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MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP

COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN

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2012 Emirates Airline USA Rugby Mens

Division I-AA College National ChampionshipMay 18-19, 2012

Venue: Rio into Stadium in Sandy, Utah;Hosted by Utah Youth Rugby and USA Rugby

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University of Wisconsin

University o Wisconsin - Starting 22

1. Jack Hartnett2. Steve Link3. ony Esealuka4. Ryan Jones5. Robert Gorowsky6. Zachary Arostegui7. Alec Schindler8. Andrew Hanske9. Ryan McGlynn

10. Jordan Heginbottom11. im Slater12. Joel Cohen13. Kurtis Shepherd14. Neil Warren15. Ben Knight16. udor Byas17. Cory Katzban

18. Paul Michalowski19. Greg Doctor20. Alex Schurman21. Max Perkins22. Dan Gaenslen

Tis past all the Badgers completed an

undeeated season to clinch the MidwestWest Division granting them their rstever birth in the Division I-AA playos.Te Badgers are currently ranked #11 inthe country according to Rugbmag.com.

Te teams last run at a national XVs titlecame 4 years ago in 2009 when the Bad-gers nished with Runner Up honors

in the Division II title game. Missing ashot at the Divsion I Playos by just onegame or the last two years in a row, theteam has been hard at work with theireyes set on a national championship.

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University o Missouri - Starting Lineup

1. Drew Vachon2. Adam Wright3. Alex Larkin4. Dan Kloeckener5. Dj Seidel6. Dan Freeman7. Ryan Scheidt8. Matt Brotemarkle9. Bryan Hebron10. Mark Menne11. Curtis Auenberg12. Ryan McDonald13. Brett Henderson14. Luke Rosnet15. Shane Glasscott16. Bill Hebron17. Tomas Vollmer

18. Andy Martinovich19. Brandon Pascal20. Conor Strauss21. Joe McDonald22. Adam Hasik

Te Mizzou igers are a, predominately,

senior led squad appearing in their rstplayo game since 2008. Aer joiningthe Heart o America conerence, the2011-2012 campaign is the rst in D1play or Missouri. Without the direc-tion o a coaching sta, the tigers haverelied on captain leadership and veteranexperience to carry them throughout theseason.

University of Missouri

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Davenport University - Starting Lineup1. Chris Hathaway

2. Gabe Sochanek3. Angus MacLellan (Captain)4. Keenan Dolan5. Demecus Beach6. Anthony Welmers7. Ryan Hargraves8. John Nowak9. Joe Marino

10. JP Elo11. Mason Baum12. ravis Kamstra13. Adam Ries14. Lance Cavanaugh15. Nick Glocke16. Nick Burger17. Adam Kubiak18. Rory Dill

19. Brayn Ray20. im Hugo21. Grifn Benson22. Erin Hillary23. Victor Baez

Davenport Rugby is only in its 3rd yearo existence and is making steady prog-

ress in building a top ranked Rugbyprogram in the Midwest. Te 2011 allseason the Panthers went undeeated intheir league, boosting wins over Purdue,OSU, IU, Miami (OH), BGSU and MSU.Te Panthers are ortunate enough tohave players representing USA Rugbyat the highest level in their respective

age groups at the ollowing levels, USAMens 7s, All American 15s and 7s andthe USA U/2O program. All but oneplayer rom Davenports National Squadis rom the Midwest area, showing thatDavenport is committed to MidwestRugby.

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University o exas - Starting Lineup1. Fernando Assing

2. Alexis Mendoza3. Danny Camara4. Edward Wiley5. ommy Gilmore6. Cameron Cano7. Creighton Bundy8. Kellen Burke (eam Captain)9. John Boudreaux

10. Eric Luikens11. Skylar alley12. Noah Villalobos13. Chase Juhl14. Mark Boraski15. aylor Hayes16. Anu Dasaraju17. Jeremy Maranitch18. Chris Brown

19. Colin Ferguson20. Avi Goren21. JJ Pepper22. Greg Hesch23. John Wilord

On March 24th, Te University o exasMens Rugby eam completed an unde-

eated 7-0 season by deeating the RiceOwls 36-26 in Houston and winning theinaugural Southwest Conerence Cham-pionship. Te win propels exas into itsrst ever National Sweet 16, where theywill ace deending National ChampionDavenport University on April 28th inMadison, WI.

In a season highlighted by a revenge44-10 victory o exas State, who hadknocked U out o the national cham-pionship race the year prior, and a 113-0 road victory o the Baylor Bears, themost points scored by the Longhornsin the 26 year history o the program,the University o exas was able to put 8

players onto the Southwest Conerencerst or second teams on the their way tothe title.

