1992 National Collegiate Rugby Championship


The 1992 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the thirteenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. Both the Men's and Women's tournaments took place at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO from May 1–3. UC Berkeley won their ninth title with a victory over Army. Masanao Morimoto of Berkeley was named Most Valuable Forward while Garth Yarnall of Army was Most Valuable Back.

Participants

Army Black Nights
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 7–8 at Highland Park in Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Army 25-10 Harvard
  • Army 27-8 LSU
Record- 16–4–1
Coaches- Andrew Drake, Larry McAnneny
Captain-

Roster:

Eric Achenbach, Bill Besterman, Jeff Chuck, Russ DeMartino, Torrey Diciro, Luke Dodds, Pat Downes, Eric Hall, Michael Gray, Eric Hall, Chris Hsu, Marshall Malinowski, Mike Mazzocco, Mike McKay, Robert Moseley, John Murphy, Andy Pero, John Petrucelli, Mike Roberts, Trey Rutherford, Sam Saine, Sean Simpson, John Wallace, Aaron Wehrenberg, Garth Yarnell, Peter Young.
Penn State Nittany Lions
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on April 18–19 in Bowling Green, OH.
  • Penn State 18–15 Cincinnati
  • Penn State 15–10 Ohio State
  • Penn State 30–12 Notre Dame
  • Penn State 7-6 Wisconsin
Record- 10–1–1
Coaches- Bruce Hale, Dave Collins, Terry Ryland, Kevin Oyler
Captains- Peter Karmilowicz, Scott Davis
Roster:
Alec Acosta, Chris Amoratis, Mal Bland, Todd Bowser, Gregory Brandwene, Thomas Buch, Chris Cardi, Shawn Crago, Alexander DeVicaris, Daniel Fasold, Tim Finnerty, David Galante, Jay Kolb, Valdis Krumins, Jeff Lockhart, Jeffrey Lutton, Matt Lyman, Ryan Nagle, Eric Rempe, Jeff Rudy, Christopher Scala, Bill Snyder, Bryan Storm, Michael Underhill.
Air Force
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 11–12 in Lawrence, KS.
Colors– Blue/Silver
Record- 11–0
Coach- Vern Francis, Dave Myers, Skip Shackelford, Keith Gay

Captains- Chuck Corcoran, Scott MacKenzie
Roster:

Dave Adams, Matt Benivegna, Eric Bulger, Chris Caputo, David Durban, Chris Eden, Dayne Fentress, Brian Greenroad, Casey Hackathorn, Andy Hamann, Mick Harper, Robert Harris, Steven Heinlein, Timrek Heisler, Michael Marcoux, Robert Meeks, Thomas Nicholson, Blaine Nye, Martin Payne, Marty Reynolds, Chu Soh, Chris Tobias, Michael Traw.
UC Berkeley
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 11–12 in Los Angeles, CA.
Record- 24–4
Coach- Jack Clark, Dan Porter, Rick Bailey, Jerry Figone
Captain-Greg Chenu

Roster:
Andre Bachelet, Christian Bachelet, John Ball, Jon Beck, Kelly Bellue, Tom Chapman, Jeff Chenu, David Codevilla, Peter Codevilla, Charles Foster, Frank Grant, Eric Harmon, Tim Hoover, Pat Keegan, Chris Kennerly, Chris King, Chester Koh, Ray Lehner, David Liebowitz, Rob Lumkong, Joshua Martin, Masanao Morimoto, Scott Painter, Matt Palamountain, Doug Pearson, Ed Schram, Rob Swanbeck, Ian Tong.

Final

Women's College Championship

The 1992 Women's Collegiate Championship took place at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO from May 2–3. Boston College qualified by winning the East Coast Territorial championship. University of Connecticut was the runner–up at the Eastern Territorial. Boston College was the champion of this second edition. University of Connecticut flanker Kimberly Cyganik was named Most Valuable forward and Boston College fullback Rachel Jackson was Most Valuable back.

Final

Lineups:
UConn– Walworth, Richards, Enrique, Wolff, Dolan, Cyganik, Mulliken, Stasiuk, McReynolds, Bertolini, Chudzik, Riley, Dougherty, Body, Statesman.
Boston College– Nguyen, Hager, Mendes, Oldenhoff, Weiderman, Reidy, Smith, Kiley, Valenty, Curran, Daly, Khozozian, Pfefferman, Lane, Jackson.
Champions: Boston College
Staff: Ken Daly, Jennifer Thomas
Captain: Stephanie Van de Haar
Roster: Bethany Caracuzzo, Shelly Curran, Lauren Daly, Melanie Fiore, Beth Hager, Rachel Jackson, Kelly Khozozian, Laura Kiley, Julie Lane, Jacqueline Laurencelle, Kathleen Mendes, Nguyen Nguyen, T.J. Oldenhoff, Eleanor Pfefferman, Mary Reidy, Charlotte Samper, Heather Smith, Elise Valenty, Gail Weiderman.

College All–Stars

The 1992 National Collegiate All–Star Championship took place at Chicago Blaze's club fields in Lemont, IL from June 19–20. Similar to the All–Star Tournaments for club teams, the college competition is divided into geographic unions and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams. In the final, the Pacific Coast RFU defeated the Eastern RU. Andre Bachelet, scrumhalf for UC Berkeley, was MVP back and Rob Lumkong, #8 for UC Berkeley, was MVP forward.

Semifinals
Third place
Final
Champions: Pacific Coast College All–Stars
Staff: Jerry Figone, Dale Toohey, Mark Webber
Captain: Masanao Morimoto–Flanker, Chris King –Flanker
Roster: Centers– Rob Affleck, Ed Schram, Robert Swanbeck ; Scrumhalf- Andre Bachelet ; Locks- Jonathan Beck, David Codevilla, Peter Codevilla, Kyle Quinn ; #8s- Jeff Chenu, Robert LumKong ; Hookers- Charles Foster, Chester Koh ; Wings- David Foster, Andreas Hikel, Anthony Jones, Matt Palamountain ; Fullbacks- Eric Harmon, Jerry Lewis ; Flankers– Josh Martin, Charles Murphy, Ralph Weiche ; Props- Ray Lehner, David Liebowitz, Darren Maloney ; Flyhalf– Eric Takeuchi.