1993 National Collegiate Rugby Championship


The 1993 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the fourteenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. Both the Men's and Women's tournaments took place at Rice University in Houston, TX from May 1–2. UC Berkeley won their tenth title with a victory over Air Force. UC Berkeley scrum half Andre Bachelet was named MVP of the tournament.

Participants

Harvard
Qualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on December 5–6 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, SC.
  • Harvard 55-8 LSU
  • Harvard 19-6 Navy
Record- 11–1
Coach- Al Baker
Captain- John Hoffman

Roster:

Peccei, Geary, Eric Biland, Jim Kauffman, Frickel, Monte Geise, Stephens, Kiki Ssenyamantono, Gordon, Mark Puckett, Rob Santos, Howard, Jason Luzak, Andrew Pinkerton, Marks, Siever, Julio DePietro, Andrew Preware, Parmet, Kozek, Froeschel.
Wisconsin
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on November 7–8 in Bowling Green, OH.
  • Wisconsin 20–12 Notre Dame
  • Wisconsin 42-0 Purdue
Record- 15–2
Coach- Stu Pippel
Captain- Jim Thill
Roster:
Wahlstrom, Curtin, Seidl, Doersch, Koehler, Black, Daly, Henschel, Hickey, Reidy, McKelvey, Drugan, Imes, Sperling.
Air Force
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 10–11 in Houston, TX.
Colors– Blue/Silver
Record- 12–0
Coaches- Mike Cartney, David Oldfield, Danny Miller, Mark Knofczynski

Captains- Dave Adams, Casey Hackathorn
Roster:

Jay Marque, Trent Tuthill, Mike Traw, Matt Keiper, Rex Ballinger, Eric Bulger, Sean Cavan, Matt Benivegna, Chris Eden, Noah Hardie, Lance Teel, Bill Speros, Robert Harris, Berman.
UC Berkeley
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 16–18 in Corvallis, OR.
Record- 18–2–1
Coaches- Jack Clark, Dan Porter, Rick Bailey, Higgins, Hanley, Jerry Figone, Schram,
Captains-Ray Lehner, Andre Bachelet

Roster:
Jeff Arreguy, John Ball, Rowan Belchers, Jim Bell, Kelly Bellue, Robin Belle, Ovie Brume, Chris Carrigg, Jonah Cave, Tom Chapman, Jeff Chenu, Peter Codevilla, Kevin Dalzell, Brian Frantz, Ray Green, Eric Harmon, Derek Hitchcock, Ben Juricek, Min Kim, Joe Motes, Shap Roder, Scott Snyder, Ray Lehner, Rob Swanbeck, Rob Lumkong, Josh Martin, Ian Tong, Scott Painter, Matt Palamountain, Kester Wise.

Final

Women's College Championship

The 1993 Women's Collegiate Championship took place at the Rice University in Houston, TX from May 1–2. The University of Connecticut qualified by winning the East Coast Territorial championship. Penn State was the winner at the Midwest Territorial, Air Force represented the West and Stanford the Pacific Coast. University of Connecticut was the champion of this third edition. University of Connecticut center Kimberly Cyganik was named MVP of the tournament.

Final

Lineups:
UConn– Zinser, Richards, Enrique, Wolff, Dolan, Cyganik, Mulliken, Michnowicz, Stasiuk, Body, Bertolini, Chudzik, Dougherty, Vartelas, Stutesman.
Air Force– Monaghan, Rodriguez–Ray, Weldon, Wittman, Brown, Forner, Henry, Green, Spencer, Barrett, Lorenzo–Luacas, Keskman, Lau, Hubbard, Smith.
Champions: University of Connecticut
Staff: Matt Miller, Tilki, Crimmins
Captain: Kimberly Cyganik
Roster: Beka Apostolidis, Janine Bertolini, Lesley Body, Kristen Chudzik, Cathy Dolan, Deb Dougherty, Maureen Enrique, Jessica Hammond, Sandra Martell, Jennifer Michnowicz, Alyssa Mulliken, Judith Paradis, Denise Quinn, Bonny Richards, Daria Stasiuk, Nancy Stutesman, Pam Vartelas, Wendy Walworth, Liz Wolff, Mary Lou Zinser.

College All–Stars

The 1993 National Collegiate All–Star Championship took place at the University of Denver in Denver, CO from June 18–20. 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.

Semifinals
Final
Lineups:
Pacific Coast College All–Stars– Ortlieb, Bellue, Lehner, Codevilla, Perez, Martin, Shepard, Chenu, Dalzell, Wise, Palamountain, Affleck, Scharrenberg.
Eastern College All–Stars– Lewis, Young, Petracelli, Gawronski, Lacykowski, Dettling, Holtzman, Hedberg, Sica, Finney, Wright, Wright, Crisafalli, Terech, Skinner.