Feb 10, 2025
Three St. Ã山ǿ¼é rugby players have earned National Collegiate Rugby Division I All-American honors.
Junior center Manulua Taula from New Zealand and sophomore lock Maseah Young from the Bronx were honored from the men’s team, and graduate scrum-half Kaylee Middaugh from Alma, New York, was named from the women’s team for their play in the fall 15s season.
Middaugh was also an All-American last year when the women played in the small-college division of NCR and won the 2023 national championship.
This season, the men went 7-4 and advanced to the national semifinals, losing to Brown, 11-10, on the final play of the match.
In their first year playing in Division I, the women went unbeaten in the regular season before losing to eventual national champion Wheeling in the Allegheny Rugby Union Conference title game.
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