The USA Rugby Club 7s was played at Swope Village in Kansas City this past weekend. There were thirty two teams, sixteen each for the Men’s and Women’s brackets. The San Diego Surfers successfully defended their title in the Women’s competition, while Washington Athletic Club emerged with the Men’s Championship. The tournament was broadcast of florugby.com.
During Pool play, the San Diego Surfers, Berkeley All Blues, Life West, and Scion Sirens were undefeated with 3-0 records.The Berkeley All Blues shut out their opponents, while scoring 82 points. Between the Pool winners there were over 15 Eagles on their rosters.
In Men’s Pool play, the Westside Ronins and Old Blue were undefeated with 3-0 records, with the latter with the highest point differential over opponents in Pool play on the Men’s side. Schuylkill River, finished first in the Pool with similar 2-1 records as the Chicago Lions, but defeated the Lions in Pool play. In Pool A, the Washington Athletic Club, Park City Haggis, and National Athletic Village each had 2-1 records, but the teams went 1-3 respectively based on point differential.
The Women’s Cup Quarterfinals saw the Atlanta Harlequins, Phoenix 7s, Washington Athletic Club, and the Chicago Lions advancing with 2-1 records.
On the Men’s side, Park City Haggis, Atlanta Old White, Chicago Lions, and Life West similarly qualified behind their pool winners.
In the knockout rounds on Sunday, the day began with a delay due to thunderstorms in the morning, but time was made up through eliminating the scheduled breaks.
In the Women’s Division, all Pool winners advanced to the semifinals with San Diego defeating Washington Athletic Club 26-19, Life West over Phoenix Rugby 7s 26-7, the Scion Sirens defeating the Atlanta Harlequins 31-5, and Berkeley All Blues 12-7 over the Chicago Lions.
The Cup semifinals saw the San Diego Surfers edging Life WEst 19-14, while Berkeley All Blues won 12-10 over Scion Sirens. This set up a Bronze Final with Scion Sirens edging Life West 10-7, while the San Diego Surfers defeated Berkeley All Blues 24-7 in the Women’s Final.
San Diego Surfers Teigan MacDonald was awarded the Player of the Final after selection from Women’s Sevens Head Coach Chris Brown, while Kayla Lawson’s try scoring talent was noticed.
On Sunday in the Men’s Quarterfinals WAC beat the Chicago Lions 24-0, Old Blue edged Atlanta Old White 21-19, Schuylkill River scored a try at death and then coverted from touch for a 12-10 win over Park City Haggis, and Life West won 14-7 over the Westside Ronins.
In the semifinals, WAC won 10-5 over Old BLue and Life West broke open a close match against Schuylkill River, winning 22-14.
This set up the Bronze final, a repeat of the Eastern Open Qualifier, but the result was reversed as old Blue defeated Schuylkill River 22-7. The Cup Final was Washington Athletic Club defeated a spirited Life West team 24-7.
WAC Eagle Alum Peter Tiberio earned Player of the Final Honors.
The 2019 USA CLub 7s saw talented players and teams competing for the Championship. There were several surprises and many close results in the Men’s Divisions, while in the Women’s Division, most of the favorites advanced with the Phoenix Rugby 7s moving to the Cup knockouts from 2018.
The Kansas City Blues and the city of Kansas City were excellent hosts during the competition.
