# 2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship

The 2015 Collegiate Rugby Championship was a college rugby sevens tournament held May 30–31 at PPL Park, a soccer stadium in the Chester suburb of Philadelphia, PA. It was the sixth annual Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), and the fifth consecutive year that the tournament was held at PPL Park. The tournament is known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship.

## Qualifying

Several of the 2015 CRC teams were invited to play, but three teams reached the 2015 CRC via conference qualifying tournaments and one via the national Las Vegas Invitational qualifying tournament:
* Southeastern conference 7s champion: Alabama
* Big Ten conference 7s champion: Indiana
* Atlantic Coast conference 7s champion: Virginia Tech
* Las Vegas Invitational: Arkansas State
University of California, the defending champion from 2013 and 2014, entered the tournament as the favorite, due to the strength and depth of their squad.

## Pool stage
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| California | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 17 | +67 | 9 |
| Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 90 | –47 | 5 |
| Boston College | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 69 | –32 | 4 |
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| California | 33–5 | Boston College |
| Virginia Tech | 36–19 | Notre Dame |
| California | 39–5 | Notre Dame |
| Virginia Tech | 17–17 | Boston College |
| California | 12–7 | Virginia Tech |
| Notre Dame | 19–15 | Boston College |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Navy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 9 |
| Kutztown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 7 |
| Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 63 | –20 | 5 |
| Temple | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 83 | –57 | 3 |
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Navy | 12–7 | Temple |
| Kutztown | 24–14 | Air Force |
| Navy | 24–14 | Kutztown |
| Air Force | 24–12 | Temple |
| Navy | 27–12 | Air Force |
| Kutztown | 49–7 | Temple |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 9 |
| Life | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 38 | +43 | 7 |
| Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 75 | –49 | 5 |
| Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 67 | –36 | 3 |
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Indiana | 26–12 | Alabama |
| Life | 26–14 | Clemson |
| Alabama | 14–12 | Clemson |
| Indiana | 24–19 | Life |
| Life | 36–0 | Alabama |
| Indiana | 27–5 | Clemson |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Arkansas State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 9 |
| Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 7 |
| UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 5 |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 101 | –81 | 3 |
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Arkansas St. | 17–5 | Michigan |
| UCLA | 50–0 | Texas |
| Arkansas St. | 22–10 | Texas |
| Michigan | 17–12 | UCLA |
| Michigan | 29–10 | Texas |
| Arkansas St. | 19–0 | UCLA |

### Pool E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Arizona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 7 |
| Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 7 |
| Saint Joseph's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 60 | –20 | 5 |
| Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 69 | –25 | 5 |
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Arizona | 33–10 | Penn State |
| Dartmouth | 31–7 | St. Joseph's |
| St. Joseph's | 12–5 | Arizona |
| Dartmouth | 15–10 | Penn State |
| Penn State | 24–21 | St. Joseph's |
| Arizona | 24–0 | Dartmouth |

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 17 | Boston College | 38 | | | |
| 20 | Texas | 5 | | | |
| 20 | Texas | 5 | 17 | Boston College | 12 |
| | | | 19 | Temple | 19 |
| 18 | Clemson | 17 | 19 | Temple | 19 |
| 19 | Temple | 21 | | | |

### Bowl

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 13 | Saint Joseph's | 21 | | | |
| 16 | Alabama | 14 | | | |
| 16 | Alabama | 14 | 13 | Saint Joseph's | 17 |
| | | | 15 | Notre Dame | 22 |
| 14 | Penn State | 0 | 15 | Notre Dame | 22 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 22 | | | |

### Plate

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 9 | Dartmouth | 20 | | | |
| 12 | Air Force | 5 | | | |
| 12 | Air Force | 5 | 9 | Dartmouth | 5 |
| | | | 11 | UCLA | 33 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 11 | UCLA | 33 |
| 11 | UCLA | 27 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | California | 31 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Michigan | 0 | 1 | California | 33 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Life | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Navy | 5 | 5 | Life | 5 | | | |
| 5 | Life | 15 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Life | 15 | | | | 1 | California | 17 |
| | | | | | | 6 | Kutztown | 12 |
| 3 | Indiana | 12 | | | | | | | 6 | Kutztown | 12 |
| 6 | Kutztown | 31 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Kutztown | 31 | 6 | Kutztown | 19 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Arizona | 14 | | | |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 5 | 7 | Arizona | 14 | | | |
| 7 | Arizona | 7 | | | | | | |

## Players
### Leading scorers

Source:
| Rank | Player | Tries | Player | Points |
| 1 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | 4 | Niku Kruger (Kutztown) | 25 |
| 2 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | 4 | Blane Mcllroy (Life) | 25 |
| 3 | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | 4 | Alex Faison-Donahoe (Kutztown) | 20 |
| 4 | (several players tied) | 3 | Mike Eife (Penn State) | 20 |
| 5 | | | Conor Mooneyham (Life) | 20 |