Women’s Rugby Plays at National Tournament

The Millersville University Women’s Rugby Club has made headlines once again—this time for qualifying for the national sevens tournament held in Michigan on the first weekend in May. At the tournament, Millersville placed fifth and club member Megan McGuigan was selected to the all star team.

Six teams were divided into two pools of three teams each. Each team played a round-robin tournament within their pool, in which each team played every other team.

In Pool A with Millersville were South Dakota State University and Mount St. Mary’s University. Pool B was made up of Albright College, Tiffin University, and Wayne State College, the reigning National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) champion.

After competing in Franklin & Marshall College’s Buggy Bash in early April and finishing in second place, the Marauders were given the opportunity to send an application to be considered for nationals and were chosen as one of six schools to participate.

“The Buggy Bash was our first time playing in a sevens match, and we went there just thinking we would gain some experience,” said Christina Houck, club president. “We ended up getting second place in the tournament, which we were very proud of.”

Wayne State knocked Millersville out of the running for the NSCRO championship in the semi-finals in November. The Marauders went on to finish third in the national championship, behind Wayne State and Smith College.