Appalachian State and East Carolina each won their South D2 Quarterfinal match comfortably today and will advance to the South Final Four next weekend in Tuscaloosa, AL. Appalachian St. hosted University of Alabama and won 26-3, while East Carolina played Ole Miss and came away 23-0 winners. Appalachian St. will play University of South Florida in one semifinal next Saturday and East Carolina will face off against Georgia Tech. USF defeated Kennesaw St. 29-5 earlier today to advance to the Final Four and Georgia Tech narrowly escaped Florida Atlantic 12-8.
This marks the second consecutive year that two teams from the North Carolina D2 Conference have advanced to the Final Four. Last year Wake and ECU battled in the South Championship Game, with ECU winning 19-10. This year, with the expansion of the USA Rugby D2 playoffs from 8 teams to 16 teams, both semifinal winners will move on to the national playoffs in Florida.
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