{"id":17492,"date":"2018-05-25T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=17492"},"modified":"2018-05-25T11:30:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:30:48","slug":"esu-womens-club-rugby-selected-to-compete-at-2018-collegiate-rugby-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-womens-club-rugby-selected-to-compete-at-2018-collegiate-rugby-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Club Rugby Selected to Compete at 2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Stroudsburg University\u2019s women\u2019s rugby sevens squad is set to join 15 club teams from across the country at the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia this June.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day competition will take place from Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3 at Talon Energy Stadium. It is one of the largest annual gatherings of high-level collegiate and high school teams, and over 30,000 fans are expected for this year\u2019s tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>The Warrior women will be competing in Pool D with Notre Dame, Temple, and the National Small College Rugby Organization Select squad. Pool play begins at 10:20 a.m. on Friday morning at the Academy Fields adjacent to the main stadium. Knockout rounds start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, with consolation and championship games scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Selected games from the tournament will be broadcast on ESPN2 throughout the weekend, and all games played at Talon Energy Stadium on Saturday and Sunday will be available on ESPN+, the company\u2019s new digital subscription streaming service. Additional broadcast information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevensrugby.com\/college\/2018-penn-mutual-crc-television-schedule\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past eight years, the Collegiate Rugby Championship has produced over 30 players who have gone on to play for the U.S. National teams. Rugby sevens made its Summer Olympics debut at the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets to the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevensrugby.com\/college\">www.sevensrugby.com\/college<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full 2018 ESU women\u2019s rugby team is listed below, ordered by their placement in the picture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Row (L to R)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chris George (Coach)<br \/>\nHeather Estle (Wilmington, Del.)<br \/>\nAmanda Rizzuti (Fleetwood, Pa.)<br \/>\nJackie Dvorak (South Plainfield, N.J.)<br \/>\nGina Reed (Croydon, Pa.)<br \/>\nGina Gatto (Morgantown, Pa.)<br \/>\nAngela Grissinger (Moscow, Pa.)<br \/>\nHeather Bally (PA)<br \/>\nRachel Halverson (Schwenksville, Pa.)<br \/>\nAmie Baboucarr (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middle Row<\/strong><br \/>\nSam Ruppert (Hulmeville, Pa.)<br \/>\nAlicia Kakakios (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)<br \/>\nJosilin Poole (Abington, Pa.)<br \/>\nBrenna Perry (Easton, Pa.)<br \/>\nDesiree Mancill (Lebanon, Pa.)<br \/>\nAngela Horner (New Egypt, N.J.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom Row<\/strong><br \/>\nLindsey Goodenough (Dryden, N.Y.)<br \/>\nNicolette Maloney (Toms River, N.J.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not Pictured<\/strong><br \/>\nMelissa Callahan (Aldan, Pa.)<br \/>\nTannis Gallagher (North Wales, Pa.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Board<\/strong><br \/>\nNicolette Maloney (President)<br \/>\nGina Reed (Vice President)<br \/>\nAlicia Kakakios (Treasurer)<br \/>\nAmanda Rizzuti (Secretary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Stroudsburg University\u2019s women\u2019s rugby sevens squad is set to join 15 club teams from across the country at the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia this June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":17495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17497,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17492\/revisions\/17497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}