The UW-La Crosse is home to many sports that have been represented in the WIAC conference.  Beyond the schools traditionally sports represented by the NCAA, they also house a number of club teams.  One such team is rugby.  Rugby is the game that American football is derived from. It is an exciting non-stop, intense game that can be played by its participants years after college.  Many colleges feature rugby club teams and the UW-L team faces off against various other club teams throughout their season.  

The UW-L season is coming to an end, and it has been an impressive season for the team that found themselves ranked number 19th in Division 3 heading into their final matchup of the regular season against UW-Milwaukee another team that is held in high regards.  Both of the schools find themselves playoff bound with only seeding to be determined this previous weekend.

The importance of this match would be to see who would take the 3rd seed and who would take the 4th seed.  The 4th seed would have to play perennial powerhouse rugby team of Lindenwood University.  UW-L had the benefit of hosting this game and have been playing strong this season and hitting form right when they needed to be.

UW-L came out hard on a dreary evening that eventually gave way to pleasant weather but the hits definitely felt a little harder this afternoon as temperatures finally dipped into the fall standard.  Playing at home definitely was an advantage for UW-L as they started strong and stayed strong fending off any UW-M attack that threatened.  UW-L was never in danger of losing this game but that’s not to say the match was easy.

UW-L would find themselves victorious as they get ready for a playoff match against University of Northern Iowa, the #2 team from the Southern Division of the WIIL.  UW-L has been a stout defensive team all season and will need to play their best of the season if they wish to defeat Northern Iowa who has been scoring points at a ridiculous pace this season as they trailed only defending runner-up UW-Whitewater.

If UW-L can leave Northern Iowa with a victory, they will find themselves in the coveted final four in Cottage Grove, WI.