Benjamin Cotsarelis
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Week 4 of Intrasquad Sevens Marked by High Scoring Games
(Pictured: Ben Cotsarelis moments before looking like a complete clown, also Kyle Patmore) The first Friday in February brought the start of our fourth week for intrasquad sevens. A certain team member in charge of the website had decided to use that day to take new roster photos for the team, …
Ten Brave Ruggers to Take Plunge
Hello everyone! Michigan Rugby is up to something exciting. This year, our club is partnering with the women’s team to participate in the annual Michigan Polar Plunge in an effort to raise money for Special Olympics Michigan! The Polar Plunge event takes place in counties all over the state, helping create opportunities for over 23,000 …
February 2017 SISU Player of the Month: Justin Malin
Congratulations to Justin Malin for being selected as the February 2017 SISU Player of the Month! Justin is a junior from St. Louis studying Computer and Data Science here at Michigan. Despite his burning desire to play hooker, he was converted to scrum half last season and has been performing very well in his …
Major Upsets in Week 3 of Sevens
The third week of our winter intrasquad sevens season commenced last Friday, January 27th 2017. This week brought some intense games and big upsets to the sevens standings. The good news: Canham may be a little more humble this week. The bad news: our stars on Bennie Oosterbaan struggled all day. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be …
Week 2 of Intrasquad Sevens Filled with Great Games
On Friday January 20th, the White House wasn’t the only place that saw a transition of power. UMRFC’s weekly sevens games proved again that this year would not be like the last. With some triumphant wins and heart breaking losses, week two brought us more great rugby. The question on everyone’s mind, of course, …
Week 1 of Intrasquad Sevens Shows Promise of Scrambled Standings
Friday, January 13th 2017 saw the beginning of a new intrasquad sevens season here in Ann Arbor. The team saw a big influx of new players this year and with it, a sizable change in the structure of many of our beloved sevens teams. Only time will tell if the trends that began to shape on …
January 2017 SISU Player of the Month: Harry Silverman
It’s a new year and it’s time for a new player of the month! We choose to start off 2017 with one of our younger players, freshman, Harry Silverman from New York. Harry is a tough winger who loves spending time hanging out with the team outside of training. As a freshman, Harry represents …
