Potomac Rugby Conference

The Potomac Rugby Conference is a men's intercollegiate rugby conference of the National Small College Rugby Organization.[1]

Potomac Rugby Conference
Established2012
Members7
Sports fielded
  • 1
    • men's: 7
Websitepotomacrugby.org

This conference now consist of the college men rugby teams from the District of Columbia and Maryland. It previously included other teams and was also a DII conference affiliated with USA Rugby.[2]

Member schools

Current members
School Location
Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, Maryland
Loyola University Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore
American University Washington, D.C.
George Washington University Washington, D.C.
Catholic University of America Washington, D.C.

Former members
School Location Current Conference
Salisbury University Salisbury, Maryland Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference
Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference
Mount Saint Mary's University Emmitsburg, Maryland Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference
Towson University Towson, Maryland Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union
United States Naval Academy C Team Annapolis, Maryland

A new Division I-AA conference named Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference was established to begin competition in Fall 2016, consisting of schools from the Potomac, Atlantic Coast and Cardinals Conferences. Georgetown, Mount St. Mary's, Salisbury, and Towson joined the new conference.[3]

Gettysburg College transferred to the Potomac Conference in the Fall of 2016 from the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union,[4] but moved to the Mid Atlantic Rugby Conference in 2018.

Conference champions
YearChampion
2012 Salisbury
2013 Mount Saint Mary's
2014 Mount Saint Mary's
2015 Towson
2016 Loyola
2017 Catholic
2018 Catholic

Loyola took 4th place at the national championship in 2018.[5]

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References
  1. "About Potomac Conference". Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  2. "Potomac (URugby )". 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. "Chesapeake Conference to Play DIAA in the Fall". 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. "Gettysburg College Men". Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  5. "NEC Takes Title at the NSCRO Men's Champions Cup". Retrieved 2018-11-28.
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