University of Texas

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2012 Emirates Airline USA Rugby Mens

Division II-AA College National ChampionshipMay 18-19, 2012Venue: Rio into Stadium in Sandy, Utah;

Hosted by Utah Youth Rugby and USA Rugby

central missouri

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Our club was ounded in the spring o1989 by Ken Lowe, a native o SouthArica. 2011 marks the 22nd year o ourexistence. Te University o WisconsinWhitewater Rugby Club participates inthe Wisconsin Rugby Union as a division2 collegiate team. We have two seasonsper year. One in the all semester andone in the spring semester. Our coner-

ence season is played in the all, o whichthe top two teams in our conerencequaliy or the NCAA Midwest ourna-ment, which is the launching pad intothe national tournament. Also, duringthe year, including summer, we partici-pate in tournaments around the state andthe midwest.

Te Warhawks look to deend their divi-sion II title aer a 7-3 championship winover Middlebury University last season.Te University o Wisconsin - White-water team enters the sweet sixteen withonly one loss on the season and unde-eated in Division II play. Tey are cur-rently ranked 2nd in the Divsion IIRugbymag.com rankings.

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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater


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University o Wisconsin-MilwaukeeStarting lineup

1. Mike Christenson

2. Brad Baack3. Alex Odalowski4. Chris Moore5. August Henry6. Wes Kubiak7. Pat Fargen8. Brent Hensen9. Je Cebe10. Ben Rocole11. Colin Long12. Brian Endres13. revor Hergert14. Bryan Garay15. Zach Albert16. Dylan Strausberg17. Zak Dowling18. Billy Crass

19. Matt Fellenz20. Kyle Gilbertson21. Ryan Pandl22. Matt Conen

UW-Milwaukee won their way into the

Final 16 teams competing or the Na-tional Championship aer winning theirChallenge Match against Northern Il-linois University. With that victory, UW-Milwaukee moves to 9-2 on the season,with both losses coming rom deendingD2-champs UW-Whitewater. Te teamattributes their success to a mixture ohardnosed play rom the orwards and atalented backline.

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University of Wiscosin-Milwaukee


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Central Missouri - Starting Lineup1. Klint sutherland2. Jon khalil

3. Brandon hayes4. Kyle nixdor5. Nick anderson6. Alex meyer7. Breiuc parrish8. Huntington davis9. James sills10. Ricky ashley11. Jerry ord

12. Stephen lomas13. im irving14. George ricketts15. ravis brown16. Alberto lagunas17. Akeem curns18. Cory smalls19. Dash hudson

20. Francis darko21. Montana rex22. Grant conrad23. Jason venckus.

Tere has been rugby in Warrensburgand on the campus o the University oCentral Missouri in one orm or another

since 1972. Nicknames, status and com-petition level have changed, but theresbeen one constant throughout the betterpart o that time Robert e Smith.He took over as the coach in the 2000s,but competed as a player rom the early80s through to the end o the century. ehas impacted the rugby careers and liveso players rom multiple decades and

several generations.

Te team spent a large part o its his-tory as the Warriors, but was rebrandedin recent years as the Mules, to realignthemselves with the University. TeMules are now a ull-status club oncampus, supported by the clubs sports

department. Tey compete as a DII col-legiate side within the Heart o AmericaRugby Football Union.

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In 2011, LU announced the additionso mens and womens rugby to begincompetition in the 2011-12 academic

year. Ron Laszewski was announced asthe rst head rugby coach o the Lionsrugby team, Laszewski is a ormer headcoach in the Rugby Super League and aormer USA Eagle player; in addition, hewas the rst American coach to completethe International Rugby Boards Level 3certication program. LU will begin playin USA Rugby Division II level, as rugbyis not governed by the NCAA. LU rugbycurrently plays at the Division II levelin the Missouri Rugby Football Union(MRFU). In its rst season Lindenwoodplayed a mixed schedule o both DivisionI and II college programs, but intends toadvance to higher levels o college rugbycompetition as the program matures.

Te team played its rst game in pro-gram history on September 4, 2011 in anexhibition match against coach Laszews-

kis ormer team, the St. Louis BombersRFC, by a score o 21-12.[76] Te pro-gram earned its rst ofcial win againstKansas 47-10 on September 10, 2011.[77] Te team nished the 2011 regularseason 11-0 and outscored opponents1077-43 and won the programs rstMissouri Rugby Football Union Cham-pionship.[78] Te season included vestraight 100-point games, and six overall100-point games.[78][79] Te Lions alsohad six shutouts and held opponents un-der 10 points nine times.[78] Te upstartprogram quickly climbed through theop 25 poll and nished 2nd to deend-ing Division II rugby champions, Uni-versity o WisconsinWhitewater.[80]

Lindenwood qualied or the Division IIplayos in its rst season and competedand hosted the West Region playos inMarch 2012.

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