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Written by Pat Clifton
Monday, 18 July 2011 20:06 |
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The Good Times Keep Rolling for NOLA |
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Sevens -
Club Sevens
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 New Orleans has had a good couple of months. In June they won the DII National Championship, the club’s first, and Saturday, they finished second to Atlanta Old White at the South 7s Championships in Marietta, Ga., earning the club’s first trip to 7s Nationals.
Getting to the South final wasn’t an easy trip for NOLA, who advanced by a mere conversion.
In their three-team pool were Life and Charlotte. When Life and Charlotte played, they tied. When Life and NOLA played, they tied. When NOLA and Charlotte played, a late centered try by Bobby Allen and a conversion by player/coach Jeff Reuther gave NOLA a 14-12 win.
Reuther said he knew what turned out to be the game-winning conversion kick was important, but the awareness didn’t have any adverse affects.
“It was definitely some pressure there, but I guess I’ve been playing a while and I just tried to block that out and focus on the ball rather than the game or the uprights. I just focused on where I needed to kick it and where I needed to place it. It was definitely a big moment, for sure.”
There have been a lot of big moments for New Orleans lately, and according to Reuther, they’re the fruit of a lot of labor, especially for guys like himself, who have poured a lot of time into the club.
“I’m 30 now and I’ve been playing with New Orleans, I started on our youth team when I was 13, and it’s just great to have not only myself, but so many other people putting the work in and make the successes happen,” he said. “It’s just kind of a high point for me.”
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Written by Alex Goff
Monday, 18 July 2011 18:41 |
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Loss Doesn't Mar AA Assembly |
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Colleges -
All Americans
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Losing the final match of the three-game series between the All Americans and New Zealand Universities was tough to take for Head Coach Alex Magleby, but the coach was quick to look at the big picture.
“You’ve got to look at where we started this thing,” said Malgbey, whose team beat NZ Universities 60-17 and 21-11 before losing 23-20. “Overall, what happened in the past two weeks? Did we help continue to ID players that project to next level? Yes. Did players put themselves in position they could learn from? Yes.”
Magleby didn’t see his team’s best performance in the final match. The Americans dropped too many balls at key moments, and forced the issue when they could have been more patient. They benefitted from a short advantage call early in the second half on a play that led to the Americans’ third try, but were stung by some harsh and borderline calls the rest of the contest.
Magleby avoid discussion of the officiating, but did say “[it] wasn’t a sharp performance by any means. Credit to the Kiwis - they defended pretty well and were pretty tough at the breakdown. I am proud of the boys. They kept fighting and at the end maintained possession for all those phases at the end of the game. We just needed to maintain that structure and that depth.”
Magleby also demurred when asked to name outstanding performers, but several players did indeed show themselves well: Peter Tiberio scored five tries in the three matches, and was dangerous whenever he touched the ball; Ryan Roundy was excellent at getting the All Americans some go-forward, and his loss to injury after 30 minutes on Saturday was a big blow; hooker Zach Fenoglio was really strong both in the set pieces and on defense; Nate Brakeley emerged as a real prospect at lock forward; and Chris Saint, who had to play almost the entire series because the other scrumhalf, Shaun Davies, was hurt, did everything he could.
“We had a lot of pressure in our backline because of the injuries we had,” said Magleby. “But I am hesitant to single out anybody. It was a great assembly. We look at what we’re measured on, which is whether players go on to play for the national team, and so we’ll see how we measure up eventually. But we put players in a rep side environment to get them up to speed and while there were a lot of things that didn’t go quite well enough [on Saturday], we were able to do that.”
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Written by Alex Goff
Monday, 18 July 2011 19:41 |
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Roundy Out for at Least Two Months |
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Colleges -
All Americans
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 BYU star Ryan Roundy will be out for at least two months after breaking his fibula in Saturday's match between the All Americans and New Zealand Universities.
Roundy started at No. 8 and captained the All Americans in the game, but was helped off the field after 30 minutes after collapsing to the ground. "I can't remember [the incident]," Round told RUGBYMag.com. "I am pretty sure I was going after a loose ball and my foot planted and someone landed on my leg. I just remember someone landing on it and hear it snap."
Round said doctors told him he can be back walking in a few weeks and running after seven or eight weeks. This puts him out of contention for any elite-level sevens this summer.