Day Two Results
Men’s Knockout Results
- Cup Final: Washington Athletic Club 24-7 Life West
- Bronze Final: Old Blue 21-12 Schuylkill River
- Plate Final: Chicago Lions 24-21 Park City Haggis
- 7/8th Final: Westside Ronins 19-14 Atlanta Old White
- Bowl Final: Dallas 26-21 Belmont Shore Gold
- 11/12th Final: National Athletic Village 26-22 Belmont Shore Blue
- Shield Final: Denver Barbarians 38-5 Mystic River
- 15/16th: Kansas City Blues 21-15 Milwaukee
- Cup Semifinals: Washington Athletic Club 10-5 Old Blue
- Cup Semifinals: Life West 22-14 Schuylkill River
- Plate Semifinals: Chicago Lions 24-7 Atlanta Old White
- Plate Semifinals: Park City Haggis 31-14 Westside Ronins
- Bowl Semifinals: Dallas 22-19 National Athletic Village
- Bowl Semifinals: Belmont Shore Gold 15-12 Belmont Shore Blue
- Shield Semifinals: Denver Barbarians 19-5 Kansas City Blues
- Shield Semifinals: Mystic River 45-5 Milwaukee
- Cup Quarterfinals: Washington Athletic CLub 24-0 Chicago Lions
- Cup Quarterfinals: Old Blue 21-19 Atlantia Old White
- Cup Quarterfinals: Schuylkill River 12-10 Park City Haggis
- Cup Quarterfinals: Life West 14-7 Westside Ronins
- Bowl Quarterfinals: Dallas 26-15 Denver Barbarians
- Bowl Quarterfinals: National Athletic Village 22-14 Kansas City Blues
- Bowl Quarterfinals: Belmont Shore Gold 19-14 Milwaukee
- Bowl Quarterfinals: Belmont Shore Blue 26-10 Mystic River
Women’s Knockout Results
- Cup Final: San Diego Surfers 21-12
- Bronze Final: Scion Sirens 10-7 Life West
- Plate Final: Washington Athletic Club 19-5 Atlanta Harlequins
- 7/8th Final: Chicago Lions 31-0 Phoenix Rugby 7s
- Bowl Final: Rocky Mountain Magic 27-0 Northern Virginia
- 11/12th Final: ARPTC Blue 26-19 New York Rugby Club
- Shield Final: ARPTC White 17-5 Santa Brabara Academy
- 15/16th: DC Furies 21-10 Boston Women
- Cup Semifinals: San Diego Surfers 19-14 Life West
- Cup Semifinals: Berkeley All Blues 12-10 Scion Sirens
- Plate Semifinals: Washington Athletic Club 31-7 Phoenix Rugby 7s
- Plate Semifinals: Atlanta Harlequins 14-12 Chicago Lions
- Bowl Semifinals: ARPTC Blue 21-10 Rocky Mountain Magic
- Bowl Semifinals: New York Rugby Club 24-5 Northern Virginia
- Shield Semifinals: ARPTC White 12-10 DC Furies
- Shield Semifinals: Santa Barbara Academy 22-7 Boston
- Cup Quarterfinals: San Diego Surfers 26-19 Washington Athletic Club
- Cup Quarterfinals: Life West 26-7 Phoenix Rugby 7s
- Cup Quarterfinals: Scion Sirens 31-5 Atlanta Harlequins
- Cup Quarterfinals: Berkeley All Blues 12-7 Chicago Lions
- Bowl Quarterfinals: ARPTC Blue 22-5 DC Furies
- Bowl Quarterfinals: Rocky Mountain Magic 24-7 ARPTC White
- Bowl Quarterfinals: New York Rugby Club 27-12 Boston
- Bowl Quarterfinals: Nothern Virginia 17-0 Santa Barbara Academy
Day One Pool Results
Men’s Pools
- A: Park City Haggis, Mystic River, National Athletic Village (NAV), Washington Athletic Club
- B: Belmont Shore Blue, Chicago Lions, Kansas City Blues, Schuylkill River
- C: Denver Barbarians, Westside Ronins, Milwaukee, Atlanta Old White
- D: Old Blue, Dallas Reds, Life West, Belmont Shore Gold
Men’s Pool Results
