Brooklyn Rugby Club women win New Jersey 7s championship
Women earn hardware for second straight week; men remain at top of Empire standings
The men and women of Brooklyn Rugby Club completed another successful weekend at the New Jersey 7s tournament in Monmouth Junction on Saturday. The women earned hardware for the second consecutive week, while the men finished in second place to maintain their lead at the top of the 2015 Empire Sevens Series standings.
After finishing in first at NJ 7s in 2014, the Brooklyn women had high hopes of repeating coming into this weekend. They opened their day with a tough loss to Harrisburg (PA), 10-7, but rebounded with a 22-0 shutout against Union (NJ). In their third and final pool play match, Brooklyn faced a tough Monmouth (NJ) squad, narrowly falling 10-7, in a game that could have gone either way.
In the Plate Semifinal, Brooklyn faced off against Monmouth ‘B’ (NJ), playing most of the game in Monmouth’s half and rolling to a 19-0 win to advance to the Plate Finals. In the Finals, Brooklyn faced off against Union, who they had already defeated 22-0 during pool play earlier in the day. The result this time around was much of the same, as Brooklyn combined stout defensive play with a number of long offensive series, maintaining possession of the ball for a large part of the game. Brooklyn cruised to a 31-0 win to capture the Plate, beating Union twice on the day by a combined score of 53-0.