Atlantis Rugby Wins New York 7s! + Player Number Update!

Victorious Atlantis Rugby Girls Premier Side

Atlantis Rugby participated in New York 7s over the weekend with 3 high school girls sides in action! The players came together from 21 different programs in 15 different states to put together an incredible weekend going 10-2 overall. They were aided by an extremely strong coaching staff that included Lauren Shissler and Ali Liquori with the Premier side, Karl Barth and Lisa Henrich with the Club Teal side, and the trio of Mitch Vannoy, Stacy Mancuso, and Siena Accardi with the Club Black side. It should be noted that Siena is a player unable to compete this weekend due to injury but who willingly stepped up as an assistant to find a way to help the program.

Link to Open Teal matches – Thank You to the Robinson Family! - [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYIDyifxdgDtMbWregB5l9eddiqkRqyhm&si=Lnt_G6M0nlq38kVX](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYIDyifxdgDtMbWregB5l9eddiqkRqyhm&si=Lnt_G6M0nlq38kVX)

Photos for all 3 sides – Thank You Holly Davies - Shutterfly

Videos for multiple sides are in the process of being posted by the Atlanta Valkyries – Thank You Megan Zavieh - https://www.youtube.com/live/gYkLyomD3Ks?si=xsRwHjojenvW-c4t

(As more becomes available we will share on our social media/with the teams)

We would also like to take a moment to acknowledge Rugby PA who won the Bowl in Boys Premier, made the Plate Semi-Final in Boys Club, and made the Bowl Final in Girls Club. Many of their selectors and coaches come from our program and their boys sides had a total of 14 Atlantis players across two sides. In Boys Premier we were represented by Aaron Kelly, Chris Whitcomb, Dylan Hessels, Jamie Weir, Justin Kaplan, Liam McGettigan, and Roman Cammarata. In Boys Club we were represented by Alex McGinnis, Dom Pecora, Jack Sugalski, Jackson Reilly, James Burke, James Heffernan, and Jayden Qureshi.

We held off on doing a Player Number update following the recent Old North State Invitational 15s event because we didn’t want to spoil the surprise of reaching Player number 2000 so here is an update on the player numbers that were awarded for both North State and New York 7s. A subsequent update will go out following this upcoming weekend’s tournament in Grenada and Academy match.

1995	Barnes	Maggie	Old North State Invitational 15s
1996	Beckenhauer	Allie	Old North State Invitational 15s
1997	Brown	Sasha	Old North State Invitational 15s
1998	McGonigle	Bridget	Old North State Invitational 15s
1999	Mordosky	Erin	Old North State Invitational 15s
2000	Rosenburg	Nora	Old North State Invitational 15s
2001	Towles	Akayla	Old North State Invitational 15s
2002	Way	Campbell	Old North State Invitational 15s
2003	Aikens	Lucas	Old North State Invitational 15s
2004	Brown	Ryan	Old North State Invitational 15s
2005	Cupchak	Ryan	Old North State Invitational 15s
2006	DeRosato	Patrick	Old North State Invitational 15s
2007	Glock	Bennett	Old North State Invitational 15s
2008	Henry	Bryan	Old North State Invitational 15s
2009	Hope	Charlie	Old North State Invitational 15s
2010	Palena	Mario	Old North State Invitational 15s
2011	Sykes	Seamus	Old North State Invitational 15s
2012	Titter	Max	Old North State Invitational 15s
2013	Wallace	Henry	Old North State Invitational 15s
2014	Homer	Amanda	New York 7s 2024
2015	Long	Giselle	New York 7s 2024
2016	Natorp	Myah	New York 7s 2024
2017	Pascoe	Jess	New York 7s 2024
2018	Zavieh	Sara	New York 7s 2024
2019	Bodde	Penny	New York 7s 2024
2020	Jackson	Adelina	New York 7s 2024
2021	Kerns	Kayden	New York 7s 2024
2022	Maloni	Daryn	New York 7s 2024
2023	Phillips	Alys	New York 7s 2024
2024	Wrigley	Kaiya	New York 7s 2024
2025	Zavieh	Sydney	New York 7s 2024
2026	Korfin	Amanda	New York 7s 2024
2027	Long	Kaiah	New York 7s 2024
2028	Phillips	Carys	New York 7s 2024

Here are some team-by-team recaps for the Atlantis sides in New York:

The Premier side got off to an incredible start with a 50-0 win over NB Spruce and wrapped up pool play with a 26-7 win over The Rugby Advantage. That was good enough for the number 1 seed in the semifinals where another excellent performance saw the team earn a 46-0 win over NY Locals Academy, one of the new PR7s Developmental Academies. A strong side representing the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union (EORU) was our opponent in the finals and Atlantis Rugby was able to win the Championship with a 24-10 victory.

Overall the team went 4-0 and had an aggregate scoreline of 146-17.

Scores:

50-0 Win over NB Spruce in Pool Play

26-7 Win over The Rugby Advantage in Pool Play

46-0 Win over NY Locals Academy in Semi-Final

24-10 Win over EORU in Finals.

Roster:

Drew Dauser

Morgan Suniga

Jess Pascoe

Lauren Huang

Giselle Long

Sara Zavieh

Myah Natorp

Carolina Martinez

Lily McGettigan

Nolah Flynn

Amanda Homer

Alyssa Post

Coach Lauren Shissler

Coach Ali Liquori

The Club Black side also got off to an excellent start in pool play with a 36-0 win over Aspetuck Valley and followed that up with a 20-0 win against Scarborough Aces. That set up a semi-final against NDB Rugby Club who had been on fire in pool play going 2-0 and earning a point differential of 78. The girls fully committed in defense and saw themselves through to the final with a 12-10 victory. It was a close final with Atlantis losing 17-22 to Vikings Academy and settling for second place.

Overall the team went 3-1 and had an aggregate scoreline of 85-32.

Scores:

36-0 Win over Aspetuck Valley in Pool Play

20-0 Win over Scarborough Aces in Pool Play

12-10 Win over NDG  Rugby Club in Semi-Final

17-22 Loss to Vikings Academy in Finals.

Roster:

Allie Beckenhauer

Charlotte Davies

Sydney Haddon

Maggie Hoffman-Long

Amanda Korfin

Peyton Langworthy

Kaiah Long

Kiernan Myles

Carys Phillips

Jocelyn Terry

Morgan Whelan

Coach Mitch Vannoy

Coach Stacy Mancuso

Assistant Coach Sienna Accardi

Similar to the other sides, Club Teal had a great win to start the day, beating Mystic River 41-17. In the second pool play match we lost to NDG 5-41 but were able to bounce back right away with a 27-12 victory over Scarborough Aces in the Bowl semi-final and a 24-12 victory over Rugby PA in the Bowl Final to earn some more hardware.

Overall the team went 3-1 with an aggregate scoreline of 97-82.

Scores:

41-17 Win over Mystic River in Pool Play

5-41 Loss to NDG in Pool Play

27-12 Win over Scarborough Aces in Bowl Semi-Final

24-21 Win over Rugby PA in the Bowl Final.

Roster:

Zoe Nelson

Abbey McGettigan

Sydney Zavieh

Ellie Nurss

Alys Phillips

Kaiya Wrigley

Penny Bodde

Noelle Robinson

Adelina Jackson

Daryn Maloni

Kayden Kerns

Coach Karl Barth

Coach Lisa Henrich

In total the 3 teams went 10-2 with a scoreline of 328-131 for another fantastic weekend of Atlantis Rugby!