonne Spencer 4' Virginia Weldon 39' c Hubbard 40+' Natalie Wittman Yvonne Spencer Candace Henry Con: Virginia Weldon (2) | [19] |
| Houston, TX Referee: A. Owens (Texas) |
Third place
| 2 May 1993 10:00AM |
| Penn State | 7–0 | Stanford |
| Try: Suzanne Hannon 32' c Con: Trisha Chipeleski | [19] |
| Houston, TX Referee: J. Turner (West) |
Final
| 2 May 1993 12:00PM |
| Connecticut | 17–0 | Air Force |
| Try: Kristen Chudzik 11' pushover 1H' Kim Cyganik 80+' c Con: Kim Cyganik | [19] |
| Houston, TX Referee: Dave Head (USA) |
Lineups:
UConn– Zinser, Richards, Enrique, Wolff, Dolan, Cyganik (Captain), Mulliken, Michnowicz, Stasiuk, Body, Bertolini, Chudzik, Dougherty, Vartelas, Stutesman.
Air Force– Monaghan, Rodriguez–Ray, Weldon, Wittman, Brown, Forner, Henry, Green, Spencer, Barrett (Captain), Lorenzo–Luacas, Keskman, Lau, Hubbard, Smith.
Champions: University of Connecticut
Staff: Matt Miller (Coach), Tilki, Crimmins
Captain: Kimberly Cyganik (Center)
Roster: Beka Apostolidis (Flanker), Janine Bertolini (Flyhalf), Lesley Body (Scrumhalf), Kristen Chudzik (Wing), Cathy Dolan (Lock), Deb Dougherty (Center), Maureen Enrique (Prop), Jessica Hammond (Flyhalf), Sandra Martell (Lock), Jennifer Michnowicz (Flanker), Alyssa Mulliken (Flanker), Judith Paradis (Wing), Denise Quinn (#8), Bonny Richards (Hooker), Daria Stasiuk (#8), Nancy Stutesman (Fullback), Pam Vartelas (Wing), Wendy Walworth (Prop), Liz Wolff (Lock), Mary Lou Zinser (Prop).
College All–Stars
The 1993 National Collegiate All–Star Championship took place at the University of Denver in Denver, CO from June 18–20.[20] 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.[21] In the final, the Pacific Coast RFU defeated the Eastern RU.[22]
Semifinals
Final
| 20 June 1993 |
| Pacific Coast | 21–19 | East |
| Try: Matt Palamountain 40+' Ian Tong 80+' c Con: Rob Swanbeck (1) Pen: Rob Swanbeck 10', 15', 70' | [23] | Try: Jason Hedberg 16' c Con: Dave Skinner Pen: Dave Skinner 24', 30', 47', 65' |
| Denver, CO |
Lineups:
Pacific Coast College All–Stars– Ortlieb, Bellue (Pierce), Lehner, Codevilla, Perez, Martin, Shepard, Chenu (Captain), Dalzell, Wise, Palamountain (Tong), Affleck, Scharrenberg (Swayback).
Eastern College All–Stars– Lewis, Young, Petracelli, Gawronski, Lacykowski, Dettling, Holtzman, Hedberg, Sica, Finney, Wright, Wright, Crisafalli, Terech, Skinner.
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- ^ Fordyce, Jerry (May 2, 1993). "California's Rugby Expertise To Have Field Quaking At Rice". Houston Post, p.C–11 col.3–4
- ^ a b Fordyce, Jerry (May 3, 1993). "Cal, Connecticut Capture Rugby Titles". Houston Post, p.C–2 col.1–2
- ^ "Badgers Lose In Tennis Final". (May 3, 1993). Wisconsin State Journal, p.2B col.4–6
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- ^ Cohen, Andrew (April 30, 1993). "Final Four–Bound Rugby Club Toils In Obscurity". Wisconsin State Journal, p.1D col.1–6
- ^ "KU Rugby Team Falls To Air Force". (April 14, 1993). University Daily Kansan, p.11 col.3
- ^ Burger, David (April 16, 1993). "Cal Rugby Travels To PCC Championships". Daily Californian, p.20 col.3–4
- ^ "Cal Rugby Team Seeks Another Crown". (April 29, 1993). Oakland Tribune, p.C–7 col.1–3
- ^ Fordyce, Jerry (May 2, 1993). "California Fends Off Harvard". Houston Post, p.B–14 col.1–6
- ^ a b Oeler, Kurt (May 24, 1993). "Cal Throttles Air Force To Win Tenth National Title". Rugby. Vol. 19, no. 4. pp. 16–18.
- ^ Burger, Dave (May 3, 1993). "Rugby Captures Third Straight Title". Daily Californian, p.12 col.1–2
- ^ Potter, Lawrence R. (April 29, 1993). "Lady Ruggers Play For National Title". The Daily Collegian
- ^ Nagae, Sarah (April 30, 1993). "Ruggers Head Off To Final Four". Stanford Daily, p.7 col.5–6
- ^ "College Notebook". (May 4, 1993). Hartford Courant, p.D2 col.6
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- ^ a b c d Oeler, Kurt (May 24, 1993). "Defense Leads UConn To Women's Collegiate Title". Rugby. Vol. 19, no. 4. pp. 20–21.
- ^ "Denver To Host 1993 Colorado State Games". (June 16, 1993). Hispania, p.6 col.1–3
- ^ Meisler, Natalie (June 18, 1993). "Closing Generation Gap". Denver Post, p.9D col.1–2
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- ^ a b c Malone, Michael (July 19, 1993). "Pacific Coast Wins Collegiate All–Star Championship". Rugby. Vol. 19, no. 6. p. 10.