{"id":1822,"date":"2016-02-17T19:38:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/furman-to-host-usa-rugby-national-finals-dec-7-8\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:24:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:24:30","slug":"furman-to-host-usa-rugby-national-finals-dec-7-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-to-host-usa-rugby-national-finals-dec-7-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman to host USA Rugby National Finals Dec. 7-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/EAGLES_LOGO1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9303 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/EAGLES_LOGO1.jpg\" alt=\"EAGLES_LOGO1\" width=\"434\" height=\"375\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 434px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 434\/375;\" \/><\/a>Furman University will host the 2013 USA Rugby Men\u2019s Division II College National Championship and the American Collegiate Rugby Championship December 7-8.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day event features some of the finest college rugby programs in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSA Rugby is proud to present the first DII Men\u2019s College National Championship to be played in the fall,\u201d said USA Rugby Collegiate Director Rich Cortez. \u201cThis Championship was made possible by the collaboration of all of the DII Conferences across the United States. We are extremely pleased Furman University Rugby, under the direction of John Roberts, has agreed to host this Championship on their extraordinarily beautiful campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four semifinalists competing for the DII National Championship will be reigning National Champion Salisbury University, 2011 winner UW-Whitewater, UM-Duluth and James Madison University. Penn State University and Kutztown University, two Division I teams, will also square off for the ACRC title on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>All matches will be played on John S. Roberts Field, which is located adjacent to Paladin Stadium. Admission is $5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usarugby.org\/college-news\/item\/four-teams-remain-in-quest-of-division-ii-national-championship\">USA Rugby Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>10:45: Opening Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>11:00: Salisbury vs. James Madison<\/p>\n<p>12:45: Kutztown vs. Penn State<\/p>\n<p>2:30: University Wisconsin-Whitewater vs. University Minnesota-Duluth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p>10:30: DII Consolation Match<\/p>\n<p>12:30: DII Championship Match<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman will host the 2013 USA Rugby Men\u2019s Division II College National Championship and the American Collegiate Rugby Championship December 7-8.\u00a0The two-day event features some of the finest college rugby programs in the nation.\u00a0All matches will be played on John S. Roberts Field, which is located adjacent to Paladin Stadium. Admission is $5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":1823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-rugby"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}