Liberty Conference Shows It's Serious, Gets D1A OK
Liberty Conference Shows It's Serious, Gets D1A OK
A D1A rugby membership panel has voted for the Liberty Conference to be part of the championship for the next three years.
A D1A membership panel has voted for the Liberty Conference to be part of the championship for the next three years.
The 17-team conference was formed out of the Empire and the ECRC, with a couple of teams from the Rugby East.
Only Iona and Delaware were D1A teams in 2016-17, but the conference lobbied hard to join, pointing out that its membership was competitive and provided D1A with a foothold in the Northeast.
The lobbying worked, and it might well have helped that the Liberty Conference was able to field a competitive all-star team for the Atlantic Rugby Cup in Bermuda earlier this month before ever playing a conference game.
The decision adds 17 teams to D1A, bringing the total to 68 the number of college programs in the division.
The 17-team conference was formed out of the Empire and the ECRC, with a couple of teams from the Rugby East.
Only Iona and Delaware were D1A teams in 2016-17, but the conference lobbied hard to join, pointing out that its membership was competitive and provided D1A with a foothold in the Northeast.
The lobbying worked, and it might well have helped that the Liberty Conference was able to field a competitive all-star team for the Atlantic Rugby Cup in Bermuda earlier this month before ever playing a conference game.
The decision adds 17 teams to D1A, bringing the total to 68 the number of college programs in the division.
Liberty Conference 2017 Matches |
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Aug. 26 | Norwich | at | Colgate | Non-Conf. |
Aug. 26 | St. Joseph's | at | Iona | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 2 | Oswego | at | Cortland | |
Sept. 2 | Stony Brook | at | Albany | |
Sept. 2 | Syracuse | at | Queens University | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 2 | James Madison | at | Iona | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 2 | New Hampshire | at | UMass | |
Sept. 2 | Northeastern | at | Yale | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 2 | Rhode Island | at | Brown | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 3 | James Madison | at | Fordham | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 8 | Rowan | at | Rutgers | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 9 | Binghamton | at | Stony Brook | |
Sept. 9 |
Cornell | at | Colgate | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 9 |
Delaware | at | West Chester | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 9 |
Albany/Loyola | at | Iona | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 9 |
UConn | at | New Hampshire | |
Sept. 9 |
Yale | at | Fairfield | Non-Conf. |
Sept. 9 |
UMass | at | AIC | |
Sept. 9 |
Endicott | at | Northeastern | |
Sept. 9 |
Rhode Island | at | Providence | |
Sept. 10 |
Columbia | at | Fordham | |
Sept. 15 |
Delaware | at | Fordham | |
Sept. 15 |
Iona | at | Rutgers | |
Sept. 16 |
Albany | at | Cortland | |
Sept. 16 |
Colgate | at | Binghamton | |
Sept. 16 |
Syracuse | at | Brockport | |
Sept. 16 |
UMass | at | Fairfield | |
Sept. 16 |
Rhode Island | at | Northeastern | |
Sept. 16 |
Tufts | at | UConn | |
Sept. 22 |
Rutgers | at | Delaware | |
Sept. 22 |
Iona | at | Stony Brook | |
Sept. 23 |
Binghamton | at | Cortland | |
Sept. 23 |
Albany | at | Syracuse | |
Sept. 23 |
Brockport | at | Colgate | |
Sept. 23 |
Fairfield | at | Tufts | |
Sept. 23 |
Northeastern | at | UMass | |
Sept. 23 |
Boston College | at | Rhode Island | |
Sept. 29 |
Cortland | at | Rutgers | |
Sept. 29 |
Iona | at | Fordham | |
Sept. 30 |
Binghamton | at | Albany | |
Sept. 30 |
Syracuse | at | Colgate | |
Sept. 30 |
Delaware | at | Stony Brook | |
Sept. 30 |
UConn | at | UMass | |
Sept. 30 |
Rhode Island | at | Fairfield | |
Oct. 6 | Stony Brook | at | Fordham | |
Oct. 7 | Brockport | at | Binghamton | |
Oct. 7 |
Cortland | at | Syracuse | |
Oct. 7 |
Iona | at | Delaware | |
Oct. 7 |
Rutgers | at | Albany | |
Oct. 7 |
Fairfield | at | UConn | |
Oct. 7 |
Boston College | at | Northeastern | |
Oct. 7 |
Tufts | at | Rhode Island | |
Oct. 14 |
Brockport | at | Albany | |
Oct. 14 |
Colgate | at | Cortland | |
Oct. 14 |
Delaware | at | Kutztown | Non-Conf. |
Oct. 14 |
Rutgers | at | Stony Brook | |
Oct. 14 |
Army | at | Iona | |
Oct. 14 |
UConn | at | Boston College | |
Oct. 14 |
Fairfield | at | Northeastern | |
Oct. 14 |
UMass | at | Rhode Island | |
Oct. 14 |
New Hampshire | at | Tufts | |
Oct. 21 |
Cortland | at | Brockport | |
Oct. 21 |
Colgate | at | Albany | |
Oct. 21 |
Syracuse | at | Binghamton | |
Oct. 21 |
Iona | at | UMass | |
Oct. 21 |
Fordham | at | Fairfield | |
Oct. 21 |
Iona | at | UMass | |
Oct. 21 |
Northeastern | at | New Hampshire | |
Oct. 21 |
Boston College | at | Tufts | |
Oct. 27 |
Fordham | at | Rutgers | |
Oct. 28 |
Albany | at | Buffalo | Non-Conf. |
Oct. 28 |
AIC | at | Iona | Non-Conf. |
Oct. 28 |
UMass | at | Boston College | |
Oct. 28 |
Northeastern | at | Tufts | |
Oct. 28 |
Rhode Island | at | UConn | |
Nov. 3 |
Colgate | at | Fordham | |
Nov. 4 |
Buffalo | at | Binghamton | Non-Conf. |
Nov. 4 |
Delaware | at | Wilmington RFC | |
Nov. 4 |
Boston College | at | Iona | |
Nov. 4 |
UConn | at | Northeastern | |
Nov. 4 |
Stony Brook | at | Rhode Island | |
Nov. 4 |
Tufts | at | UMass | |
Nov. 5 |
Syracuse | at | Rutgers | |
Nov. 10 |
Colgate | at | Northeastern | |
Nov. 11 |
Binghamton | at | Rutgers | |
Nov. 11 |
Delaware | at | Lindenwood | Non-Conf. |
Nov. 11 |
Colgate | at | Northeastern | |
Nov. 11 |
Fordham | at | Rhode Island | |
Nov. 18 |
Iona | at | St. Mary's | Non-Conf. |
Nov. 18-20 |
Bow Games | Non-Conf. |