Lady Ruggers

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The Lady Ruggers are Penn State University's¹(PSU) Women's Rugby Football Club sports team, established in 1991. They are a Division I college rugby team who play under USA Rugby², American rugby's governing body. Although they are an official PSU team the women's rugby program at PSU is not funded as a varsity sport and therefore can not be officially called the "Nittany Lions". They however play other school's varsity teams and get more assistance from the school as a sports program than Penn State's many club sports.

The Alumni Association which supports the team also works with the Penn State's Men's Rugby Team.

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Division I National Final Four Appearances (15s)

1993- 3rd Place

1994- 3rd Place

1995- 2nd Place

1996- 2nd Place

1997- National Champions (Runner-up Radcliffe)

1998- 2nd Place

2000- National Champions (Runner-up Princeton)

2001- 2nd Place

2002- 2nd Place

2003- 3rd Place

2004- National Champions (Runner-up Princeton)

2005- 2nd Place (Stanford University 53 Penn State 6)

2006- 2nd Place (Stanford University 15 Penn State 12)

2007- National Champions (Penn State 22 Stanford University 21)

2008- 2nd Place (Penn State 10 Stanford University 15)

2009- National Champions (Penn State 46 Stanford University 7)

2010- National Champions (Penn State 24 Stanford University 7)

2011- 2nd Place (Penn State 29 Army 33)

2012- National Champions (Penn State 46 Stanford 15)

2013- National Champions (Penn State 65 Norwich 10)

National championship winners

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Rugby Sevens Collegiate Championships

Collegiate Rugby Championship

2011- 2nd Place (Penn State 5 Army 14)

USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships

In the first three years, the tournament was held in December, and the location necessitated considerable travel costs. Because of the impact on their programs, strong teams that won bids declined to participate.

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Captains

Captains are selected by team members. To qualify to vote a player must have played with the team for at least one semester at the time of the vote. Coaching staff have no vote. A captain's term last one semester, but can be reelected an unlimited amount of times.

Fall 2001 - Claudia Braymer '02, Scrumhalf

Spring 2002 - Claudia Braymer '02, Scrumhalf

Spring 2004 - Kim Magrini '04, Scrumhalf

Fall 2004 - Maggie Reed '05, 2nd Row, 8, & Flanker

Spring 2005 - Maggie Reed '05, 2nd Row, 8, & Flanker

Fall 2005 - Amber Benlian '06, Center

Spring 2006 - Amber Benlian '06, Center

Fall 2006 - Diana Klein '07, Fullback

Spring 2007 - Alison Searle '07, Lock

Fall 2007 - Lauren Rosso '09, Outside Center

Spring 2008 - Kristen Snyder '09, Hooker

Fall 2008 - Annie Zeigler '10, Scrumhalf

Spring 2009 - Kristen Snyder '09, Hooker

Fall 2009 - Ann Blair '09, Wing

Spring 2010 - R. Smyers '10, Lock

Fall 2010 - Sadie Anderson '12, Flyhalf

Spring 2011 - Kyle Armstrong '12, Lock

Fall 2011 - Sadie Anderson '12, Flyhalf

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References

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External links

• Team's Website
• USA Rugby
• National College Rankings
• Article about the team
• Article about the team
• Penn State University
• Team's Alumni Website

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