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Women's Rugby Heads to NCR Final Four in Houston

Brewers will face off against Coast Guard in a rematch of last season's CRAA Championship

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Vassar College Women's Rugby team travels to Houston, TX this weekend as the Brewers will compete in the National Championship Rugby (NCR) Final Four with a matchup against the United States Coast Guard Academy at 3:00 p.m (EST) on Saturday afternoon at SaberCats Stadium.

Saturday's semifinal matchup with Coast Guard is a rematch of last season's Collegiate Rugby Association of America (CRAA) Fall Championship, where the Brewers were victorious 78-24 to win their second straight national title. Vassar earned an at-large bid into the NCR Fall National Championship and then defeated Coastal Carolina and Temple in the South Region to advance to the Final Four.

In the other semifinal matchup, defending NCR national champion Wisconsin Eau-Claire will take on Illinois at 5:00 p.m. (EST) with the two semifinal winners facing off at 3:00 p.m. (EST) for the Fall National Championship. The other two teams will compete in the third place game at 1:30 p.m. (EST) at SaberCats Stadium.

The semifinals and the championship will be streamed via the Rugby Network.
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