2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and Knockout
Date| May 30–31, 2015
Tournament statistics
Teams| 20
Attendance| 24,952[1]
Final
Venue| PPL Park, Philadelphia
Champions| California (3rd title)
Runners-up| Kutztown

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The 2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament held May 30–31 at PPL Park, a soccer stadium in the Chester suburb of Philadelphia, PA. It was the sixth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), and the fifth consecutive year that the tournament was held at PPL Park. The tournament is known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship.

## Qualifying[edit]

Several of the 2015 CRC teams were invited to play, but three teams reached the 2015 CRC via conference qualifying tournaments and one via the national Las Vegas Invitational qualifying tournament:[2]

* Southeastern conference 7s champion: Alabama
* Big Ten conference 7s champion: Indiana
* Atlantic Coast conference 7s champion: Virginia Tech
* Las Vegas Invitational: Arkansas State

University of California, the defending champion from 2013 and 2014, entered the tournament as the favorite, due to the strength and depth of their squad.[3]

## Pool stage[edit]

Team qualified for the Cup Championship

### Pool A[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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California | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 17 | +67 | 9
Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 6
Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 90 | –47 | 5
Boston College | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 69 | –32 | 4
Winner | Score | Loser

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California  | 33–5  | Boston College
Virginia Tech  | 36–19  | Notre Dame
California  | 39–5  | Notre Dame
Virginia Tech  | 17–17  | Boston College
California  | 12–7  | Virginia Tech
Notre Dame  | 19–15  | Boston College

### Pool B[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Navy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 9
Kutztown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 7
Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 63 | –20 | 5
Temple | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 83 | –57 | 3
Winner | Score | Loser

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Navy  | 12–7  | Temple
Kutztown  | 24–14  | Air Force
Navy  | 24–14  | Kutztown
Air Force  | 24–12  | Temple
Navy  | 27–12  | Air Force
Kutztown  | 49–7  | Temple

### Pool C[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 9
Life | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 38 | +43 | 7
Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 75 | –49 | 5
Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 67 | –36 | 3
Winner | Score | Loser

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Indiana  | 26–12  | Alabama
Life  | 26–14  | Clemson
Alabama  | 14–12  | Clemson
Indiana  | 24–19  | Life
Life  | 36–0  | Alabama
Indiana  | 27–5  | Clemson

### Pool D[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 9
Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 7
UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 5
Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 101 | –81 | 3
Winner | Score | Loser

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Arkansas St.  | 17–5  | Michigan
UCLA  | 50–0  | Texas
Arkansas St.  | 22–10  | Texas
Michigan  | 17–12  | UCLA
Michigan  | 29–10  | Texas
Arkansas St.  | 19–0  | UCLA

### Pool E[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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Arizona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 7
Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 7
Saint Joseph's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 60 | –20 | 5
Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 69 | –25 | 5
Winner | Score | Loser

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Arizona  | 33–10  | Penn State
Dartmouth  | 31–7  | St. Joseph's
St. Joseph's  | 12–5  | Arizona
Dartmouth  | 15–10  | Penn State
Penn State  | 24–21  | St. Joseph's
Arizona  | 24–0  | Dartmouth

## Knockout stage[edit]

### Shield[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 17 | Boston College | 38 | |
| 20 | Texas | 5 |
| | 17 | Boston College | 12 |
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| | | 19 | Temple | 19 |
| 18 | Clemson | 17 |

| 19 | Temple | 21 |

### Bowl[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 13 | Saint Joseph's | 21 | |
| 16 | Alabama | 14 |
| | 13 | Saint Joseph's | 17 |
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| | | 15 | Notre Dame | 22 |
| 14 | Penn State | 0 |

| 15 | Notre Dame | 22 |

### Plate[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 9 | Dartmouth | 20 | |
| 12 | Air Force | 5 |
| | 9 | Dartmouth | 5 |
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| | | 11 | UCLA | 33 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | 10 |

| 11 | UCLA | 27 |

### Cup[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | California | 31 | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 0 |
| | 1 | California | 33 |
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| | | 5 | Life | 5 |
| 4 | Navy | 5 |

| 5 | Life | 15 |
| | 1 | California | 17 |
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| | | 6 | Kutztown | 12 |
| 3 | Indiana | 12 | |

| 6 | Kutztown | 31 |
| | 6 | Kutztown | 19 |
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| | | 7 | Arizona | 14 |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 5 |

| 7 | Arizona | 7 |

## Players[edit]

### Leading scorers[edit]

Source:[4]

Rank | Player | Tries | Player | Points

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1 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | 4 | Niku Kruger (Kutztown) | 25
2 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | 4 | Blane Mcllroy (Life) | 25
3 | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | 4 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | 20
4 | (several players tied) | 3 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | 20
5 |  |  | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | 20

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Record Crowds and Broadcast Ratings, Overtime Thriller Highlight Landmark Weekend at 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship". pitch engine. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
2. ^ "Penn Mutual CRC Announces Pools" Archived 2015-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rugby Today, Brett Anker, May 6, 2015.
3. ^ "Cal favored to make history at Collegiate Rugby Championship", NBC OlympicTalk, Nick Zaccardi, May 28, 2015.
4. ^ ""Penn Mutual CRC Points Leaders"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

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