Jan 15

MAC 2017 Championship – Bids Awarded

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On April 29-30 2017, Norfolk Storm will host the Women’s D1 D2, and D3 MAC semifinal and championship events at the Princess Anne Athletic Complex in Virginia Beach.

On May 6 2017, Richmond Lions will host the Men’s MAC D1, D2, and D3 championship event at Dorey Park in Richmond, VA.

Nov 11

D3 Playoff Information

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In 2017, Each of the D3 divisions will have internal playoffs, hosted at the higher seed – This happens on April 1st and April 8th.

D3 South Semi Finals April 1st
Match 1: D3-South-East 1  v D3-South-West 2
Match 2: D3-South-West 1 v D3-South-East 2
D3 South Finals April 8th
Match 3: Winner Match A v Winner Match B – This match will determine seeding for the #3 and #5 spots.

D3 North and Central Semi Finals April 8th:
D3-North-North # 1 v D3-North-South #1 – this match will determine seeding for the #2 and #6 spots.
D3-North-North #2 v D3-North-South #2 – this match will determine who has the #8 spot.
D3-Central-North # 1 v D3-Central-South #1 – this match will determine seeding for the #1 and #4 spots.
D3-Central-North #2 v D3-Central-South #2 – this match will determine who has the #7 spot.

The Seeding for the D3 divisional playoffs is:
1 Central 1
2 North 1
3 South 1
4 Central 2
5 South 2
6 North 2
7 Central 3
8 North 3

Quarterfinal matches on April 22nd are:
Match A: Central 1 v North 3
Match B: North 1 v Central 3
Match C: South 1 v North 2
Match D: Central 2 v South 2

Semi Finals are on April 29th are:
Match E: Winner Match A v Winner Match B
Match F: Winner Match C v Winner Match D

Final is on May 6:
Winner Match E v Winner Match F

Jul 25

Congrats MAC Sevens Champions

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Congratulations to this year’s MAC Sevens Champions:

Men’s open
1 Schuylkill River u23
2 Frederick

Women’s Premier
1 Scion
2 NOVA

Men’s Premier
1 – Schuylkill River
2- NOVA

Our Premier clubs will go on to Nationals, in Denver August 13th in Denver Colorado.

May 09

Congratulations to advancing teams.

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Congratulations!!!!!!!
Raleigh Venom – MAC D1 Women #1
NOVA – MAC D1 Women #2 – on to Repechage against Beantown
Harrisburg – MAC D2 Women
Phoenixville Whitehorse – MAC D3 Women

Next up with the men:
D1: Rocky Gorge v Norfolk
D2: Richmond v Wilmington
D3: Reading v Newport News
Washington Renegades v Rocky Gorge D3
D4: Wilkes-Barre v Chambersburg

Best of luck to all teams!

Apr 28

CMS and Roster timelines for MAC Championships

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For the Women’s Event: 
  • May 7th matches have been created in CMS. Rosters must be loaded by 10pm on Friday.
  • Bryan Dewease, Match Commissioner, will  perform ID checks on May 7th, prior to KO for all teams.
  • Clubs are required to provide and submit a hard copy of their roster of up to 28 for the event weekend.
  • Saturday Score reports and Sunday May 8th matches will be loaded in CMS Saturday evening.
  • The Women’s clubs will have until Monday May 9th midnight to finalize all roster and match reports for the weekend. Matches will be locked the morning of Tuesday May 10th.

 

For the Men’s Events:
  • The Men’s matches on May 7th are encouraged to perform an ID check (each club checks their opponent) before the match takes place. See our CMS Compliance policy.
  • May 7th matches have been loaded. Rosters must be loaded not later than 10pm on Friday.
  • Men’s May 7th Match Reports are required to be complete by Sunday May 8th midnight. Matches will be locked the morning of Monday May 9th.
  • The Men’s D1/D2/D3/D4 May 14th matches will be created by Monday evening. Rosters must be loaded by  10pm on Friday May 13th.
  • Tony Frederick, Match Commissioner, will  perform ID checks on May 14th, prior to KO for all teams.
  • D3 Clubs are required to provide and submit a hard copy of their roster of up to 28 for the event weekend. (D1/D2/D4 are only allowed to roster 23 for the single match.)
  • Saturday Score reports and Sunday May 15th matches will be loaded in CMS Saturday evening.
  • D1/D2/D4 clubs will have until Sunday May 15th midnight to finalize all roster and match reports for the weekend. Matches will be locked the morning of Monday May 16th.
  • For D3: Sunday May 15th matches will be loaded in CMS Saturday evening.
  • The Men’s D3 clubs will have until Monday May 16th midnight to finalize all roster and match reports for the weekend. Matches will be locked the morning of Tuesday May 17th.
  • There is a possibility that we will require a D3 match to determine the 3rd place seed. This match, if necessary, will be played on May 15th at 1:30 pm. This will take place in the event that Rocky Gorge D3 and Schuylkill River D3 play for the Championship, and the consolation match will determine the 3rd seed who will advance to the National playoffs. If only one or neither of the two above mentioned teams plays on to the Championship match, there will not be a consolation match.
  • All clubs who advance to Nationals will likely have 24 hours to turn around the paperwork to be submitted for eligibility verification to USARugby.
Apr 23

Updates on MAC Championship Info

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Final Schedule and Hotel Information for the 2016 Women’s Event has been posted here in the Women’s XVs section: http://macrugby.org/womens2016playoffs/. The Match Commissioner for the weekend is Bryan Dewease. All check-in procedures will take place with him.

 

Final Schedule and Hotel information for the 2016 Men’s Event has been posted in the Men’s XVs section: http://macrugby.org/mens-xvs/mensplayoffs2016/.  The Match Commissioner for the weekend is Tony Frederick. All check-in procedures will take place with him.

Apr 11

2016 Sevens Qualifiers

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The qualifiers for our MAC Sevens season will be:

  • 6/25 – Wilmington
  • 7/9 – NOVA
  • 7/16 – Rocky Gorge
  • 7/23 – Richmond
Thanks to all who submitted bids.
We will have updated 2016 Sevens guidelines published soon.
Reminder: The CIPP deadline for all players and transfers is July 1st.
Apr 01

April Fool’s CIPP deadlines!!!

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Today is the deadline for any new CIPP registrations and transfer requests to be approved.

If you are on the CIPP list, but not showing up on a CMS roster, don’t forget to resync the players to pull in any new players.
There are a number of transfer requests where i have been sent the USARugby letters showing that a transfer has been approved but the player has not yet appeared on the CIPP roster. I’ve asked USA Rugby for information about the delay and to know when these will electronically process. Consider it an April Fools joke on behalf of USA Rugby.
In the meantime, for those of you preparing your rosters, keep the spaceholder open, and we’ll have it updated by week’s end. Do go ahead and provide as of much a roster as you can for your Saturday matches.
For those of you asking about overall eligibility:
1 – Players must be CIPP’d to play any rugby.
2 – Players must be CIPP’d by April 1 to be eligible for competitive matches including upcoming MAC championship matches.
3 – Minimum matches for eligibility is not something we look at for the MAC championships. The MAC championships will count towards a player’s number of matches, when we determine the rosters for the National Playoffs on May 21.
If you are having issues with players not showing up in the CiPP system (NOT CMS, you must check your CIPP public roster first), please send me the players name, number and any transfer request documentation not later than 1pm today.