Virginia Women's Rugby
Women's Rugby at the University of Virginia
Fall 2017 is HERE!
Fall 2017 is here! Come try out for the Virginia Women’s Rugby Team! We practice Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-7, and Wednesdays 5-7 on Mad Bowl!
No experience necessary, and no cuts! We’ll teach you a new sport from “Meet Mr. Rugbyball” to “How to prepare for a Championship”. Get in the best shape of your life, and make the friends you’ll have forever!
Tripping to Pitt
We traveled to Pittsburgh to play Pitt on Labor Day weekend. We had a great trip, and beat a good Pitt team 71-0. The Bs (and boy were they new!) also won their match!
Next game: League match versus East Carolina in Greenville on September 24th!
Spring 2016 into Fall 2016
Virginia Women’s Rugby are 2016 Division 1 National Runners-Up!
Check out some of our media coverage:
UVa Today did an awesome video piece on the team
The Women’s Center Blog did an interview with Head Coach Nancy Kechner (’83 & ’05)
Fall 2016 is here! Come try out for the Virginia Women’s Rugby Team! We practice Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-7, and Wednesdays 5-7 on Mad Bowl!
No experience necessary, and no cuts! We’ll teach you a new sport from “Meet Mr. Rugbyball” to “How to prepare for a Championship”. Get in the best shape of your life, and make the friends you’ll have forever!
Spring Season is HERE!
Practices have started!
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday on Mad Bowl 4-6 pm.
Fall Season is Here!
The Fall season is right around the corner! We are having 2 a days Friday, August 22nd, and Saturday, August 23rd.
Friday: 2 a days and team dinner @Casa Coaches
Saturday: 2 a days
Sunday: Tubing down the James River with the guy’s team
Finishing the Season Strong
The Bad News ‘Hoos are finishing up the season soon. We beat everyone at the Mardi Gras tournament to take the win! We had a successful VWIT (thanks to the VWIT Chairs!), losing to Navy 22-17 in the semis. Indiana won VWIT and were a tough and physical team. We lost 29-20 to JMU in Mason-Dixon quarters, which knocked us out of National contention for the first time in 15 years. We bounced back nicely by beating U Pitt 56-7 in our consolation match. This weekend we take on U Maryland at 11 on Saturday at the Engineering Fields, College Park (you can Google map that). After that we play under the lights in Richmond versus the James River Women on Friday April 18th. Dorey Park. 
The team in NOLA, having a fun dinner the night before the tournament. They still like to eat 🙂
Mardi Gras Here We Come!
Yes! We’re rolling on out to the Mardi Gras Tournament! It’s this weekend, the week before Mardi Gras proper, but there are still parades, and the wonderful city of New Orleans! Look for updates on FaceBook!
Virginia Women’s Rugby Qualifies for 7s Nationals!
Yes, Virginia! We’re going to 7s Nationals! The team lost in the Finals of the NoVa tournament to JMU, but earned an at-Large bid from USA Rugby to participate in the tourney. It’s the weekend of November 23rd & 24th in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The team is:
- Kristen Musselman “Mussels”
- Emma Ward
- Christy Haney “C-Train”
- Katherine Liptak “Tic Tac”
- Laura Watkins “Balsa Wood”
- Amanda Rumsey
- Cecile Maurelli
- Bri Kim
- Jen Andereggs “Eggs”
- Joy Jefferson and
- Zoe Schmitt
- Kelley Frank
- Dani Loleng
Awesome Coaching Staff:
- Dana Creagar, MARFU Women’s 7s Coach, NOVA Women’s Back Coach
- Erica Cavanaugh, Women’s National Team member, UVA Class of 2011
- Meredith Nelson, UVA Class of 2013
Rugby Time!
Practice starts this afternoon, Tuesday the 27th, 4-6 on Mad Bowl!
Fall is Upon Us! Bring on RUGBY!
Schedule for Fall:
Vets Practice Thursday 8/22 & 8/23 4-7 on Mad Bowl
First Practice: Tuesday 8/27 4-6 Mad Bowl
8/31: Clinic with GWU @Mad Bowl
9/7: ECU @ECU (Greenville, NC)
9/14 & 9/15: AHO Tournament @AHO (Boone, NC)
9/21: ODU @ Mad Bowl
9/27: Quinnipiac @ Mad Bowl / Boys have UNC @ home
10/6: SUNDAY vs Temple @ Mad Bowl
10/12: UNC @ UNC (Chapel Hill, NC)
10/19: Va Tech for the Commonwealth Schield @Mad Bowl / Boys have NC State @ home
10/26: NC State @ NC State (Raleigh, NC)
