2007 Palmetto Tournament

The College of Charleston women's team and Coastal Carolina Univeristy successfully defended the Palmetto Cup while Charleston defeated Greenville to take first place in the men's club division.

The tournament -- held November 10-11 at Furman Unversity -- was held under sunny but somewhat blustery conditions. The Charleston men ran past defending champion Augusta 47-5 to earn a spot in the finals against Greenville who defeated Columbia Olde Grey 20-12. In a tighly contested finals, Charleston defeated Greenville 20-13.

In the women's bracket the College of Charleston cruised past Furman (37-0) and the Citadel (31-7) to recapture the Cup. Coastal Carolina defeated USC 18-5 to advance to the finals to face Furman, which defeated the Citadel 17-10 to earn a berth in the finals. CCU blitzed Furman for three trys in the first 15 minutes. By the time the Paladins recovered it was too late as CCU claimed a 28-14 victory.

The only dour news of the tournament came from the University of South Carolina. rugby program. The USC women's team withdrew from the tournament 24 hours before the first kick-off which forced tournament officials to scamble and rebracket the tournament. After dropping a Saturday game to CCU, the USC men did not play a scheduled consolation game Sunday. The move by the Gamecocks left the Citadel without an opponent Sunday.

The complete scores:

 

Lander 12 Citadel 38

Furman w 7 Citadel w 36

Greenville 20 Columbia 12

USC/Citadel/Furman B 5 Coastal Carolina 47

Augusta 5 Charleston 47

C of C w 31 Citadel w 0

Furman 29 Lander 0

Citadel B 0 USC 29

Augusta 0 Columbia 9

Charleston 20 Greenville 13

C of C w 37 Furman 0

USC 5 CCU 18

Furman 17 Citadel 10

Citadel over USC by FORFEIT

CCU 28 Furman 14

Past results
2006
2005
2004
2003

Tourney officials
Mike Cobb, tournament diretor.

John Roberts, tournament organizer

Parker Carlisle, head referee.

Other game officials: Tom Dulske, Phil Sheehan, and Pete Paulson.