The Kutztown University Rugby Club will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. This will be the third consecutive year that the Golden Bears have appeared in the country’s largest invitational rugby tournament. During their initial appearance in 2010, they sent their first and second fifteen, to compete with Utah Valley State University and [...]
Thursday, December 29, 2011
When the dust settled at the 2011 National Collegiate 7’s Tournament, Kutztown advanced to the Final Four and eventually finished in fourth place. It was their first ever appearance, in the Final Four of a national tournament event. So where did the rest of the field line-up, in comparison to the Golden Bears? You might [...]
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
There is currently, only one venue which allows an opportunity to qualify for the NBC telecast known as, The Collegiate 7’s Rugby Championship Tournament (CRC). It is held in PPL Park and located in Chester, Pennsylvania. There are sixteen collegiate teams on the format, fifteen of those teams are playing exclusively by “invitation only”. They [...]
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Kutztown University Sevens Team traveled to College Station,Texas and competed in the inaugural USA Rugby National Collegiate Sevens Tournament on December 16-17, 2011. The tournament consisted of twenty four collegiate teams from across America. Kutztown and eleven of the teams qualified for the tournament by winning a regional qualification tournament. The remainder of the [...]
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The autumn semester of 2011 was the club’s first attempt at establishing a legitimate, full time Developmental Rugby Program. In doing so, the club had to appoint its first full time Director of Rugby Development. The Kutztown Director of Rugby Operations and Head Coach, Dr. Gregg Jones, gave that responsibility to assistant coach, Jason Horowitz. [...]
Monday, November 21, 2011
Last week the Kutztown University Football Team made school and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference history. The Golden Bear gridiron team won their very first PSAC Conference Championship. That win has thrust them into the NCAA Division Two Tournament, for the second consecutive year. One of the proud team members is 2011 KU Rugby All-American, Jamie Gregory. [...]
Fri, Oct 28, 2011
The Kutztown Golden Bears have accepted an invitation to the National Collegiate 7’s qualifier, being held in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 10-11, 2011. The tournament consists of thirty two collegiate teams from across the nation.
The competition pools were announced today. Kutztown will be in Pool A, Bracket Two, along with UCLA, San Diego University and Brown. The winner of this tournament will qualify for the National Collegiate 7’s Championship being held in Chester, Pennsylvania on June 4 & 5, 2011. The National Collegiate 7’s Tournament will be broadcast live on both days, by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The Kutztown 7’s team will be comprised of twelve players, selected by the new Kutztown 7’s head coach, Paul Presinzano. After the collegiate competition in Las Vegas, the Kutztown contingency will stay an extra day and attend the International World Series of 7’s. While in attendance, they will reunite with and cheer for Kutztown alum, Marco Barnard. Marco is currently a professional rugby player and an important member of the United States 7’s Team.
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