Loyola College Rugby Football Club
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| Union | Patomic Rugby Union/Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union | ||
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| Founded | 1976 | ||
| Region | Mid-Atlantic East Coast | ||
| Ground(s) | Sean Lugano Memorial Field[1] | ||
| League(s) | Division II | ||
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The Loyola College Rugby Football Club is the men's rugby union team that represents Loyola College in the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union.[2] The club is comprised of over 50 student/athletes, alumni-volunteer and professional trainers. The team plays year around, and though it does not tote the same identity as the other Division I sports on campus, the prestige is uncanny. [3]
History
Founded in 1976 by a group of dedicated Loyola students, LCRFC continues to be the oldest and most active club sport at the college.[4]
Community service & religious affiliation
Players are required to have a certain number of community service hours and have mandatory mass. [5]
Facilities
LCRFC has never had an official field. Practices are typically held at the Diane Geppi Aikens Field, and homegames are usually scheduled around what other teams are playing during the weekends (ie Soccer in the fall and Lacrosse in the spring). Since Loyola's announcement to build a new Intercollegiate athletics complex, the rugby team's future venue was undecided. With lots of fundraising and alumni donations, LCRFC was able to acquire one of the practice fields at the new, currently underconstruction, athletic complex.[6] It will be named Sean Lugano Memorial Field after Sean Lugano 95', a former LCRFC rugby player who died in the attacks on 9/11.[7]
- ^ http://www.loyola.edu/IAC/naming/
- ^ http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=LOYOLARFC&t=c&s=htosports&p=about
- ^ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976740788
- ^ http://www.loyola.edu/recsports/clubsports/rugby/index.html
- ^ http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=LOYOLARFC&t=c&s=htosports&p=home
- ^ http://www.loyola.edu/IAC
- ^ http://loyola.edu/IAC/naming/