BYU Women's Rugby

BYU Women's Rugby
Full nameBrigham Young University Women's Rugby
UnionUSA Rugby
Nickname(s)Cougars
Founded1999–2000
LocationProvo, Utah
Ground(s)South Field & Helaman Field (Capacity: 5000)
Coach(es)Head Coach: Tom Waqa (2004-2022); Assistant Coaches: Sia Skipps (2020-present), Kisa Kalougata (2016-present)
Captain(s)Kathryn Stowers, Annaliese Curtis (2020-2021)
League(s)USA Rugby Women's DI College Championship Series
Team kit
Official website
extramuralsports.byu.edu/womensrugby
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The Brigham Young University Women's Rugby team, formerly known as Women's Cougar Rugby Club, participates in the Pacific Desert Rugby Conference D-I in USA Rugby's Women's College rugby D-I National Championship Series Competition. BYU Women's rugby is a sanctioned team under Extramural Sports programs with the Department of Student Life at Brigham Young University. In May 2016, BYU entered its first national championship final ever as an extramural club on campus in Utah, and came in as runner-up to Penn State in the DI Elite Final.[1] More recently, on May 4, 2019, BYU won its first-ever National Title by defeating Virginia Tech by a score of 48–0, to win the 2019 Spring Women's DI College National Championship that was played at Sportsplex Stadium, Matthews, North Carolina.

  1. ^ Wise, Chad (May 7, 2016). "Penn State wins another Championship, first D1 Elite title". USA Rugby Press Release. USA Rugby News. Retrieved 14 December 2016.