The Armed Forces Women’s Rugby Championship begins Friday, June 25, in Wilmington, N.C., and features all five branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy. The teams will play round robin format, seed for placing matches, and name its champion. And then the service teams will play crossover matches against another pool of senior club teams to name a Cape Fear Elite Division championship.
Air Force Rugby Sevens, which has a second side (“Warthogs”) competing in the social club division, is live-streaming the event from its Facebook page. The first three games are being played Friday on Cape Fear’s home pitch, and then the remainder of the tournament will be contested at the Cape Fear tournament grounds. The Marines have two games Friday – 5 p.m. EDT vs. Coast Guard and 7 p.m. vs. Navy – and Air Force and Navy play each other at 6 p.m.
SCHEDULE
Friday, June 25Cape Fear Rugby Complex 209 Lake Drive, Wilmington, NC
M1 – 5:00 p.m. Marines v Coast GuardM2 – 6:00 p.m.* Army v Air ForceM3 – 7:00 p.m.* Marines v Navy*Subject to start earlier
Saturday, 26 JuneCape Fear Regional Soccer Park 205 Sutton Steam Plant Road, Wilmington, NC
M4 – 9:40 a.m. Army v Coast Guard M5 – 10:00 a.m. Navy v Air ForceM6 – 11:00 a.m. Marines v ArmyM7 – 11:20 a.m. Navy v Coast GuardM8 – 12:00 p.m. Marines v Air Force M9 – 1:00 p.m. Air Force v Coast GuardM10 – 1:40 p.m. Army v Navy
Teams will then be seeded for placing matches. Crossover matches against Senior Club Elite teams will follow.
Below are team rosters, which will be updated as they’re released. Stay tuned for event coverage.
AIR FORCE
Maj Kunbi Adewunmi
SSgt Cami Bartlett
Cpt Robin Dodge
SSgt Sarah Gilo-Sahut
Cpt Couger Jaramillo
SSgt Cheryl Johnson
Cpt Gianna Khoudary
SSgt Stefani Loisel
Cpt Katie Mueller (c)
SSgt Tanya Siford
2d Lt Alexandra Smith
TSgt Jessica Tharp
MSgt Sahtara Wehe (c)
2d Lt Adrienne Yoder
ARMY
CPT Lindy Clark – Fort Bragg, NC1LT Zyekeela Crittington – Fort Leonard Wood, MOCPT Danielle Deshaies – Ft Stewart/HAAF, GASSG Lolita Galdones – Fort Meade, MDCPT Lauran Glover – Army Reserves 1LT Madison Hovren – Fort Gordon, GASGT MK Innace (Res) – Kaiserslautern, AESSG Glennis Kanae-Rodrigues – USAG Hawaii, HISSG Erica Myers – Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA2LT Mary Monnard – USAG Hawaii, HI2LT Samantha Sullivan – Fort Carson, CO1LT Kayla Williams – Army Reserves CPT Kelsie Whitney – Army Reserves Coaching StaffCPT Kaitlyn Kelly (HC) – USMA – West PointJinnie Pratt (AC)MAJ Jamie Morris (ATC) – JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX SGT Keilani Maka (OIC) – Fort Hood, TX
COAST GUARD
LTJG Shay Bertrand
HS3 Meghan Carr
EM2 Simone Colas
SN Ra’Shaun Combs
OS3 Jordan Day
LT Maile Dreier
HS3 Alexis Elliott
ENS Courtney Gamache
YN1 Dawna Moriarty
IS3 Grace Pierce
BM3 Tracy Taylor
LT Brittany Zirulnick
MARINES
Lcpl Ubaida Ahmed
Ssgt Vania Berthiaume
Lcpl Natalie Davis
Lt Kindra Dawson
Sgt Jessica Dearden
Lt Hannah Groom
Cpt Cate Herren
Maj Stephanie Iacobucci
Cpt Janet Lee
Lt Tori Leech
Cpt Meleah Martin
Cpt Kathrine Smith
Lcpl Kerry Weiberg
NAVY
ENS Sarah Basden
PO2 Jayna Brunetti
HM3 Alyssa Corralez (c)
IT3 Maria Inglesby
OS3 Bailie Keir
SN Leah Maholmes
HM1 Mallory Michaels
LtJG Elizabeth Pittman
LtJG Allison Rychtanek
Lt Millicent Tysinger
CTI2 Michal Williams (c)