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Written by Press Release
Monday, 18 July 2011 17:54 |
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USA Rugby Names Women's Collegiate All Americans |
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Colleges -
Women's College
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USA Rugby is proud to announce the 2011 Women's Collegiate All-Americans. These student-athletes are recognized as the best collegiate women's rugby players in the country. There are two lists of All-Americans, Division I and Division II. The Touring Squad will be named later this month and will compete in the Can-Am Games from July 28-31 in upstate New York.
The selection process to the Women's Collegiate All-Americans was a robust and collaborative effort. Selectors included Martha Daines (Women's Collegiate All-Americans Head Coach) as well as coaches from the age-grade to senior national team ranks.
Pete Steinberg (Women's National Team Head Coach), Ric Suggitt (Women's Sevens Team Head Coach), Bryn Chivers (Women's Under-20s Head Coach) and Alex Williams (Women's High Performance Director) contributed to the selections.
The list of Division I All-Americans includes 34 student-athletes from 17 different universities and colleges across the country. The 34 athletes on the DI list and 28 representatives on the DII list were selected from a pool of nearly 12,000 women’s collegiate rugby players.
Selectors used the fall and spring seasons to construct their player pools for All-American selection. The National All-Star Championship at Founders Field in Pittsburgh, Pa., last month and the DI and DII National Championships served as opportunities for selectors to refine the pool to the top players in each division.
- In addition to having the honor of being named an All-American, many of these student-athletes have earned invitations to a variety of national team assemblies:
- 20 student-athletes participated in a Women’s High Performance Collegiate Academy Camp in Pittsburgh, Pa. in June
- 9 are attending the Women’s Sevens Elite Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
- 9 are competing for the USA in the 2011 Women’s U20 Nations Cup
- 1 player will compete with the Women’s National Team this August in the Senior Nations Cup
- 8 athletes on the list have represented the USA on the senior women’s sevens team
Forwards
Kyle Armstrong (Penn State)
Evelyn Ashenbrucker (University of California - San Diego)
Monica Jackson (BYU)
Nick James (Texas A&M)
Katie Johnson (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Joanna Kitlinski (Grand Valley State)
Megan Liesenfeldt (Army)
Kelsey Mcilonie (University of California - San Diego)
Izraelle McKinnon (Brown)
Dot Mittow (Princeton)
Kayla Orvik (Army)
Jennifer Sandifer (Navy)
Wendy Sherman (Colorado State)
Cassandra Tong (University of California – Los Angeles)
Alycia Washington (University of Connecticut)
Frances Wehrwein (Stanford)
Ela Wolfgramm (BYU)
Backs
Sadie Anderson (Penn State)
Sharlyn Carter (Virginia)
Erica Cavenaugh (Virginia)
Lisa Henneman (Penn State)
Brittany Houston (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Kristi Jackson (BYU)
Anne Lee (Army)
Anna (Katie) Lorenz (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Blaine Martin (Brown)
Tyra McGrady (Indiana University)
Deven Owsiany (Penn State)
Kara Remington (BYU)
Kimber Rozier (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Jessica Sexauer (Army)
Rebekah Siebach (BYU)
Marie Timm (Army)
Amelia Villines (Stanford)
DIVISION II WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE ALL-AMERICANS
Forwards
Candace Barley (Lee)
Hannah Bushey (Norwich University)
Ana Carvajal (Santa Clara)
Aoibheann Cline (Humboldt)
Loryn Fridie (Bowdoin)
Ashley George (Stonehill)
Grace Hovde (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Kendra Klump (Minnesota State University-Mankato)
Mackenzie Lewis (Mesa State)
Rachel Ryan (University of Wyoming)
Molly Walter (University of Mary Washington)
Ginger Whitehead (University of Northern Colorado)
Christina Zier (Central Washington)
Backs
Alyssa Baccarella (MIT)
Megan Bonny (Washington State)
Xanni Brown (Radcliffe)
Gabrielle Dixon (Longwood University)
April Fogel (Western Washington)
Evan Hoese (Radcliffe)
Kirsten Miller (Mesa State)
Alyssa Mizell (George Washington)
Natalie Monroig (Shippensburg)
Katie O’Malley (Stonehill)
Ashley Okonta (Notre Dame)
Angelina Pascual (Santa Clara)
Kathleen Stanley (Notre Dame)
Becky Stevens (Bowdoin)
Miranda Wakimoto (Boston University)
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