- A: Park City Haggis 19-14 Washington Athletic Club
- A: NAV 19-0 Mystic River
- D: Old Blue 17-0 Belmont Shore Gold
- D: Life West 24-19 Dallas
- B: Belmont Shore Blue 34-0 Schuylkill River
- B: Chicago Lions 12-7 Kansas City Blues
- C: Atlanta Old White 14-7 Denver Barbarians
- C: Westside Ronins 21-12 Milwaukee
- A: NAV 21-19 Park City Haggis
- A: WAC 24-0 Mystic River
- D: Old Blue 21-5 Life West
- D: Dallas 26-0 Belmont Shore Gold
- B: Belmont Shore Blue 12-12 Kansas City Blues
- B: Schuylkill River 21-12 Chicago Lions
- C: Milwaukee 28-12 Denver Barbarians
- C: Westside Ronins 24-14 Atlanta Old White
- A: WAC 26-5 NAV
- A: Park City Haggis 24-7 Mystic River
- D: Life West 26-14 Belmont Shore Gold
- D: Old Blue 22-10 Dallas
- B: Schuylkill River 21-19 Kansas City Blues
- B: Chicago Lions 24-14 Belmont Shore Blue
- C: Atlanta Old White 28-5 Milwaukee
- C: Westside Ronin 21-19 Denver Barbarians
Women’s Pools
- A: San Diego Surfers, Atlanta Harlequins, Norhtern Virginia, ARPTC White
- B: Scion Sirens, Rocky Mountain Magic, Washington Athletic Club, Santa Barbara Academy
- C: Berkeley All Blues, New York Rugby Club, Phoenix Rugby 7s, DC Furies
- D: ARPTC Blue, Life West, Chicago Lions, Boston
Women’s Pool Results
- A: San Diego Surfers 26-5 ARPTC White
- A: Atlanta Harlequins 12-7 Northern Virginia
- D: ARPTC Blue 31-0 Boston
- D: Life West 12-7 Chicago Lions
- B: Scion Sirens 41-0 Santa Barbara Academy
- B: Washington Athletic Club 33-0 Rocky Mountain Magic
- C: Berkeley All Blues 27-0 DC Furies
- C: Phoenix Rugby 7s 28-22 New York Rugby Club
- A: San Diego Surfers 22-12 Northern Virginia
- A: Atlanta Harlequins 34-0 ARPTC White
- D: Chicago Lions 14-7 ARPTC Blue
- D: Life West 32-5 Boston
- B: Scion Sirens 20-7 Washington Athletic Club
- B: Santa Barbara Academy 20-19 Rocky Mountain Magic
- C: Berkeley All Blues 31-0 Phoenix Rugby 7s
- C: New York Rugby Club 24-5 DC Furies
- A: San Diego Surfers 31-21Atlanta Harlequins
- A: ARPTC White 17-12 Northern Virginia
- D: Life West 7-5 ARPTC Blue
- D: Chicago Lions 26-17 Boston
- B: Scion Sirens 24-5 Rocky Mountain Magic
- B: Washington Athletic Club 36-5 Santa Barbara Academy
- C: Berkeley All Blues 24-0 New York Rugby Club
- C: Phoenix Rugby 7s 24-0 DC Furies
Men’s Rosters
Pool A
Park City Haggis: 1 Josh Whippy 2 jeremy Misailegalu 3 Vernon Ale 4 Colton Swapp 5 Kelsin Rupunu 6 Don Pati 7 Kenny Scott 8 Lance Williams 9 Daniel Christensen 10 Calvin Whiting 11 Josh Anderson 12 Joseph Nicolls
Mystic River: 1 Diego Maquieira 2 Brian Patterson 3 Cameron Davidowicz 4 Bryan Michel 5 Raymond Akinola 6 Ian Luciano 7 Mikel Facey 8 Chris Frazier 9 Ratu Peceli Rinakama 10 Adnan Kawuma 11 Jeron Pantor 12 Oliver Engelhart
National Athletic Village (NAV): 2 Maxim Bennett 2 Elliot Bryers 4 Austin Lyons 5 Shawn Riley 6 Rob Johns 7 Blake Jackson 8 Emerson Bessell 9 Heath Sorkin 10 Jessie herborn 11 Walter Woo 12 Tyrek Huntley 13 Corey Jones
Washington Athletic Club: 1 Shane Moore 2 Myles Craigwell 4 Mat Turner 5 Dion Crowder 7 Ian Wright 9 Scott Dean 10 Peter Tiberio 11 Tommy Clark 12 Noah Wright 13 Eric Duechle 15 Mike Palefu 16 Lui Sitama
Pool B
