College Insider: Complete Weekend Rundown

 

Lindenwood faced Wheeling Jesuit in the battle of two varsity programs over the weekend and came away with a strong 61-12 win. The Lions made their intentions known early in the match with several tries within the first ten minutes. Wheeling Jesuit had some decent stretches of play but overall it was a learning experience for the team. In another friendly match between two DI-A sides Penn State trounced Ohio State 70-8.

Ivy Rugby

Dartmouth kicked off their Ivy Rugby campaign with an impressive 35-18 win over Harvard. Madison Hughes scored 25 points in the win for Dartmouth while Harvard scored a couple of tries from Alex Cunha. Dartmouth were dominant throughout the match and now look ahead to Yale next week while Harvard plays Brown. In the other match over the weekend Brown beat Yale 48-19.

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ACRL

There was only one match in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League over the weekend but it was a good one. Wake Forest hosted Virginia in an extremely tight match. Wake Forest took a lead into halftime and then extended that lead to 8-0 after the break but Virginia came back with a couple of tries. They then took a 17-8 lead before Wake Forest scored a try of their own to inch closer, but that was all they would get. Final: Wake Forest 15-17 Virginia.

Big Ten

Michigan were tested but they kept their perfect record intact thanksto a 24-19 win over Purdue. In the other match in the Big Ten Minnesota beat Michigan State 29-17. League action heads up next week with a full slate, including an important Minnesota-Wisconsin match.

Empire

The Brockport-St. Bonaventure match was supposed to help decide who will come out on top of the Empire at the end of the season but after a 17-17 draw both teams are back where they started. That draw was an advantage for Stony Brook, who beat Syracuse 41-18 to improve their record to 2-0. Kings Point now have two wins after beating Iona 15-12. Other conference winners include Buffalo 52-7 over Rutgers, and Fordham 24-7 over Binghampton.

MAC

Bowling Green have moved their record to 2-0 in the MAC with a comprehensive 44-12 win over Central Michigan. Bowling Green were expected to be the toughest team in the conference and although the season is early it's looking like that will be the case. Western Michigan made it known that there close loss to Bowling Green last week was no fluke with a big 47-7 win over Northern Illinois. Miami made it's season debut with a 35-19 win over Cincinnati.

Keystone Conference

St. Joe's and Temple went head to head in the battle of Philadelphia schools over the weekend with St. Joe's coming away with a 33-22 win. In a narrow win West Virginia earned their first victory of the season thanks to a 33-31 win over Shippensburg. Lastly, Pitt defeated West Chester 32-20.

East Coast

AIC will get another strong player in the return of Ben Roach in a few weeks but as of right now that doesn't really matter after the team saw off Northeastern 39-26. Middlebury also put themselves in the win column with a 28-12 win over UMass.

Heart of America

Missouri had no trouble with Kansas State in the Heart of America Conference, winning 50-19.