The 1992 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the thirteenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. Both the Men's and Women's tournaments took place at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO from May 1–3.Rice, Howard (May 1, 1992). "Get These Two A Garage". Gazette Telegraph, p.C3 col.3–4 UC Berkeley won their ninth title with a victory over Army."Cal Wins Another Rugby Title". (May 5, 1992). San Francisco Chronicle, p.E3 col.1–2Rice, Howard (May 4, 1992). "Anxiety Attack Helps California Men Overwhelm Army". Gazette Telegraph, p.C5 col.1–4 Masanao Morimoto of Berkeley was named Most Valuable Forward while Garth Yarnall of Army was Most Valuable Back.
Venue ColoradoAF Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado Capacity:
Participants Army Black Nights
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 7–8 at Highland Park in Baton Rouge, LA."LSU Rugby Team Advances". (December 8, 1991). Sunday Advocate, p.18C col.4 Army 25-10 Harvard Army 27-8 LSU
Record- 16–4–1 Coaches- Andrew Drake, Larry McAnneny (Manager) Captain- Roster: Eric Achenbach (Fullback), Bill Besterman (Prop), Jeff Chuck (Scrumhalf), Russ DeMartino (Hooker), Torrey Diciro (Center), Luke Dodds (Wing), Pat Downes (Lock), Eric Hall (Flyhalf), Michael Gray (Flanker), Eric Hall (Flyhalf), Chris Hsu (Fullback), Marshall Malinowski (#8), Mike Mazzocco (Wing), Mike McKay (Flanker), Robert Moseley (Center), John Murphy (Scrumhalf), Andy Pero (Lock), John Petrucelli (Prop), Mike Roberts (Prop), Trey Rutherford (Flanker), Sam Saine (Lock), Sean Simpson (Flyhalf), John Wallace (Wing), Aaron Wehrenberg (Prop), Garth Yarnell (Center), Peter Young (Wing).
Penn State Nittany Lions
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on April 18–19 in Bowling Green, OH.Brown, Scott (April 21, 1992). "Ruggers Set For A Return Trip To National Tourney". The Daily Collegian, p.8 col.1–2 Penn State 18–15 Cincinnati Penn State 15–10 Ohio State Penn State 30–12 Notre Dame Penn State 7-6 Wisconsin
Record- 10–1–1 Coaches- Bruce Hale, Dave Collins, Terry Ryland, Kevin Oyler Captains- Peter Karmilowicz (Flyhalf), Scott Davis (Fullback) Roster: Alec Acosta (Wing), Chris Amoratis (Flanker), Mal Bland (Hooker), Todd Bowser (Prop), Gregory Brandwene (Lock), Thomas Buch (Flanker), Chris Cardi (#8), Shawn Crago (Flanker), Alexander DeVicaris (Prop), Daniel Fasold (Center), Tim Finnerty (Flanker), David Galante (Lock), Jay Kolb (Prop), Valdis Krumins (Wing), Jeff Lockhart (Hooker), Jeffrey Lutton (Lock), Matt Lyman (Lock), Ryan Nagle (Scrumhalf), Eric Rempe (Flyhalf), Jeff Rudy (Prop), Christopher Scala (Center), Bill Snyder (Scrumhalf), Bryan Storm (#8), Michael Underhill (Wing).
Air Force
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 11–12 in Lawrence, KS.Moore, Marilyn (April 17, 1992). "Rugby Club FinishesThird In Western Regional". The Rice Thresher, p.18 col.1–3 Air Force 34-12 John Brown University Air Force 39-0 Missouri Air Force 24-0 Colorado
Colors– Blue/Silver Record- 11–0 Coach- Vern Francis, Dave Myers, Skip Shackelford, Keith Gay (Manager) Captains- Chuck Corcoran (Scrumhalf), Scott MacKenzie (Wing) Roster: Dave Adams (Flanker), Matt Benivegna (Flyhalf), Eric Bulger (Flanker), Chris Caputo (Wing), David Durban (Flanker/Lock), Chris Eden (Flyhalf), Dayne Fentress (Hooker), Brian Greenroad (Prop), Casey Hackathorn (Center), Andy Hamann (Center), Mick Harper (Hooker), Robert Harris (Wing), Steven Heinlein (Lock), Timrek Heisler (Lock), Michael Marcoux (Center), Robert Meeks (#8), Thomas Nicholson (#8), Blaine Nye (Prop), Martin Payne (Flanker), Marty Reynolds (Fullback), Chu Soh (Scrumhalf), Chris Tobias (Prop), Michael Traw (Prop).
