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Albany travels for a two game Florida Tour with game against the Orlando Rugby Club and the Universtiy of Central Florida.

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Written by RUGBYMag.com News Release Sunday, 10 April 2011 00:00

Binghamton Wins SUNY Championship
Binghamton held on to take the resurrected SUNY (State University of New York) Rugby Championship in Albany, NY Saturday. Featuring suffocating defense and a creative backline attack, lead by outside center and tournament MVP Noah Reichman, Binghamton held off Buffalo to win the DI bracket. SUNY Geneseo captured DII honors in an exciting finish over New Platz.

The DI bracket was a five-team round-robin format with each team playing four shortened games, receiving four points for a win and a bonus point for scoring four tries. Binghamton got off to an early start defeating host Albany 17-10, and Buffalo won a nail biter over rival Brockport 14-13. Brockport saw the win slip away after missing a penalty kick on the last play of the game.

Stony Brook got off to a good start by defeating Albany 29-7. Stony Brook also won over Brockport 18-7 and lost to Binghamton 12-24. In one of the most exciting games of the day, Binghamton dispatched Buffalo in a narrow 7-0 win. In one of the upsets of the day, Brockport went up on Binghamton 28-0 in the first half and held on for a 31-24 win.

Albany took the wooden spoon losing to Brockport 24-12 and Buffalo 42-0. In the last game of the day, Stony Brook faced off against Buffalo with either team having the opportunity to take the championship with a four-try bonus point win. In a tight first half, Buffalo lead 7-5. After the turnaround, Buffalo dominated the second half and scored two more tries, but came up short on the fourth try with the game ending on the Stony Brook goal line, handing the championship to Binghamton.

DI STANDINGS
Binghamton 3-1 13*
Buffalo 3-1 13
Stony Brook 2-2 9
Brockport 2-2 9
Albany 0-4 0

*won head to head vs. Buffalo