Belmont Shore Blue: 1Keni Nasoqeqe 2 Matthew ‘Sione’ Masoe 3 Garrett Jones 4 Conner McCalla 5 Adam Channel 6 Max Paronelli 7 Ben Weischedel 8 Alex Elkins 9 Danny Thomas 10 Cristian Rodriquez 11 Marcus Tupuola 12 Api Foumai
Chicago Lions: 1 Thomas Kacor 2 Andrew Guerra 3 Michael Ziegler 4 Lucas Thiem 5 Johan Van Zyl 6 Jake Hidalgo 7 Justice Delli Bovi 8 Michael De Waal 9 Alex Cleary 10 Alex Dorrier 11 jack Casey 12 Will Chevalier
Kansas City Blues: 1 Kevin Schwartze 2 Michael Baska 3 David McDonough 4 Jimmy Lillis 5 Brendan Nachbar 7 Cody Weber 8 Walt Elder 9 Richard Felton 10 Nick Feakes 11 Jabaree Leopold 12 Jonah Naufahu 15 Aren Martin
Schuylkill River: 1 Alex Faison-Donahoe 2 Bruce Dolan 3 Ben Janssen 4 Pat Boyle 5 John McCurdy 6 DaQuan Perry 7 Peter Mulville 8 Mitch Vannoy 9 Graham Johnston 10 Daniel Giannascoli 11 Kyle Hegarty 12 Dan Kornock
Pool C
Denver Barbarians: 1 Alex Wormer 2 Eric Sykes 3 Siale Maka 4 Coleson Warner 5 Bobby Impson 6 Harley Davidson 7 Aaron Gray 8 Logan Collins 9 jack Wendling 10 Cole Zarcone 11 Noah Pflaum 12 Dominic Rufrau
Denver Barbarians; Photo Travis Prior & Davey Wilson
Westside Ronins: 1 Eric Soto 2 Suliasi Tamivena 3 Joshua Lianeza 4 Sitiveni Tamaivena 5 Patrick Taisamoa 6 Lauina Futi 7 Jope Motokana 8 Jordan Kenkins 9 Andrew Nelson 10 William Stowers 11 Brandon Mooney 12 Pensoni Leua
Milwaukee: 3 Rob Sindic 5 Luke Henricks 6 Gabriel Kinzer 7 Alex Sandstrom 8 Hunter Crass 9 Garrett Shibilski 10 Michael Albert 11 San Peltay 12 Brennen Streff 13 kevin Schmidt 15 Cory Katzban
Atlanta Old White: 1 Austin White 2 Erick Obbasa 3 Daeomn Torres 4 Alejandro Duran 5 Robbie Fraser 6 Colton Cariaga 7 Samuel Ngethe 8 Joedee Reyes 9 Justin Owens 10 George Phelan 12 Darell Williams 13 Giovani Douyon
Pool D
Old Blue: 1 Chase Schor-Haskin 2 Derek Lipscomb 3 Philip Slater 4 Mike St Claire 6 Clinton Olaniyi 7 Gavan D’Amore-Morrison 8 Kyle Granby 9 Ryan Manning 10 Koto Fujimura 11 Tosh Wilcox 12 Sam Chapman 14 Christian Artuso
Dallas: 1 Kelly Kolberg 2 Matthew Young 3 Zack Klump 4 Blake Boulton 5 Narada Jackson 6 Ludwig Van der Merwe 7 Chad Joseph 8 Dylan Carrion 9 Chris Saint 10 Matthew St John 11 Benjamin Olie 12 Christan Schultze
Life West: 1 Sebastian Grimberg 2 Zach Bonte 3 Cecil Garber 4 Devereaux Ferris 6 Royal Jones 6 Martini Talapusi 7 Tim Stanfill 8 Tavite Lopeti 9 Jihad Khabir 10 Naima Fualaau 12 Anthony Welmers 13 Josefq Vuatalevu
Belmont Shore Gold: 1 Jeremy Lutali 2 Rob Newcomb 3 Jeremiah Munoz 4 Anthony Simeone 5 Dylan Ramierez 6 William Wardlaw 7 Greg Sisley 8 Thomas Porter 9 Kalanie Aholelei 10 Andrew Jackson 11 Frank Emory 12 Ed Tandy
Women’s Rosters
Pool A
San Diego Surfers: 1 Jamime Albarelli 2 Sarah Rose Oberman-Breindel 3 Megan Foster 4 Elizabeth Trujillo 5 Alena Olsen 6 Teigan MacDonald 7 Lauren Brisbin 8 Amanda Wagner 9 Kyla Roth 10 Rachel Greindling 11 Tia Blythe 12 Kkayla Larson
Atlanta Harlequins: 2 Cortney Kuehl 3 Kaitlyn Broughton 4 Corinne Heavner 5 Madison Ohmann 6 Monique Compito 7 Sherri Kelly 8 Cynthia Campbell 9 Meredith Nelson 12 Lara Gartner 13 Chidinma Chukwaeke 14 Gabi Benjamin 19 Kimberly Semiglia
