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The Capital Geographic Union is the Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams playing in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. [1] It is an association of youth, high school, collegiate, and adult men's and women's rugby teams in the Mid-Atlantic United States under USA Rugby.
On June 30, 2017, Virginia promoted their men's and women's club squash teams to varsity status. In doing so, the Cavaliers became the first Power Five program to sponsor men's squash, and only the second Power Five women's team (after Stanford). In only their 3rd varsity season the men's team finished 5th in the country and won the inaugural ...
She was named in the Eagles 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. [1] [2] [3] Parsons was named player of the match in the USA’s 24–12 victory over Italy in pool play at the 2017 World Cup, allowing the United States to advance to the semifinals. She was included in the Eagles team to the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada.
The NCAA marked women's rugby as an NCAA Emerging Sports for Women in 2002. Thereafter schools began adding women's rugby as an NCAA sport. An "Emerging Sport" must gain championship status (minimum 40 varsity programs, except 28 for Division III) within 10 years, or show progress toward that goal to remain on the list. [52]
Northern Virginia Rugby 2010 San Diego Surfers: 16 – 12 Atlanta Harlequins Mesa: 2011 Chicago North Shore: 13 – 5 Glendale Raptors: Virginia Beach: 2012 Atlanta Harlequins: 33 – 14 Oregon Sports Union Fort Myers: 2013 *No Championship Held Due to Women's League Restructure* 2014 Oregon Sports Union: 39 – 7 Chicago North Shore Madison ...
Inaugural members of the association included Army, Bowdoin, Brown, Central Washington, Harvard, Norwich, Quinnipiac, and West Chester. Membership in the organization is limited to NCAA institutions who sponsor women’s rugby at the varsity level. [2] In 2016 the association became known as the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA ...
The USA Women's National Team XVs represents the United States in women's international rugby union.The team was officially formed in 1987 and is nicknamed the Eagles. An international powerhouse during the 1990s— the Eagles won the inaugural 1991 Women's World Cup and finished second in the two following World Cups in 1994 and 1998.
Women's Elite Rugby (WER) is an annual semi-professional women's rugby union club competition to supersede the amateur Women's Premier League at the top level of the United States rugby union system. Commencing in March 2025, it is to be contested by six clubs run by investor-operators, with all front office staff to be paid on a full-time ...