USA Rugby Collegiate Olympic Rugby Championship
Volunteers Finish 7th in National Tournament

December 17, 2011 (College Station, Texas) - Tennessee finished 7th in the USA Rugby Collegiate Olympic Rugby Championship Tournament held in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M. The Volunteers received an automatic bid to the 24 team championship event by virtue of their Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference Championship in September.

Tennessee opened the tournament with a solid win over Oklahoma, scoring three tries in the second half to break open a tie game at the half. In the second pool match the Volunteers could never get untracked and were starved of possession by a competent Stony Brook team looking to make a statement - playing by far their best sevens of the weekend against the Volunteers. The Vols finished their pool play against San Diego State which was a rematch of a 2010 CRC contest and many in the UT family were eager for a chance at redemption. A yellow card to SDSU just prior to the half seemed to jumpstart the Vols and ignited a 4 try second half and secured the victory over the highly regarded Aztecs.

Pool play ended with both Tennessee and Oklahoma at 2-1 and UT advanced to the Cup Division on the head to head tiebreaker. The Volunteers squared off against a very physical Kutztown team in the Cup Quarterfinal round. The Vols played well but simply couldn't penetrate the stubborn Kutztown defense. The loss sent the Volunteers to the Plate Semifinals where they suffered a defeat to St. Mary's. Tennessee rebounded to claim a decisive victory in the Plate Consolation match against Cal Poly.

The Plate Consolation win earned the Volunteers a 7th place finish in the inaugural national championship event for Olympic (Sevens) Rugby. A huge thank you to all the parents and friends that made their way to Houston and College Station to support the Volunteers and a special thank you to the many donors that made this trip possible.

Complete Tournament Playoff Brackets>>

Pool D Game 1	Pool D Game 2	Pool D Game 3	Cup Quarterfinal	Plate Semifinal	Plate Consolation
Tennessee 24 Oklahoma 10	Tennessee 14 Stony Brook 36	Tennessee 26 San Diego St 12	Tennessee 0 Kutztown 17	Tennessee 14 St Mary's 25	Tennessee 29 Cal Poly 0
1. Frawley / Adams 2. Vigder 3. Johnson 4. Brink 5. Anderson 6. Evans 7. Howard	1. Adams 2. Vidger/ Randolph 3. Johnson 4. Brink 5. Anderson / Vigder 6. Evans 7. Boyd / Howard	1. Frawley 2. Ring 3. Johnson / Adams 4. Brink 5. Vigder 6. Evans 7. Howard / Anderson	1. Adams 2. Ring / Vigder 3. Johnson 4. Brink 5. Vigder / Anderson 6. Evans 7. Howard	1. Herrera 2. Mobius 3. Neuhart / Adams 4. Anderson 5. Vigder 6. Evans 7. Bogitsh	1. Frawley 2.Randolph 3. Adams 4. Brink 5. Vigder 6. Evans 7. Anderson / Howard

Special Thanks to the following supporters
Hank and Lois Brink
Jason Gruner
Breese and Kathryn Johnson
Ron and Angele Vigder
Bobby Hampstead
Butch Robertson
Mark Hilsenroth
Mark Donaldson

Final Standings
1. Life University
2. Central Washington
3. Arkansas State
4. Kutztown
5. St Mary's
6. Colorado
7. Tennessee
8. Cal Poly
9. Miami
10. UC Davis
11. Texas A&M
12. Wisconsin
13. Oklahoma
13. Western Washington
13. North Carolina State
13. San Diego State
17. Air Force
18. Virginia
19. Arkansas
20. Texas
21. Florida
21. Florida State
21. Stony Brook
21. Wisconsin Milwaukee