Northern Virginia (NOVA): 1 Emma Auld 2 Ariel Johnson 3 Juah-Palleh Toe 4 Brianna Kim 5 Emily Blease 6 Emily Wessel 7 Joy Jefferson 8 Alexis Ward 9 Taylor Noel 10 Amy Kingsbury 11 Ubaida Ahmed 12 Nwakaego Onyekwere
ARPTC White: 1 Justine Pearl 2 Heidi Tressler 3 Chloe Jex 4 Kailynn Hampton 5 Katherine Lohaus 6 Gabriella Rivera 7 Jesah Haus 8 Anna Albrecht 9 Saher Hamdan 10 Holly Schupbach 11 Demi Allen 12 Luciana Reza
Pool B
Scion Sirens: 2 Dana Meschisi 3 Lauren Rhodes 4 Maggie Myles 6 Saskia ‘Kiki’ Morgan 7 Emily Fulbrook 8 Asinate Serevi 9 Milla Anderson 10 Camille Johnson 11 Katie Lutton 12 Nicole Synder 13 Jade-Alexander McGrath 14 Allison Gallagher
Rocky Mountain Magic: 1 Selena Tuilaepa 2 Francesca Beller 3 Allison Schrenker 4 jessica Dombrowski 5 Justine Wypych 6 Rachel Ehrecke 7 Allison Hale 8 Alaina Enarl 9 Kacy Lorber 10 Charlotte Thompson 11 Kristin kaderabek 12 Nicole Wanamaker
Washington Athletic Club (WAC): 1 Erica Leyaspi 2 Darby McFall 3 Emily Colesworthy 4 Lauren Barber 5 Anne Peterson 6 Jennine Duncan 7 Stefani Vicino-Bergerhouse 8 Megan Sanders 9 Christa Banks 10 Samantha Pinson 11 Carly MacKinnon 12 Jennifer Johnson
Santa Barbara Academy: 1 Elise Bonfiglio 2 Mikaela Hassenzahl 3 Shaneisha Woffard 4 Sooni Livingston 5 Kelly Griffin 6 Kimberly Law 7 Laruen Thunen 8 Tracy Smith 9 Joanne Absher 10 Maya jackson 11 Sonya Livingston 12 Anna Stern
Pool C
Berkeley All Blues: 1 Margaret Simpson 2 Erika Granger 3 Roselin Okpara 4 Sheldy Lin 5 Elena Clark 6 kathryn Chasakarin 7 Evan Hoese 8 Cathy Cai 9 Madison Taylor 10 Tyra Norlander 11 Christina Ramos 12 Bulou Mataitoga
New York Rugby Club: 1 Daisey Titus 2 Misha Green 3 Abigail Yotts 7 Agostinelli Sophia 8 Kristen Siano 9 Shamira Robles 11 Sarah Levy 12 Gianna Soloman 13 Matilda Kocaj 14 Siobhan Coady 15 Jennifer Solomon
Phoenix Rugby 7s: 1 Lindsey Koren 2 Rayehanna Saikey 3 Samantha Black 4 Grace Fjeld 5 Agnes Fuerst 6 Stephanie Nevadunsky 7 Jessica Crockett 8 Morgan Freeman 9 Samatha Olinick 10 Elizabeth Harvey 11 Anne-Laurence Harvey 12 Magali Harvey
DC Furies: 1 Emmaine Nelson 2 Mackenzie Davis 3 Jaimie McFarlin 4 Emillia Ferrara 5 Sam Moorhead 6 Arielle Reid 7 Carlene Johnson 8 Sierra Winans 9 Gloria Cho 10 Bethany Hicks 11 Kristen Maxey 12 Nina Tran
Pool D
ARPTC Blue: 1 Raijieli Laqeretabua 2 Sophia Pyrz 3 Lauren Ebeling 4 Jazamine Gray 5 Jessica Wooden 6 Hallie Taufoou 7 Kelli Smith 8 Lindsey Mayo 9 Julian Mayo 10 Hannan Tennant 11 Summer Harris-Jones 12 Alexandra Hammon
Life West: 1 Sisileto Hingano 2 Elizabeth Cairns 3 Neariah Persinger 4 Lauren Kenyon 5 Sativa Tarau-Peehikuru 6 Elona Williams 7 Amy Naber 8 Ffion Lewis 9 Sara Parsons 10 Nicole Strasko 11 Jenniver Sever 15 Emily Roskopf
Chicago Lions: 1 A Macek 2 Kaitlyn Kasper 3 Sarah Berry 4 Rose Dibalsamo 5 Kelley Hirt 6 Megan Loomis 7 Devon Gold 8 Sarah Kish 9 Amanda Beta 9 Mariah Martinez 11 Britany O’Dell 12 Rachel Grecky
Boston Women: 1 Gabby Viale 2 Alexis MacDonald 3 Lisa Van Eerde 4 Catherine Ordile 5 Stacey Markovic 6 Emma Santosuosso 7 Sarah Minahan 8 Paige Stathopoulos 9 Deanna Nash 10 Margaret Reiss 11 Hannah MacKay 12 Isabel Haber
