On April 28, the annual Alumni game was held. The Alumni team, which was mixed with a few current senior players, defeated the A side 54-28. It was a great day of wide open, running rugby.

Moving forward, the spring season has concluded. The new team captains, Mike McGoldrick and Alex Erickson have been tasked with organizing summer workouts by head coach Scheepers. This includes registering for various 7’s rugby tournaments throughout the summer and also planning a week of pre-season workouts in late August.

Last season, during the 3rd week in August, 12 members of the team met up at Pulaski Park in Poughkeepsie for a week of preseason conditioning. Most of the attendees were senior players, and this year the team looks to include more lower classmen. Events like this are crucial for attaining proper fitness levels and also building team camaraderie.

In terms of playing rugby during the summer months, the Red Foxes will be joining various clubs near their homes this summer. The Long Island Rugby club and the White Plains Rugby Club (which serves Westchester and Connecticut residents) will be the two clubs that members of the Marist squad will be playing for.

In summers past, Shane Kelly has played for White Plains while Chris Conroy and Tim Akins were active members of the Long Island Rugby Club.

The team has made great strides in learning the game, becoming better players, as well as growing in size. After a successful spring, the team looks to continue its tradition of winning, as they begin their first season in the Tri-State Rugby Conference in Fall 2012.

Notes: With his three tries in the alumni match, Tim Akins has 30 total for his career. That figure is the most of any players of the same four-year stretch (08-12)