UC Berkeley
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 11–12 in Los Angeles, CA.Birkeland, Jeff (April 13, 1992). "Rugby Rolls Through PCCs To Colorado". Daily Californian, p.16 col.3–4 UC Berkeley 46-3 Oregon UC Berkeley 25-0 CSU Long Beach UC Berkeley 40-7 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Record- 24–4 Coach- Jack Clark, Dan Porter, Rick Bailey, Jerry Figone (Manager) Captain-Greg Chenu (Center) Roster: Andre Bachelet (Scrumhalf), Christian Bachelet (Flyhalf), John Ball (Center), Jon Beck (Lock), Kelly Bellue (Prop), Tom Chapman (Lock), Jeff Chenu (#8), David Codevilla (Lock), Peter Codevilla (Lock), Charles Foster (Hooker), Frank Grant (Wing), Eric Harmon (Fullback), Tim Hoover (Wing), Pat Keegan (Center), Chris Kennerly (Prop), Chris King (Flanker), Chester Koh (Hooker), Ray Lehner (Prop), David Liebowitz (Prop), Rob Lumkong (#8), Joshua Martin (Flanker), Masanao Morimoto (Flanker), Scott Painter (Wing), Matt Palamountain (Wing), Doug Pearson (Flanker), Ed Schram (Center), Rob Swanbeck (Center), Ian Tong (Fullback).
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Women's College Championship The 1992 Women's Collegiate Championship took place at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO from May 2–3. Boston College qualified by winning the East Coast Territorial championship.Medeiros Jr., Ray (May 21, 1992). "Somerset's Mendes Savors Rugby Championship". Providence Journal–Bulletin, sec.MAII p.1 col.2–5 University of Connecticut was the runner–up at the Eastern Territorial."Around And About". (April 29, 1992). Hartford Courant, p.F5 col.7 Boston College was the champion of this second edition."BC Women Capture Title". (May 7, 1992). Boston Herald, p.E3 col.1Johnson, Brian (September 21, 1992). "No Money+No Field=National Title For Women's Rugby". The Heights, p.17 col.4–5 University of Connecticut flanker Kimberly Cyganik was named Most Valuable forward and Boston College fullback Rachel Jackson was Most Valuable back."Around And About". (May 9, 1992). Hartford Courant, p.B2 col.2
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Lineups:UConn– Walworth, Richards, Enrique, Wolff, Dolan, Cyganik, Mulliken, Stasiuk, McReynolds, Bertolini, Chudzik, Riley, Dougherty, Body, Statesman.Boston College– Nguyen, Hager, Mendes, Oldenhoff, Weiderman, Reidy, Smith, Kiley, Valenty, Curran, Daly, Khozozian, Pfefferman, Lane, Jackson.
Champions: Boston College Staff: Ken Daly (Coach), Jennifer Thomas (Asst. Coach) Captain: Stephanie Van de Haar (Prop) Roster: Bethany Caracuzzo (Hooker), Shelly Curran (Flyhalf), Lauren Daly (Wing), Melanie Fiore (Scrumhalf), Beth Hager (Hooker), Rachel Jackson (Fullback), Kelly Khozozian (Center), Laura Kiley (#8), Julie Lane (Wing), Jacqueline Laurencelle (Flanker), Kathleen Mendes (Prop), Nguyen Nguyen (Prop), T.J. Oldenhoff (Lock), Eleanor Pfefferman (Center), Mary Reidy (#8), Charlotte Samper (Wing), Heather Smith (Flanker), Elise Valenty (Scrumhalf), Gail Weiderman (Lock).
College All–Stars The 1992 National Collegiate All–Star Championship took place at Chicago Blaze's club fields in Lemont, IL from June 19–20. Similar to the All–Star Tournaments for club teams, the college competition is divided into geographic unions and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams.Humbles, Andy (June 24, 1992). "Rugby Players Among Elite". Close–Up, p.12 col.3–5 In the final, the Pacific Coast RFU defeated the Eastern RU. Andre Bachelet, scrumhalf for UC Berkeley, was MVP back and Rob Lumkong, #8 for UC Berkeley, was MVP forward.
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Champions: Pacific Coast College All–Stars Staff: Jerry Figone (Manager), Dale Toohey (Coach), Mark Webber (Asst. Coach) Captain: Masanao Morimoto–Flanker (UC Berkeley), Chris King –Flanker (UC Berkeley) Roster: Centers– Rob Affleck (San Diego University), Ed Schram (UC Berkeley), Robert Swanbeck (UC Berkeley); Scrumhalf- Andre Bachelet (UC Berkeley); Locks- Jonathan Beck (UC Berkeley), David Codevilla (UC Berkeley), Peter Codevilla (UC Berkeley), Kyle Quinn (CSU Long Beach); #8s- Jeff Chenu (UC Berkeley), Robert LumKong (UC Berkeley); Hookers- Charles Foster (UC Berkeley), Chester Koh (UC Berkeley); Wings- David Foster (UC Davis), Andreas Hikel (Oregon State), Anthony Jones (UCLA), Matt Palamountain (UC Berkeley); Fullbacks- Eric Harmon (UC Berkeley), Jerry Lewis (Stanford); Flankers– Josh Martin (UC Berkeley), Charles Murphy (CSU Long Beach), Ralph Weiche (Washington); Props- Ray Lehner (UC Berkeley), David Liebowitz (UC Berkeley), Darren Maloney (UCLA); Flyhalf– Eric Takeuchi (UC San Diego).
See also 1992 National Rugby Championships
External links 1992 College Final UC Berkeley v Army
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