{"id":16708,"date":"2024-05-18T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=16708"},"modified":"2024-05-24T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:42:55","slug":"womens-rugby-national-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/womens-rugby-national-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College women\u2019s rugby team advanced to national tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”16752″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”skip-lazy-load” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Eckerd women’s rugby players battle at the Division II Spring 15s National Championship in Texas. Photos courtesy Dominique Beeck ’25 and Sirens rugby club.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”news_subhead” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]It was an experience Eckerd College senior Dominique Beeck insists she\u2019ll never forget. \u201cWe got to travel to Houston, play in a huge stadium, and the game was live-streamed on TV. I was really happy we all got to go and have that experience. We wanted to win, but everyone was just so happy to be there. The game was almost secondary.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The game. On the weekend of May 4\u20135, the Eckerd College Sirens<\/a>\u2014a women\u2019s rugby club team\u2014played in the College Rugby Association of America<\/a>\u2019s Division II Spring 15s National Championship in Texas. After completing an undefeated Florida Conference season (8\u20130), including two victories over the University of South Florida, the Sirens lost to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the national tournament and were eliminated. Dominique, an animal studies<\/a> and biology<\/a> student from Fort Myers Beach, Florida, is a co-captain on the team.<\/p>\n

The fastest-growing college sport in the U.S., rugby, Dominique explains, is a cross between soccer and American football. Along with kicking and passing the ball, there\u2019s a lot of running and tackling, but no blocking. A player\u2019s protective gear consists of a mouthguard and, in some cases, a padded cap. That\u2019s it. Sometimes after a game or a practice, she says she feels like she was hit by a bus. \u201cI got a concussion this past weekend,\u201d Dominique says of the tournament game. \u201cBut I went back in because I wanted to get the full experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

She hasn\u2019t always been one of the Sirens\u2019 best players. As a first-year student, she recalls, \u201cI was awful. I was terrible.\u201d So after the season ended, she convinced a men\u2019s team in Naples to let her practice with them. She came back the next season and immediately made the starting roster. \u201cI love the sport,\u201d she adds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”16753″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\u201cAfter games or practice, everyone gets together to do homework, go to the caf or just hang out. We sing rugby songs that are 100 years old. The social part is very important, but so is how inclusive rugby is \u2026 how accepting the sport is to anyone. It\u2019s not easy. And it\u2019s not for everyone, which is totally fine. But it\u2019s a great stress relief, and you can take from it what you want.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Women\u2019s collegiate rugby has been acknowledged as an \u201cemerging sport\u201d by the NCAA, but it doesn\u2019t yet have full varsity status at either the male or female level. So it\u2019s played on the club level. Among the schools with women\u2019s rugby teams in Florida are the University of Miami, Florida Atlantic and Florida International universities, USF, and St. Thomas University.<\/p>\n

Eckerd\u2019s road to rugby began with the Eckerd College Rugby Union, a coed club team founded in 1997 by alumnus Brendan McCluskey \u201902. Nearly 30 male and female students showed up for the first workout. And from there, rugby soared. The next year, the College\u2019s first official women\u2019s team, led by Cintia Pecellin \u201901, held its first practice on Kappa Field. This year, nearly 50 female students came to the first Sirens practice, some just out of curiosity. More than half of them stayed on.<\/p>\n

Traci Martin from Oakley, Michigan, a senior biology<\/a> student with minors in chemistry<\/a>, marine science<\/a> and mathematics<\/a>, is the Sirens\u2019 other captain and one of the presidents of the club, along with Lulu Miller, a senior marine science student from Fairfield, Iowa. Traci grew up with two older brothers who both played football in high school. She played volleyball and softball and was on the swim team. It was her high school strength coach, a former men\u2019s rugby coach, who suggested she try the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t know what rugby really is until you play it,\u201d Traci says. \u201cIt\u2019s a very good way to stay in good physical condition and get any aggression you have out safely. And our team is very unique. We\u2019re a very tight-knit community. We\u2019re always here for each other.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”16754″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\u201cThe matches are two 40-minute halves,\u201d she adds. \u201cThe only break you get is when someone scores. And you have to keep pushing yourself. But it\u2019s very rewarding because it builds confidence in yourself to be a leader and to try things. If you mess up during a game, that\u2019s fine. Just go out and try again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s coach is James Woollcombe-Clarke, who has a full-time job as director of quality at water-bottle maker Cirkul and is able to fit the Sirens in after his workday. He also is vice president of women\u2019s collegiate rugby for the Florida Rugby Union and a former coach of the Tampa Bay Krewe women\u2019s rugby team. But it\u2019s up to the members of the club to keep the team running.<\/p>\n

One of more than 90 active student organizations on campus, the Sirens are funded by student activity fees. \u201cEach year we have to submit a charter, our bylaws and a budget,\u201d Traci explains. \u201cEach year it\u2019s been around $12,500 a year, and money does get a little tight at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yet every year, the Sirens thrive. \u201cIt\u2019s a bonding thing. We don\u2019t have fraternities or sororities here,\u201d explains Fred Sabota, Eckerd\u2019s associate vice president for student life and dean of students<\/a>, and the club\u2019s adviser. \u201cThe men\u2019s and women\u2019s rugby teams have become the gold standard for clubs and activities at Eckerd. When they play their games at Kappa Field, several hundred students will come out of their dorms, put up folding chairs and watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of what the women have been able to do,\u201d he adds. \u201cThey found a coach to help run practices and for game management; they apply every year for money, defend their budget and then manage the funds. And none of them are getting scholarships. They\u2019re doing all this on their own.<\/p>\n

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