June 1, 2016
Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Philadelphia Division Pools, Matches & Rosters
Doug Coil
The Philadelphia Division of the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship features six teams from the greater Philadelphia area, Delaware, Mount St. Mary’s, University of Pennsylvania, Rowan, Villanova and West Chester. Pool play will be on Saturday June 4th, while the Cup matches and tournament standings matches will on Sunday June 5th.
It is anticipated that the winner will earn a place in the 2017 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship, while the lowest seeded Philadelphia area team in the 2016 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship will move to the Philadelphia Division next year.
Pool A: Delaware, Villanova, Univ. Penn
Pool B: Rowan, Mount St. Mary’s, West Chester
Philadelphia Division Matches
Saturday, June 4
Union Academy Field 2
1:00pm Delaware v West Chester
1:20pm Villanova v Univ. Penn
1:40pm Rowan v Mount St. Mary’s
Union Academy Field 1
3:33pm Delaware v Univ. Penn
3:55pm Villanova v Mount St Mary’s
4:15pm Rowan v West Chester
Talen Energy Stadium
6:40pm Delaware v Villanova
7:00pm Rowan v Univ. Penn
7:20pm Mount St. Mary’s v West Chester
Sunday, June 5
Talen Energy Stadium
9:00am Semi-Final #1 Pool A v #2 Pool B
9:20am Semi-Final #2 Pool A v #1 Pool B
Union Academy Field 1
Noon 5th Place Match – #5 v #6 after Pool play
12:20pm 3rd Place Match- Semi-final losers
Talen Energy Stadium
4:05pm Championship Match
Philadelphia Division Rosters
Delaware: 1 Matt Hess (P) 2 Michael Gorman (H) 3 Matthew Romeo (P) 4 John Hand (SH) 5 Tom Abram (FH) 6 Chris Mattina (C) 7 Joe Roberts (W) 8 Ivan Turner (P) 9 Grayson Haynes (P) 10 Will Baker (H) 11 John McCurdy (C) 12 Nicholas Jimenez (SH) Alternates: Matt Ramirez (C), Matt Cilmi (SH) [Roster change is expected, update will be made when known]
Mount St. Mary’s: 1. Tito Miranda 2. Dan Keene 3. Nobert Bayelleuis 4. Sean Hartig 5. Tyler Myles 6. Luis Turbyfield 7. Jack Spera 8. Donte Speight 9. Keegan Lowensen 10. Jesse Linsenmeyer 11. Will Paul 12. Kevin Mitchell
U Penn: 1 David Harris 2 Toru Mihama 3 Leroy Sibanda 4 Cullen O’Boyle 5 Nathan Xu 6 Stu Hegleson 7 Matthew Dong 8 Daleroy Sibanda 9 Tad Gafney 10 Conrad Urffer 11 Peter Hopkinson 12 Matt Catabiano
Rowan: 1 Matt Opacity (P) 2 JC Carr (H) 3 Nick Spanos (P) 4 Larry Quinn (SH) 5 Mike Ehrich (FH) 6 Matt Bettin (C) 7 James Higginbotham (W) 8 Augusto Silva (F) 9 Dan Berger (F) 10 John Edler (B) 11 Alex DelloRusso (B) 12Kenny Kastelein (B)
Villanova: 1 Andrew Jones (P) 2 Sean Kent (H) 3 Kyle Kaneb (P) 4 Raymond Dengler (SH) 5 Timothy Plante (FH) 6 Frank Messina (C) 7 Jonathan Glenn (W) 8 Timothy Leyden (F) 9 Christopher Brophy (C) 10 Matthew Hughes (P) 11 Aidan Rischmann (C) 12 Austen Johnson (W)
West Chester: 1 Shane Dortune (P) 2 Matt Meinikas (P) 3 Brian Kennedy (W) 4 Andy Kaye (SH) 5 Justin Welch (P) 6 James Ward (P) 7 Tyler Anderson (FH) 8 John King (H) 9 Vincent Fortino (W) 10 Paul Diorio (C) 11 Judas Gannon (W) 12 Dan Biegert (C)
