07/02/09 - 2009 Fall Rugby Schedule Announced

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Rugby Fall 2009 Schedule

All home matches played at Commander Ellis Field

Kickoff at 7:00 PM

9/11 Home v University of Maine Orono (scrimmage)
9/18 Home v Roger Williams University
9/25 Home v Bryant University

10/3 Away v Salve Regina University
10/10 Away v UMass-Dartmouth
10/17 Away v Stonehill College
10/23 Home v Babson College
10/31 Playoffs TBD

11/7 New England Rugby Football Union Division III Semis TBD
11/14 New England Rugby Football Union Division III Finals TBD


05/14/09 - Venterosa Takes Top Honors In New England Natural Bodybuilding Fitness & Figure Championships

Congratulations to Massachusetts Maritime sophomore Anthony Venterosa (Stoughton, Mass.), who took top honors in the Teen Division and placed second in the Lightweight Division at the 2009 New England Natural Bodybuilding Fitness & Figure Championships last month in Seekonk, Mass.  For more information on this year's event, log-on to http://www.blnpa.com/Results/041109/041109Results.html.

01/13/09 - 2009 Spring Rugby Schedule Announced

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Rugby Spring 2009 Schedule

All home matches played at Commander Ellis Field

Friday matches kickoff at 7:00 PM

Maritime Rugby Cup kicks of at 4:30 PM

March
15th Home v Rhode Island College - 5:00 pm (Scrimmage)
20th Home v Wheaton College and Wentworth Institute of Technology
27th Home v University of New Hampshire and Merrimack College

April
3rd Away at Springfield College and Franklin Pierce University
10th Away at Bentley College and Nichols College
18th Home Maritime Rugby Cup v SUNY Maritime College and Maine Maritime Academy
25th Playoffs TBD

May
Home vs University of Kansas TBD

12/16/08 - Retzos Named To New England Rugby Football Union Select Side 

Massachusetts Maritime junior Niko Retzos was one of 33 individuals named to the New England Rugby Football Union Select Side (all-star) squad.  Retzos, a native of Braintree, Mass. and a graduate of Braintree High School, was one of 86 players that were invited to try out for the prestigious team in November from a field that included individuals from such schools as Harvard, Boston College, Dartmouth and Northeastern, and he beat several of those players out for a spot on the Select Side.

Retzos will now compete with the NERFU Select Side in the Northeast Cup in the Spring of 2009, as the New England side will take on collegiate select sides from both Metropolitan and Upstate New York.  Players that standout during that competition will be selected to the Northeast Rugby Football Union Collegiate Select Side and will also be considered for All-America honors.

Retzos helped lead Head Coach Andy Baron's Buccaneers to the New England Rugby Football Union Division III playoffs for the third straight season this fall, as Massachusetts Maritime will travel to Tampa, Fla. in January to take on the University of South Florida.

12/14/08 - Bucs Rugby in the playoffs for 3rd straight season  

The MMA Rugby Club finishied it's 2008 Fall season with a dissapointing loss to the University of Hartford in the opening round of the New England Rugby Football Union Division III playoffs. Although the loss was tough to take, this does mark the 3rd season in a row that the Bucs qualified for the playoffs, both previous seasons found MMA in the Semi-finals.      

12/14/08 - MMA vs. USF  

The Massachusetts Maritime Academy Rugby club will be taking on the University of South Florida rugby club on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 in Tampa, FL.   This match will continue the tradition of the Bucs playing rugby while on Sea Term. In 2007 MMA played the Barbados National Team and Florida Atlantic University. In 2008 the Bucs took on the Costa Rican National Team.

05/29/08 Got Rugby?

...a loosely bound group of very social guys (with a rugby problem) bring "club" team to Division 3 contenders in four short years! The MMA rugby team was initially established as a club sport with no coach. In 2004, a Pennsylvania to Plymouth, Ma. transplant, Andy Baron, came to the rescue as coach. With his seventeen plus years of game know how, he quickly whipped this group of rugby nuts into shape as Division IV competitors. By 2006, their numbers strong and team structure cemented, they beat UMASS Dartmouth. This was their ticket to the Division III, New England Rugby Football Club. Co-Captain 2/C Benjamin Fallon credits the Academy's new turf fields with helping attract attention to MMA rugby and assisting in a home field 10-3 record this past fall and spring.

Although fall is the official rugby season, the team is a year round commitment. "We have played on Sea Term for the past two years. In 2007, we played the Barbados Select Side Team; in Miami, Florida Atlantic University and in 2008 we played Costa Rica," commented Fallon. In the spring, although most matches are still competitive, they are shorter. Three teams come together each weekend. Each team plays twice. MMA has made the 2008 playoffs for both fall and spring rugby.

"It's a great way to let off steam while having a lot of fun. Rugby is considered a gentleman's sport. After smashing heads with your opponents during the game, you usually get together and socialize" Fallon continued. The team credits Coach Baron for a major part of their success. As an unpaid volunteer, he shares his extensive knowledge of the game with his players. Chartwells, the Academy's food service, sponsors the jerseys and new ones are on the way courtesy of the National Guard. Although the team now numbers 35, they invite all interested parties to "come on down" ... to just watch ... or try out!