Lady Ruggers
| Union | Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Penn State Nittany Lions or Lady Ruggers | ||
| Emblem(s) | Nittany Lion | ||
| Region | State College, Pennsylvania | ||
| Ground(s) | West Campus Rugby Pitch (Capacity: 50 Seats 200 Standing) | ||
| Coach(es) | Peter Steinberg | ||
| League(s) | EPRU | ||
| Division 1 | |||
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| Official website | |||
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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.
(15's) Division I National Final Four Appearances3
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 Norwhich 10)
USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championships
2011- 2nd Place (Penn State 5 Army 14) 2012- No Event Held 2013- National Champions
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
References
1. Penn State University
2. Team's Alumni Website
3. College Champions List