2012 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

The 2012 Men's Division III Rugby Tournament is a tournament which involves approximately 140 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NSCRO Division III college rugby as a culmination of the 2011–12 college rugby season. It began in the fall 2011 season in the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic, and picks up again in the spring 2012 season for the southern teams, and concludes with the final four-style semifinals and championship games on April 29-30, 2012 in Glendale, CO.

The final four are determined by regional tournaments. Salve Regina University of Newport, RI won the largest region - Region 1 (New England & New York) by topping its 46 rugby programs; Franciscan University of Steubenville of Steubenville, OH won Region 3 (Central US) by besting 45 rugby programs.

The finalists from Regions 2 University of North Florida and 4 Cal-Maritime were determined in the spring rugby season. Of some note is the fact that Regions 2 and 4 have just over one-half the rugby programs within Regions 1 and 3. Region 2 appears to have only 24 rugby programs, but there is hope that 10 teams can be added from the remnants of the former USA Rugby South Division 3 college rugby program. Region 4 claims to have 31 rugby programs, however, at least four appear to be large state universities with well developed rugby programs (e.g., University of Nevada, Las Vegas which has 28,000 undergraduates - approximately 26,000 more students than Salve Regina or Franciscan).

This regional participation disparity between conferences is attributable to two things: 1) efforts to place teams within geographical regions according to traditional season (spring vs. fall); and 2) conference re-alignment as encouraged by USA Rugby.

All final four matches are expected to be broadcast live on Livestream.

Region 1 = New England & New York => 42 NSCRO eligible clubs
New England North - Maine (4)

Bates

Bowdoin

Colby

UMaine Farmington

New England North - Boston (4)

Babson

Tufts

Worcester Poly

Wentworth

New England South (8)

Central Conn State

Eastern Conn State

Hartford

New Haven U23

Springfield

Trinity

Western Conn State

Western New England

New England Central (6)

Salve Regina

Roger Williams

UMass-Dartmouth

Mass Maritime Academy

Wheaton

Bryant

New England West (6)

Plymouth State

Keene State

Amherst

Williams

Holy Cross

Castleton State

New York State East (4)

Clarkson

Paul Smiths

Potsdam

Rochester Inst. of Tech

Syracuse C (1)

New York State West (4)

Alfred

Brockport C (1)

Canisius

Rochester

St John Fisher

Met New York (6)

Bard

Drew

Molloy

Montclair State

SUNY Maritime

Fairleigh Dickinson

Rutgers C (1)

Stony Brook C (1)

Region 2 = SouthAtlantic=> 24 NSCRO eligible clubs
Virginia (7)

Christopher Newport

Hampden-Sydney

Lynchburg

Roanoke

Virginia Commonwealth

Washington and Lee

William and Mary

Potomac (4)

American

Frostburg

Montgomery CC

Washington

East Penn East (6)

Delaware C (1)

LaSalle

Lehigh

Rowan

Swarthmore

Ursinus

Widener

East Penn West (7)

Albright

Bucknell

F&M

Gettysburg

Lock Haven

PSU Berks

Susquehanna

Former USARS (10) - Possible Addition

Loyola

Spring Hill

Western Carolina

Eckerd

Florida Gulf Coast

Armstrong Atlantic State

North Florida

Charleston Southern

North Georgia

Georgia College & State

Region 3 = Central => 42 NSCRO eligible clubs
Minnesota North (5)

Bemidji State

Bethel

Moorhead

Morris

North Dakota

Minnesota Central (5)

Carleton

Macalester

St. Olaf

St. Thomas

Wisconsin-River Falls

Minnesota South (5)

Gustavus

Luther

Southwest State

St. Mary's

Viterbo

Wisconsin (4)

Michigan Tech

Milwaukee School of Engrg

UW Eau Claire

UW Madison C (1)

UW Parkside

Indiana (8)

Anderson

DePauw

Grace

Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne

Indiana State 9300 ug

Indiana Wesleyan

Southern Indiana

Wabash

Allegheny North (6)

Allegheny

Clarion

Duquesne

Geneva

Grove City

Penn State-Behrend

Allegheny South (6)

Fairmont State

Franciscan

Juniata

Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Robert Morris

Washington & Jefferson

West Virginia C (1)

Chicago Area (3)

Elmhurst College

Lewis University

University of Chicago

Region 4 = PacWest => 31 NSCRO eligible clubs
Eastern Rockies (4)

Colorado College

Denver 5400 ug

Regis

Western State

Great Plains (5)

Doane

Nebraska Kearney

South Dakota

South Dakota State

Wayne State

Heart of America (4)

Benedictine

Emporia State

John Brown

Pittsburg State

Texas (6) Lamar

Midwestern State

Southern Methodist

Texas at Dallas 11k

Texas at San Antonio 26k students

Tyler JC

Pacific Northwest (6)

Gonzaga

Oregon Institute of Technology

Puget Sound

Seattle

Whitman

Willamette

Southern California (4) 

Cal Lutheran

Concordia

UNLV - 28,000 students?

Westmont

Northern California (7)

California Maritime Academy

Sacramento City College/ Sonoma State University/ San Francisco State/ University Of San Francisco/ University Of Pacific/ Monterey Bay State/ St. Marys C's

Final 4
Salve Regina 29 vs Franciscan University 20 University of North Florida 26 vs Cal Maritime 31

Third-place game Franciscan 29 vs North Florida 5

Final Game Salve Regina University 22 vs Cal Maritime 15