Lady Ruggers
| Union | Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Official website | |
| www |
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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.
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
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.
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.
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